30 Easy September Dinner Recipes to Make Every Night This Month

This lightning-fast dish is essentially foolproof (like, eight ingredients foolproof). Salmon will work, but we urge you to mix up your usual with another fish, like cod, tilapia, haddock, trout or bass.

The go-to vegan alternative to pulled pork will knock your socks off (especially since it's topped with smoky grilled pineapple, sauteed bell pepper and queso fresco).

Crispy-skinned chicken? Check. Tender roasted cauliflower? Check. All in under an hour? Yep, dinner's ready.

This fall-inspired sheet pan meal is simple, flavorful and nutritious—the ultimate trifecta. Don’t skimp on the three-ingredient yogurt sauce that tastes divine on just about anything.

It's Labor Day, so it would be pretty rude not to light up the grill, don’t you think? Serve the steak with potato salad, white rice, corn on the cob or pasta salad.

Since summer's not over quite yet, soak up the last rays of the season by popping these flavorful plant-based patties on the grill and topping them with all the fixings. Bonus points for making your own guac.

This gorgeous plate requires less than ten ingredients (including salt!) and takes about 40 minutes from start to finish. It's a delicious way to send off corn season.

Because salad tastes a million times better covered in char marks (and on a stick). These skewers are filling enough as is, but feel free to serve them with grilled salmon, seared steak or chicken to make them more satisfying.

This version of your favorite dish is sweet and spicy, like the takeout original, but ours will please meat-eaters and vegetarians alike—and your picky kids.

We tend to think of Crockpot meals as super heavy, but this one is light and zesty, thanks to garlic, capers and lots of lemon. Mmm.

Halloumi is a semi-hard Cyprian cheese that develops a crispy, golden brown exterior and a warm, gooey interior when grilled. Trust us, you won't miss the ground beef.

This pork dish looks fancy, but it comes together in 20 minutes and uses only five ingredients. In other words, it's our new weeknight favorite.

Summer ain't over 'til the fat peach sings, and it's best put to use in this toasty, tangy sandwich. Serve it with arugula salad, grilled vegetables or fresh kohlrabi slaw.

No wimpy salads here. This platter is surprisingly hearty and filling. We'll chalk it up to rich salmon, tender couscous and a protein-packed yogurt dressing.

If it were up to us, everything would be topped with mozzarella. For now, we'll settle for this pesto-kissed chicken dish finished with summer's last tomatoes.

Not familiar with a rösti? It's kind of like a potato pancake or a latke, and it’s excellent for breakfast, brunch or, in this case, dinner.

Sometimes simplicity wins out. And it's even better when it’s in the form of a 20-minute pasta dinner that only calls for five pantry staples.

You're only 30 minutes away from zingy flank steak, chewy rice vermicelli, crisp snap peas, crunchy peanuts and all the fresh herbs.

We love the way the Brussels sprouts soak up all the pan juices. Serve the chicken over white rice or with hunks of crusty bread for dipping.

The Caesar salad is timeless, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved upon. Here, roasted chickpeas liven the dish up with spices and plant-based protein.

It's like your favorite party dip got a pasta-fied makeover. When the goat cheese hits the hot pasta, it creates a creamy sauce—some might even call it magic.

We can practically feel the vitamins (and protein) coursing through our veins after one of these hearty bowls.

Don't let its elegant appearance fool you. This soul-warming fall dish only takes 35 minutes to prepare. Even better, the recipe only calls for eight ingredients.

We like to think of this as a fancy BLT sans bread, since it includes crispy chopped bacon, canned fire-roasted tomatoes and wilted arugula.

Even picky eaters will have zero complaints about these shatteringly crisp breaded shrimp. They might even like the sweet chile dipping sauce, too.

The trick to impossibly crispy chicken thighs is to start with a cold pan, then cook them low and slow to render out all the fat in the skin. It's worth every ounce of your patience, trust.

While we can’t hop a flight to Italy, we can pretend we're there by way of a plate full of this mouth-tingling pasta. Pair the dish with a big green salad or garlic bread (or both).

It’s just as spicy and satisfying as the chili you know and love, only lightened up a touch with turkey instead of traditional ground beef.

Store-bought puff pastry does it again. Keep a package in your fridge at all times so you can make this dinner party-ready tart at the drop of a hat.

Congrats—you made it through the month. Why not celebrate with pizza? We'll take extra honey on our slice, please.