These meals are packed with fresh, seasonal ingredients like carrots, kale and sweet potatoes.

If you want to keep it mild, opt for a milder taco seasoning and skip the jalapenos.

Look for bell peppers with even bottoms, so that they stand upright on their own.

a recipe photo of the Chicken Taco Casserole

Photo: Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop stylist: Shell Royster

This adorable Halloween-themed dinner is perfect for a family dinner to fuel your trick-or-treating adventure.

Or serve them at a Halloween party and watch them disappear!

Don’t feel like freehand-carving the faces with a knife?

Slow-Cooker Vegetable Minestrone Soup

Try using a cookie cutter instead.

Sweet potatoes pair perfectly with the tangy, flavorful filling of ground beef, black beans and spices.

Chopped dill pickle sprinkled on top adds crunch to this quick weeknight dinner the whole family will love.

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Toasted sesame oil finishes the dish with a nutty flavor.

In this easy recipe, they’re full-size, full-flavored and plenty filling.

Shao Hsing (or Shaoxing) is a seasoned rice wine used in Chinese cooking.

Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers

Look for it in Asian specialty markets or with other Asian ingredients in large supermarkets.

Chicken Mushroom Potpie

This homey pie boasts creamy, savory sauce and refrigerated piecrust dough for convenience.

Feel free to sub in sweet potatoes for an added boost of vitamin A, if desired.

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Prep it in the morning and let your crock pot do the work.

They cook up quickly in a panini press.

Mushrooms and pork help bulk up the soup for a satisfying meal.

Chicken with Mushroom Sauce

Kelsey Grace Harrison

Stirring mashed cannellini beans into the chili adds body.

You could also use navy or pinto beans.

Sometimes simple is best!

Air-Fryer Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Turkey Enchiladas

These turkey enchiladas take leftovers in a whole new direction.

These simple enchiladas take only 10 minutes to prep, and they work equally well with leftover chicken too.

Warming the tortillas prevents them from cracking and breaking.

a recipe photo of the Bibimbap-Inspired Rice Bowl

Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf

Learnthree ways to warm corn tortillashere.

Bowl of Easy Italian Wedding Soup on a gray cloth background

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One-Pot Chicken & Broccoli Pasta

Jennifer Causey

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Chicken Mushroom Potpie

Justin Walker; Styling: Carla Gonzalez-Hart

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Pasta Fagioli Soup

Pasta Fagioli Soup.Lee Harrelson

Fast Chicken Chili

Mary Britton Senseney/Wonderful Machine; Styling: Mary Clayton Carl

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a recipe photo of the Turkey Enchiladas

Photographer: Robby Lozano, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf

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