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An Easy Family Dinner Recipe … Plus a Giveaway!

Cheryl Lock
Text by Cheryl Lock, video by Gabrielle Karol
Posted on Sep 14, 2012

An Easy Back-to-School Recipe ... Plus a Giveaway!Check out our awesome Weelicious cookbook giveaway information below, and enter for a chance to win!

On top of everything else you need to do to get your family settled into the back-to-school routine comes one more overarching question–what’s for dinner?

With the hectic fall season upon us, it’s even more important to plan for your family meals. We’ve covered some quick and tasty meal options in the past:

Today, we’re back with another awesome, easy weeknight idea (carrot ginger soup that will feed four to six people for only $6!) from Catherine McCord.

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You might remember Catherine as one of the moms from our Dove-sponsored LV Moms Panel.  Catherine’s site, Weelicious, offers daily recipes and how-to cooking videos for busy families. Her cookbook, “Weelicious: 140 Fast, Fresh, and Easy Recipes,” is out September 18.

Now to today’s giveaway! Watch the video below, then leave a comment on your own family’s favorite easy, go-to fall recipe. One lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive a free copy of Catherine’s cookbook.

Good luck … and bon appétit!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1042614846 Allyson Bossie

    My families easy go to fall recipe is Chicken Tortilla Soup.

    I use leftover chicken shredded, several cups
    2 cups of frozen corn
    1 can of black beans rinsed
    1 bunch of cilantro (just the leaves)
    2 quarts of low sodium chicken stock
    sour cream optional
    fried tortilla strips optional

    Combine all of the above ingredients and heat for 10-15 minutes until the flavors marry.  Top with sour cream, fried tortilla strips or guacamole!

  • Awbuist

    We still are using the grill in the fall, kebabs, burgers, grilled chicken…. and will until… snow…

  • Jennah Gade

    My family’s favorite easy fall recipe is cabbage soup.  We love how versatile it is.  Just start with a large can of V-8 and one can of water, add some shredded cabbage, and then you can get creative and add any other vegetables you have on hand.  Ours is never the same twice, because we always change the spices to suit our taste at the moment, and we usually have different veggies on hand.  Adding ground beef is optional.

  • Cathy

    Our go to fall recipe is baked potato soup. I can bake the potatoes ahead of time and then it only takes about 20 minutes to make the soup.

  • 3M

    My go to fall dinner is chili – lots of extra beans and can make it ahead of time and reheat after soccer!

  • Angela

    My favorite fall recipe is pumpkin chocolate chip muffins!

  • Maggie

    veggie beef soup in the slow cooker.

  • Pamruns2001

    Our favorite Fall meal (and quick) is organic butternut squash soup with crusty bread and cheddar cheese.  Very yummy!

  • katie k

    My favorite fall go to meal is chili with fresh baked bread! Yum!

  • Kerrylee_777

    Homemade Vegetable Stew!!

  • Margaret

    Our go-to meal involves browning some protein (ground beef, chicken, turkey, whatever we have on hand), tossing in some starch (rice or small pasta), a can of tomatoes, some stock, and whatever veggies we have on hand. Bring to a boil, then simmer until the starch is cooked, and voila! It turns out different each time based on the protein, seasoning, and veggie combos you add in!

  • Erin

    We love beef barley stew in the crockpot.  It’s so easy and great for the fall.  

  • Maya

    bean stew and lentil soup!

  • G_coyle27

    We love white bean chicken chili – served with sour cream, salsa, cheese and tortilla chips, of course!

  • Jenniferjhon

    Our fall fav is butternut squash soup – a hit with ALL the family, even the little ones.

  • Marivelm

     did not expect it to be creamy! yummy and adding curry!? WINNING

  • Marivelm

    My favorite fall meal is and my family favorite is pasta in a bologenese sauce

  • Shannon

    We love making a simple southwest chicken soup. It’s chicken, tomatoes, squash, corn, black beans, onion and garlic. It’s super yummy and comforting. You can add shredded cheese and/or tortilla chips for an extra treat. Happy fall!!

  • Engchik

    That is great!!! My favorite fall meal is tuna over rice- simple, cheesy and ultimate comfort food- in the crock pot or on the stove top!

  • Lauren Mani-Ogrinz

    Tacos!  They are fast, easy and versatile!  Plus, our kids love them!  Sometimes we will make quesadillas for the kids while we have grown up tacos!

  • Robe0255

    Quesadilla’s with chicken and peppers and corn and cheese.

  • RCAB

    chicken cutlets is always a winner. when stuck for an idea that we all will eat, baked chicken cutlets is the default. 

  • Danielle

    Chili or some Cheesy Ham and Veggie Chowder!! Yum Yum!!

  • jessica

    Quesadillas are a hit at our house.

  • Tiffany

    My family loves homemade chicken and noodles. By using a rotisserie chicken and Reames frozen egg noodles, it is an easy meal that makes plenty of extra servings for the freezer.

  • Maribel F

    The carrot ginger soup sounds and looks delicious, our family favorite is the classic chicken noodle soup and sometimes the Fideo with chicken is similar and both are so warm and delicious.

  • Cecilia

    We eat lots of vegetarian split pea soup and chili in the fall. 

  • Gcvance

    Braised Kale and potato stew. Yummy and good for us.

  • Steelerl77

    I whip up a quick pasta sauce. EVOO, fresh garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, basil, oregano, salt & pepper……tomatoes of course (usually 1 lg can of whole Italian plum and 1 lg can of crushed tomatoes. I will crank it up on med/high it about 1/2 before we go to football practice, then turn it off and cover it with a lid…..there is enough carryover heat to continue cooking it and buy the time we get home from practice all that I have to do is boil water, cook pasta & sprinkle on the Locatelli! It makes dinner for four, lunch for hubby the next day ( sometomes tgere is enough for my lunch too) and plenty of sauce for one more dinner for hubby and I that week!

  • Jennifer Sansone

    Hard to say, but red pepper soup is a favortie.  Served it at our fall wedding too : )

  • Natalie H.

    Spaghetti and meatballs is a weekly staple as is chicken or beef nachos. We also eat a lot of chili during the cold season.

  • angelajo

    Weelicios 4 bean chili :)

  • Elizabeth F

    our family has been liking a pumpkin potatoe soup the last several fall/winters. Would love your cookbook!

  • Mary

    Spinach tortalilini soup!

  • Toqua’s Crafts

    We like to do refrigerator leftover…  You never end up with the same meal twice.

  • Jodi M

    My favorite go to in the fall is chicken noodle soup or roasted chicken and veggies

  • http://www.facebook.com/gail.kuroda Gail Kuroda

    simple spaghetti
    gkuroda at gmail dot com

  • Sara

    Grilled fish!

  • Jessica West

    Anything in the crockpot – throw it together in the morning, forget about it all day, then have a great dinner without work in the evening!

  • Jennifer C

    Lentil soup made in the crock pot served with crusty baguette is comforting for the whole family and easy to make.

  • Helen

    Frozen Zippy’s Chili and rice.

  • Kileywiley12

    love hummus and veggies

  • Rlhagen

    We like a vegetable raisin curry (from Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes).  You cook a chopped onion and 1 t. minced garlic in 2T. butter, stir in 1 T. flour, 2 t. curry powder and 1/4 t. cayenne, then add a 16 oz. package of frozen mixed vegetables, 1/3 c. raisins, 1/2 t. salt and 1 c. broth.  Bring this to a boil, then simmer for 10 min.  Meanwhile, you make couscous with broth.  Serve the curry over the couscous, with toasted almonds on top.  Other condiments include mango chutney, chopped tomato and shredded coconut.

  • elisa

    Roast chicken with lots of citrus stuffed in the cavity. Cumin rubbed on the outside, squeeze a little orange juice and lemon juice on outside, and leave a few quartered (unsqueezed) lemons and oranges in pan and squeeze the juice of a few more into bottom of pan and leave the squeezed ones in the pan too. Roast at 375. Add stock as needed so it is moist on bottom of pan.

  • Kristen Keller

    Spicy butternut squash soup in a crusty sourdough bread bowl with a beautiful glass of wine.

  • Stompsa

    my family’d favorite quickie is pasta with eevo and parm.

  • Skyla

    Turkey Chili!  Always a great fall crockpot meal!

  • Lpom

    Love the carrot soup show!  Apples in everything are our favorite fall recipe!

  • Gary

    our Family favorite is to have a warm butternut squash soup or any soup for that matter (hot and sour/ sweet corn soup are also some of the favorites) with a grilled sandwich!

  • Angie Lenkevich

    That is an easy recipe and fun to try.

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