40 healthy fall and winter recipes to see you through the season

Do you smell that? The heady scent of damp fallen leaves is in the air in Knoxville, mingled with the aroma of apple pies baking and hearty stews simmering.

If you’re behind on your Fall cooking, it’s time to pick up some of Fall’s best produce and get started. Winter squash, sweet potatoes, root vegetables and more are waiting for you to transform them into chill-killing dishes for your family to enjoy.

These recipes are favorites of readers culled from three years of Knoxville Healthy Food Examiner columns.

Bookmark this page to refer to all season. Some of these may even end up on your Thanksgiving menu.

Healthy Fall Breakfasts:

Apple pancakes, six ways

Savory scrambled tofu with fresh spinach and red onions

Healthy Fall Soups and Stews:

Quick turkey chili

Shrimp bisque

Yellow squash soup: with ginger and curry

Slow cooker squash stew with turkey sausage

Southern butter bean soup

Slow cooker squash and apple soup:

Roasted red pepper soup

Provincial chicken stew

Healthy Fall Side Dishes:

Slow cooker baked potatoes

Slow cooker butternut squash curry

Simple baked sweet potatoes

Pan-caramelized turnips

Slow cooker herbed potatoes and carrots

Balsamic-glazed carrots

Oven-baked jalapeno poppers

Healthy Fall Main Dishes:

Seafood gumbo

Cajun shrimp and grits

Panko-breaded tilapia with spicy tartar sauce

Rotisserie chicken chili

Whole wheat fettucine casserole

Healthy Fall Desserts and Treats:

Olive oil biscotti

Low fat apple cranberry crisp

Homemade apple chips

Apple cherry cobbler, light version

Healthy Fall Slow Cooker Favorites

Classic minestrone for the slow cooker

Slow cooker vegetarian onion soup

Slow cooker parsnip soup with pesto

Slow cooker scallop chowder

Slow cooker portabello mushroom soup

Slow cooker Manhattan clam chowder

Healthy Fall Baked Goods:

Butternut squash muffins

Whole wheat biscuits

Pumpkin bread made with whole wheat and olive oil