October is one of my favorite food months for meal planning at home. So I thought I’d share a month of family-friendly October recipes for easy meal planning. I love that we are in full fall mode with the deep flavors of pumpkin, butternut squash, and clove or nutmeg. I like to use the month to throw in a few fun Halloween Food Ideas, and always blow my husband’s mind when I’m able to find some savory pumpkin recipes he never saw coming.
Here are 31 recipes to help you with your October Meal Planning. Some of them are mine and unique to the Bigpittstop corner. Others are favorite repeatable recipes that I’ve already put on the radar for my family’s meal plans this year.
Let’s keep it easy when it comes to meal planning, but October is a great month to try something new. Have you ever had pumpkin pasta with Chicken Sausage???? Let me tell you, move it to the top of your list!
- Pumpkin pasta with Chicken Sausage
- Pumpkin Waffles or pancakes and maple sausage or bacon
- Sausage Pumpkin Lasagna Rolls
- Pumpkin Cheddar Ale Soup
- Thai Butternut Squash Pumpkin Curry
- Pumpkin Pasta Sauce
- One Pot, Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta – great to serve with any protein
- Pumpkin and Sausage Soup
- Creamy Pumpkin Chicken Enchiladas
- Pumpkin and Sausage Gnocci
- Pumpkin Curry with Coconut Rice
- Spider Spaghetti
- Corn Chowder and Jack o lantern quesadillas
- Spider or mummy pizzas
- Soup Spooktacular or Crocktober meals
- Slow Cooker Beef Stew – cut the carrots like pumpkins
- Ghoul-ash
- Feet-loaf sheet pan dinner
- Roasted Red Pepper Soup with Witch Finger breadsticks
- Candy Corn Pizza Night
- Plan a dinner meal around your kids costume theme.
- Mummy Calzone or Crescent Braid
- Mummy dogs and Herby cheeseball, shaped like a pumpkin
- Stuffed bell peppers with Jack-o-lantern faces
- Cowboy enchiladas
- Zucchini boats
- Meatball Mummy potatoes
- Green Goddess tortellini
- One Pot Sausage Pasta Dish
- Sheetpan Chicken Sausage and Veggie
- Philly cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
Does your family have any recipes you love in October?
