This delicious salad is perfect in the height of apple season, Mixed greens are dressed in a champagne vinaigrette and topped with poached chicken breast, sliced tart apples, creamy goat cheese, sprinkled with red onion and candied spiced almonds.

30 min · 671 CAL · 48g PROTEIN

Arepas are amazing … and once you fry them in bacon fat you’ll be like [*drooling*]. This BLT arepa comes with a seasonal South American twist salad.

30 min · 775 CAL · 20g PROTEIN

Capellini pomodoro is one of the best ways to enjoy end-of-summer tomatoes, basil, and angel hair pasta. This version gets some plump shrimp added to take it over the top.

30 min · 577 CAL · 29g PROTEIN

This dinner was a sleeper hit in my house. Parnsips, apple, tomatoes, coconut milk, and ginger create a wonderful fall soup with Indian seasonings of cardamom, chili, cumin and garam masala.

45 min · 565 CAL · 8g PROTEIN

This recipe, from the Serious Eats website, is a stunning dinner. Layers of flavor come together in symphony: breaded and fried eggplant, roasted poblanos, refried beans, chipotle pepper and pickled red onions, lettuce, cilantro and avocado. For a dinner like this, a simple radish salad is the perfect non-compete.

30 min · 563 CAL · 11g PROTEIN

Anecdotally, Drunken Noodles gets its name because it goes great with beer, or it’s great after a night of beer. Either way, it’s yummy! Rice noodles with a heavy sauce and tofu, onion, hot peppers, Thai basil and tomatoes.

30 min · 686 CAL · 17g PROTEIN