Food and Recipes Dish Casserole 20 Of Grandma's Favorite Fall Casseroles No one can resist a second helping. By Phoebe Evans Phoebe Evans Phoebe Evans is a Southern Living summer intern who covers food and digital production. She is from Birmingham, Alabama, and has a strong passion for writing. Southern Living's editorial guidelines and Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon Wells Mary Shannon is a Digital Editor and has been on the Southern Living team since 2017. She helps run the brand's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and TikTok, where she's happily behind the scenes. When she's not ruffling feathers with an etiquette poll via Instagram Stories, she's writing content for the website and assisting in various print projects like gift guides and home stories. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on September 1, 2024 Close Photo: Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Torie Cox When it finally cools off during fall in the South, our kitchens have been stocked and ready. Spiced desserts, smoked barbecue for tailgates, warm apple cider, and of course, plenty of comforting casseroles are sure to fill our recipe lineup for the season. If there’s one person we happily look to for recipe inspiration, it’s Grandma. No one can resist a second helping of these comforting casseroles that were made for cool autumns. 43 Fall Casserole Recipes To Warm Up The Dinner Table 01 of 20 Million Dollar Spaghetti Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Don’t let the name confuse you: This cheesy pasta won’t cost a million dollars to make (it’s quite budget-friendly), but it will make you feel like a million bucks. Get The Recipe 02 of 20 Old-Fashioned Apple And Cheese Casserole Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Torie Cox Like a fall version of pineapple casserole, this fruit bake is surprisingly delicious. Though there’s nothing surprising about that if you’re someone who puts Cheddar cheese on your apple pie! Get The Recipe 03 of 20 Classic Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox We’ve developed dozens of sweet potato casserole recipes over the years, but the most nostalgic versions always include a marshmallow topping that reminds us of Grandma. Get The Recipe 04 of 20 Chicken-Bacon Ranch Casserole Fred Hardy; Food Stylist: Karen Rankin; Prop Stylist: Christine Keeley If you don’t want to take our word for it, simply read the five-star reviews for this comforting casserole recipe. “My teenager just proclaimed it ‘the best food I’ve ever eaten!’ Who doesn’t love chicken, bacon, ranch flavor, and cheese?! Super easy to make, using a rotisserie chicken. A new dish for ‘the rotation’ of dinners!” wrote one reviewer. Get The Recipe 05 of 20 Chicken Spaghetti Casserole Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Karen Rankin, Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen This cozy pasta bake recipe starts with cooking a whole chicken, but you can use rotisserie chicken if it’s already in your fridge. Get The Recipe 06 of 20 New Turkey Tetrazzini Alison Miksch Grandma isn’t just going to throw her leftover Thanksgiving turkey between two slices of bread. She’ll do you one better and make an entire comforting casserole with it. Get The Recipe 07 of 20 Old- School Green Bean Casserole VICTOR PROTASIO; PROP STYLING: GINNY BRANCH STELLING; FOOD STYLING: EMILY NABORS HALL When we say “old-school,” we mean it. This classic side dish is made totally from scratch (yes, without the “cream-of” soups). Get The Recipe 08 of 20 Creamy Chicken Alfredo Casserole Greg DuPree Grandma knows how to feed a crowd a satisfying meal, and when she’s in a pinch, that means turning to convenient buys like jarred pasta sauce and rotisserie chicken and turning out something delicious. Get The Recipe 09 of 20 Chicken- and-Wild Rice Casserole Becky Luigart-Stayner Grandma loves a casserole that “freezes beautifully,” and this dinnertime favorite falls right in that category. Keep it in the freezer for up to a month and pull it out on an extra-busy week. Get The Recipe 10 of 20 Twice Baked Potato Casserole ALISON MIKSCH; PROP STYLING: SARAH ELIZABETH CLEVELAND; FOOD STYLING: MELISSA GRAY A baked potato bar is fun in theory, but with the grandkids, it can quickly become a nightmare for whoever is cleaning up after supper. Grandma combines all of that cheesy, starchy goodness into one casserole dish instead. Get The Recipe 11 of 20 Chicken Pot Pie with Bacon-and-Cheddar Biscuits Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner The reviews for this twist on classic Chicken Pot Pie are absolutely glowing. For example: “I made this last night for my family of very picky eaters, and everyone LOVED it. I would 10/10 recommend this recipe.” Get The Recipe 12 of 20 Turkey-Noodle-Poppy Seed Casserole Hector Manuel Sanchez Poppy seed casseroles are a staple in Grandma’s house, including this version that’s a great use for leftover Thanksgiving turkey. You can swap cooked chicken if that’s what you have on hand. Get The Recipe 13 of 20 Hashbrown Casserole Caitlin Bensel; Food Styling: Torie Cox Whether at breakfast, lunch, or dinner, this Hashbrown Casserole is always welcome on Grandma’s table. With just a few store-bought ingredients, Grandma can whip up this dish that we swear can turn a bad day around. Get The Recipe 14 of 20 Savory Sweet Potato Casserole Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas; Food Styling: Torie Cox This isn’t Grandma’s original, marshmallow-topped recipe we talked about earlier, but this newer version is so delicious, it found a spot in her recipe canon. Get The Recipe 15 of 20 Homestyle Ground Beef Casserole Will Dickey A few things are always going to be found in Grandma’s kitchen: butter on the countertop, candies in a crystal dish, buttermilk in the fridge, and ground beef in the freezer. When she’s ready to use the latter, it’s likely to go in a casserole just like this one. Get The Recipe 16 of 20 Buffalo Chicken Casserole Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Styling: Audrey Davis Grandma isn’t going halfway on game day food in the fall. Instead of setting out takeout wings, she takes it to the next level with a Buffalo Chicken Casserole that will leave everyone full. Get The Recipe 17 of 20 French Onion Chicken Casserole Stacy Allen; Food Stylist: Karen Rankin; Prop Stylist: Lindsey Lower French onion soup is a fall favorite, but it might not be filling enough for everyone around Grandma’s table. This casserole has all the flavor along with hearty chicken that will keep the family satisfied. Get The Recipe 18 of 20 Southern Pimiento Mac and Cheese When it comes to Southern comfort food recipes, two is better than one, so we combined pimiento cheese and mac and cheese into the mashup of your dreams. Get The Recipe 19 of 20 Sloppy Joe Casserole Southern Living Grandma is an expert in kid-friendly recipes, including this ground beef casserole. “Delicious! My family went back for seconds AND thirds!” wrote one five-star reviewer. Get The Recipe 20 of 20 Chicken- and-Cornbread Casserole Ralph Anderson Cornbread dressing is one of Grandma’s specialty side dishes around the holidays, but it’s not quite filling enough on its own as a main dish. This hearty weeknight casserole solves that problem. Get The Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit