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September Food Ideas: What to Make for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and More!

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You can never have enough food inspiration! We have put together a wide variety of dishes for all times of the day for September. There are options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and some creative ways to use seasonal produce.

All of the calendars are available as printables. We hope you get plenty of inspiration from our ideas!

Dinner Ideas

We have put together a great selection of September dinner ideas. There is a mix of late-summer dinners and cozy fall favorites, along with some dishes that use seasonal ingredients.

September dinner ideas in a calendar format.

Get all the recipes on Be My Recipe here and the printable is here.

Breakfast Ideas

If you’re looking for new and delicious foods to start your day with, try our September breakfast ideas.

September breakfast ideas in a calendar format.

  1. Breakfast tacos
  2. Yogurt parfait
  3. Egg, cheese, sausage breakfast sandwich
  4. Scrambled eggs on avocado toast
  5. Pancakes (like these blueberry pancakes or your regular pancake mix with any of these toppings)
  6. Cheese omelette
  7. Toasted bagel and cream cheese (plus other topping ideas here)
  8. Granola and yogurt
  9. Fresh fruit
  10. Apple slices and cheese
  11. Cereal and milk
  12. French toast
  13. Cheddar egg muffins (make-ahead)
  14. Oatmeal with berries
  15. Apple and cinnamon overnight oats
  16. Pear and almond yogurt bowl
  17. Breakfast wrap with scrambled eggs
  18. Smoothie bowl with seasonal fruit
  19. Breakfast casserole
  20. Bacon and scrambled eggs sandwich
  21. Avocado toast with fresh tomatoes
  22. Seasonal fruit banana smoothie
  23. Chia seed pudding
  24. Cottage cheese with seasonal fruit
  25. Muesli with yogurt
  26. Frittata
  27. Egg, pesto & mozzarella breakfast sandwich
  28. Banana bread (make-ahead)
  29. Mini quiche (make-ahead)
  30. Croissant

Get the breakfast ideas printable here.

Lunch Ideas

If you’re looking to switch things up for lunch, here are 30 days of ideas to try.

30 lunch ideas for the 30 days of september displayed in a 7x6 grid calendar format

  1. Cobb salad
  2. Chicken Caesar wrap
  3. Quinoa bowl with roasted veggies and feta
  4. Veggie & hummus wrap
  5. Broccoli cheddar frittata
  6. Grilled chicken with Greek salad
  7. BBQ pulled pork sandwich
  8. Kale salad with cranberries and pecans
  9. Chicken salad sandwich
  10. Cheese, crackers, and fruit assortment
  11. Chicken Caesar salad
  12. Roasted tomato soup with grilled cheese
  13. Salmon rice bowl (like this smoked salmon sushi rice bowl or this salmon bowl with rice instead of quinoa)
  14. Caprese flatbread
  15. BBQ chicken salad
  16. Mediterranean-style chickpea salad
  17. PB&J sandwich
  18. Steak arugula salad
  19. Cheeseburger & fries
  20. Chicken noodle soup
  21. Apple, walnut, and spinach salad
  22. Tuna salad sandwich
  23. Taco salad
  24. Pear and gorgonzola salad
  25. Egg salad sandwich
  26. Broccoli cheddar soup with croutons
  27. Smoked salmon bagel sandwich
  28. Butternut squash soup with sourdough
  29. Chili hot dog
  30. Turkey and spinach wrap

Get the lunch ideas printable here.

Veggies in Season

These are the veggies in season in September, along with various dishes you could make with them.

list of 8 seasonal veggies in september with 4-5 food suggestions for each vegetable displayed in a list format with different sections

Broccoli

Cauliflower

  • Cauliflower gratin
  • Roasted cauliflower tacos
  • Cauliflower soup
  • Cauliflower rice
  • Pickled cauliflower

Winter squash

  • Stuffed acorn squash
  • Butternut squash soup
  • Roasted butternut squash
  • Butternut squash mac and cheese
  • Pumpkin pie

Sweet potatoes

  • Sweet potato casserole
  • Sweet potato fries
  • Mashed sweet potatoes
  • Sweet potato pie
  • Sweet potato muffins

Bell Peppers

Cabbage

More

Get the veggies ideas printable here.

Fruit in Season

Here are many of the fruits in season this September. Look out from them in your local supermarket. There are also ideas for what to make with them.

list of 8 fruits in season in september with 4-5 suggestions for what dishes to make with each fruit displayed in a color-coded list format

Apples

Pears

  • Roasted pears with honey and cinnamon
  • Poached pears
  • Arugula, pear, and gorgonzola salad
  • Pear galette
  • Pear smoothie

Grapes

  • Frozen grapes
  • Grape salad
  • Grapes, cheese, and crackers
  • Grape sorbet
  • Grape smoothie

Plums

  • Plum crisp
  • Plum jam
  • Plum tart
  • Roasted plums
  • Plum cake

Berries

Figs

More

  • Peach cobbler
  • Grilled peaches
  • Melon salad
  • Peach salsa
  • Grilled fruit skewers
  • Apple fritters
  • Fruit-infused water
  • Berry crumble bars
  • Melon prosciutto skewers
  • Nectarine burrata salad

Get the fruit in season ideas printable here.

More September Meal Ideas

Finally, here are some great options for dishes to make this September.

selection of september meal ideas displayed in color-coded sections in list format

Here are some of our must-try September dishes:

Soups

Appetizers

Salads

Mains

  • Chili
  • Chicken potpie
  • Roasted chicken
  • Pot roast
  • Stuffed acorn squash
  • Apple-glazed pork tenderloin
  • Lasagna
  • Stuffed peppers
  • Pumpkin risotto
  • Ratatouille (vegetable stew)

Sides

  • Roasted butternut squash
  • Roasted acorn squash
  • Roasted root veggies
  • Mac and cheese
  • Sweet potato casserole
  • Sautéed mushrooms
  • Corn on the cob
  • Green beans almandine
  • Cornbread
  • Baked beans

Desserts

  • Caramel apple
  • Carrot cake
  • Apple pie
  • Apple cobbler
  • Pumpkin bread
  • Fig tart
  • Cinnamon coffee cake
  • Homemade applesauce
  • Grape salad
  • Pumpkin pie

Drinks

  • Apple cider
  • Pumpkin spice latte
  • Apple cider sangria
  • Caramel apple milkshake
  • Pumpkin spice cold-brew coffee

Get the September meal ideas printable here.

You may also enjoy our other September calendars and printables.

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