Best Thai Recipes for Fall

Soup makes a great dinner choice this time of year while all the fresh vegetables and herbs are still flooding the markets. Fresh fish is also readily available, which makes this special Thai Orange Soup (Geng Som Pla) a beautiful late-summer dish to serve. Made with real oranges as well as fresh Thai herbs and spices, this delicious soup is both healthy and soothing.

This Thai Chicken Noodle Soup with Lemongrass recipe is one of my all-time favorite soups. What makes it special is the Thai combination of soothing lemongrass and coconut milk - these two flavors marry beautifully with chicken. Give it a try - you'll simply love this soup!

When the fall corn floods your local market, why not do something deliciously new with it? This scrumptious recipe for corn fritters is a real treat, and it's also vegetarian (plus gluten free!) - made with corn, tofu, and a variety of vegetables. The corn fritter batter takes only minutes to stir together, then just drop spoonfuls into hot oil and fry for a few minutes. An easy treat that is terrific as an appetizer, snack, or finger food for a party. For a dip, I like them with Thai Sweet Chili Sauce, which now seems to be available in most grocery stores - look for it in the Asian section. Enjoy!

This dish offers the bright colors of autumn - orange, yellow, and red - together in a curry infused with citrus accents. You'll love the unique taste of this dish, as well as its healthy combination of vegetables, including pumpkin (or squash), yam/sweet potato, carrots, yellow bell pepper, and cherry tomatoes. Add chick peas as a protein source, then finish the dish with a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds and nasturtium flowers for a gourmet Thai treat that's as beautiful as it is delicious!

This Thai Lemon Chicken recipe turns out beautifully golden, tender, and full of flavor. Both lemon and lemongrass are used to create a delicious garlic inflused lemon sauce. This is my #1 dish to serve when expecting company, as it is easy to make, can be put together ahead of time, and is very beautiful to serve.

There are still plenty of fresh green beans around during the fall months. Use them to make this spicy green bean recipe, which is both simple and addictively-good. Similar to Chinese stir-fried green beans, this Thai version makes a wonderful side dish - or enjoy it with rice for lunch or a light dinner.

Fresh salmon is still available into the fall months, and it's a great time to enjoy it due to the salmon's natural vitamin D content (now that we're no longer getting very much from the departing sun!). For many of us, it becomes too chilly to do a lot of outdoor grilling, but that doesn't mean you can't have amazing-tasting fish! This baked salmon recipe is easy enough to make even on busy weekday nights.

This yellow curried soup is a soothing comfort food when the weather turns cooler. Squash may be substituted if pumpkin is unavailable, or make a vegetarian version by adding chickpeas instead of prawns. Whatever way you cook it, you'll have your guests asking for second (and third!) helpings of this deliciously warming, nutritious soup.

This Thai-style Corn Chowder Soup is deliciously hearty, yet simple to cook up. Made with cream corn as a base, this corn chowder soup is a good-for-you comfort food, and your kids will enjoy it too (just leave out the fresh chili). Makes a nice autumn dish, especially when served in a small pumpkin or pumpkin-like squash (see instructions)- perfect for a Thanksgiving or Halloween party! Nourishing and aromatic, this Thai-style Corn Chowder Soup will have everyone asking for more at dinnertime. ENJOY!

This fabulous pumpkin soup is healthy, flavorful, and mood enhancing! Perfect for the fall or winter, this warming soup recipe features pumpkin or squash paired with shrimp and/or chunks of fish (any type of white fish fillets will work), plus some healthy greens. Instead of cream, this Thai soup calls for coconut milk, which, aside from being lower in calories and fat than cream, also pairs beautifully with the taste of the pumpkin or squash, making for a delicious soup that is also extremely healthy. ENJOY!