Three comfort food recipes to try on weeknights this fall

Tracey Koch

Photography by Amy Shutt

September 3, 2024

September has come and the carefree, unscheduled days of summer are already a distant memory. Whether or not you have school-aged kids at home, once September rolls around, the mood changes.

We return back to a more routined lifestyle. With a busier schedule, I always find it helpful to plan out my weeknight dinners in advance, making my trips to the grocery store more efficient and my evenings a lot less stressful.

Here is one of my “go-to” weeknight menus that’s great any night of the week—and, in particular, on manic Mondays. These dishes are easy to put together and the meatloaf and casserole can be made in advance and used on the night when you need them the most.

On the menu

Monday’s Meatloaf

Easy Potato and Onion Gratin

Sauteed Fresh Green Beans with Toasted Almonds

This article was originally published in the September 2024 issue of 225 Magazine.

By Tracey Koch

Tracey Koch has been creating recipes, instructing cooking classes for both kids and adults, and writing food columns in the Baton Rouge area for over 25 years. She began writing her favorite column, “Dining In,” back in 2013. Find it featured in the Taste section of 225 Magazine every month. When she is not in the kitchen developing and testing new recipes, she is writing stories for her children’s book series about a little goose from Toulouse.