Tips for season change

Suddenly its Fall!
And suddenly, we have to figure out what to eat all over again. Gone are the cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers from the backyard. Now we are craving warm food, and turning on the oven is fun again.
Aaron had a great idea of how we should stay on track with our good eating habits. We made a list of all the Fall staple dinners that we like to eat over and over again & that are affordable (and included a category for sides). So each Sunday we sit down and look at the list and see what looks good for about 3-4 nights for the upcoming week. We have 1-2 nights of new recipes, and if any of them stick we add them to the "staple" list for the season. We usually eat with A's parents 1 night a week, and don't really have any kind of formal meal on Saturdays. So, here's the list w/ notes:

Red beans & rice (one of my signature dishes from my grandmother)
Pizzas w/ block mozzerella--we make a dough, divide it into 4 balls, and freeze 2 of the balls. You can also keep the dough balls in the fridge overnight.
White beans w/ sage & ham--this recipe changes every time I make it, but it makes me love my crockpot.
Midnight breakfast--this term was taken from Chef Jamie Oliver. It's basically a frying pan with all your breakfast stuff cooked together (eggs, sausage, tomato slices, mushrooms, etc), kinda like a traditional "English" breakfast fry.
Garlic & Olive oil over pasta--just as plain as it sounds, with a light protein on the side + veg.
Jumbalaya--another one from my grandmother.
Baked beans & hot dogs--now that I can make baked beans from scratch, this one is great to freeze.
Red sauce pasta--there are so many varieties of red sauce to make from canned tomatoes, and the leftovers can be used as pizza sauce the next day.

Sides:
pureed butternut squash, roasted acorn squash, ceasar salad, sweet potato fries, apples & pears, roasted roots & tubers, quick pickles, spinach/feta/pea salad.

Aaron also spends sunday or monday roasting/smoking some variety of meat such as pork shoulder, a whole chicken, chicken quarters, bone in pork chops, or ribs. We also buy meat on sale and freeze it to make hamburgers, bacon, and sausage. He also makes sandwiches: rubens & hot ham & cheese.

Noah and I have a few staples of our own including: quesadillas, sandwiches & tomato soup, baked potatoes, w.w. mac & cheese w/ peas and tomatoes, eggs, turkey bacon, quick fried tofu w/ dipping sauce, french bread pizza (when i'm really feeling lazy).

We are also making focaccia bread to subsitute for crackers, and you can use the leftovers for croutons--yum!!

I might add more as the season moves on.