This is our menu of 40+ Winter Dinners that are gluten free, dairy free, soy free, corn free, and refined sugar free.

Let's face it, finding variety in winter dinner meals that meet dietary needs can be extremely challenging.

Long gone are the days of fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden, orchard or farmer's market.

Still, winter dinner meals can be enjoyable to prepare and delicious to eat.

Trust me, you'll be so excited for winter with these delicious meals on the menu!

40+ Winter Dinners: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Corn Free, Refined Sugar Free

Besides special dietary needs in the home, we also have several who struggle with sensory experiences related to food.

Our winter dinner meals always provide accommodations for sensory struggles, ensuring that everyone has something to eat at the table that they enjoy.

This may mean, not putting sauce on meat, until someone's plate is made.

Other times it means not mixing foods together before plates are made.

There's always a way to help everyone enjoy dinner.

40+ Winter Dinners: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Corn Free, Refined Sugar Free

Below you will find a variety of dinner meals that include pork, chicken, turkey, beef, fish, and more!

If you are a vegetarian or vegan, there are so many options for you to enjoy as well. I prefer not to eat meat, so I always try to have an alternative to every meat meal on hand.

Winter Vegetarian Dinner Meals

1. Chickpea Tikka Masala with Rice and Naan Bread

We usually cook Chicken Tandoori for kids who are allergic to chickpeas or don't eat chickpeas, when preparing this meal. A couple of our kids are not into sauces, but will go for marinades.

2. Creamy Thai Sweet Potato Curry with Rice and Roti

We usually cook Thai Peanut Chicken for the kids to go along with this meal to provide another protein option with or without sauce.

3. Quinoa Stuffed Butternut Squash with Cranberries and Kale with Cranberry Orange Bread

We usually cook pork chops for the kids to who are allergic to chickpeas or don't eat chickpeas, when preparing this meal.

I substitute honey and coconut sugar for white and brown sugar in the bread recipe.

4. Fall Rotini Pasta Salad with Butternut Squash and Brussel Sprouts and Pumpkin Bread

We usually serve some type of sausage for kids who are allergic to chickpeas, or don't eat chickpeas, when preparing this meal.

5. Carmelized Sweet Potato and Kale Fried Rice

We usually serve this with Maple Roasted Pork Tenderloin for the carnivores in the family.

6. Kale Pasta with Pine Nuts

Those who love adding meat to recipes will really enjoy adding bacon to this recipe.

When we prepare this dish, we cook and drain Tinkyada brown rice rotini.

A bunch of kale is torn into small pieces and stripped from the stems.

Kale is sauteed in oil, a little garlic, salt and pepper for taste. Pine nuts are roasted. Everything is mixed.

The kids love adding parmesan cheese and bacon to their plates.

7. Roasted Vegetables and Chickpeas

We usually serve some type of meat or poultry with this meal for carnivore kiddos. It usually just depends on what I find on sale at the grocery store.

Most other meals on this list include a vegetarian or vegan alternative.

Winter Dinner Meals: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Corn Free, Refined Sugar Free

Winter Chicken Dinner Meals

1. Oven Fried Chicken Wings with fresh vegetables, dips, and Onion Rings

I prepare cauliflower wings for myself when we have this meal as a vegan alternative.

All of the kids absolutely love chicken wings. Some like hot wings. Others like homemade diet-friendly BBQ sauce.

When making onion rings, we use almond milk instead of regular milk.

2. Crispy Southern Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

The boys usually request baked potatoes instead of mashed potatoes.

I prepare fried cauliflower for myself or some other cauliflower based variation as a vegan alternative.

3. Teriyaki Chicken and Extra Vegetable Fried Rice

We use coco aminos instead of soy sauce and use honey as the brown sugar substitute when cooking the chicken.

We use coco aminos instead of soy sauce when preparing the rice.

I prepare Teriyaki Chickpeas, Teriyaki Cauliflower, or add pumpkin seeds to my extra vegetable fried rice as a a vegan alternative.

4. Sesame Chicken and Vegetable Lo Mein with Egg Rolls

When preparing this meal we do not add chicken to the lo mein.

Tinkyada Brown Rice Spaghetti is used for the lo mein.

We replace soy sauce with coco aminos and corn starch with potato starch or arrowroot.

Before adding oyster sauce, we serve up Sunshine's plate to ensure the dish remains corn free.

I prepare Sweet and Sour Cauliflower or Sticky Sesame Chickpeas as a vegan alternative to sesame chicken.

I use honey and coco aminos as an alternative to kecap manis, and arrowroot is used instead of corn starch in the cauliflower recipe.

I replace soy sauce with coco aminos in the chickpeas recipe.

5. Maple Roasted Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples with Quick Bread

I usually prepare Roasted Cinnamon Maple Pecans to replace the chicken and add some Brussel sprouts and dried cranberries as a vegan alternative.

6. Baked Chicken Taquitos

When preparing this recipe for Sunshine, we use her tortillas. She chooses to add goat cheese or Daiya cheddar cheese.

Winter Turkey Meals

1. Spaghetti with Red Sauce and Turkey Meatballs and Bread

Depending on our mood, we may make oven baked meatball sandwiches using this gluten free roll recipe.

Other times we may make spaghetti stuffed garlic bread using this Italian bread recipe. Sunshine uses Daiya mozzarella cheese or goat cheese depending on her mood.

I tend to just eliminate the meatballs or make vegan meatballs as a vegan alternative.

2. Turkey Leg with Poutine and Vegetables

When preparing this meal, I usually just enjoy poutine with a few other add ins. My kids love their turkey legs!

3. Turkey Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

When preparing this meal we use our own gluten free bread crumbs instead of panko, beef broth instead of milk, and coco aminos instead of Worchester sauce.

We use Heinz No Sugar Added Ketchup and our own homemade BBQ sauce.

I use this vegan meatloaf recipe when I don't want to eat meat.

4. Asian Glazed Meatballs with Rice and Broccoli

When preparing this meal we use our homemade gluten free bread crumbs and diet-friendly homemade hoisin sauce. We use coco aminos instead of soy sauce.

I prepare Vegetarian Sesame Chickpea Meatballs as a vegan alternative.

I either use the same sauce as others or use the sesame sauce in the vegetarian recipe, switching out coco aminos for soy and arrowroot or potato starch for corn starch.

5. Chicken Fettucine Alfredo with Broccoli, Bread Sticks and Salad

When preparing this recipe we use Tinkyada Fettucine, Primal Kitchen Mayo, and the vegan parmesan cheese recipe linked in the post.

I will toss in chickpeas in place of chicken when eating this meal as a vegan alternative.

Duck Meal

1. Roasted Duck with Cranberry Sauce, Roasted Carrots, and Potatoes

When we prepare this recipe, we do not use fennel.

I will usually prepare a stuffed acorn squash in place of the roasted duck as a vegan alternative, if I don't want to eat meat.

Winter Pork Meals

1. Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas

We leave out the lime and add that as a garnish to accommodate Bulldozer's citrus allergy. We make diet-friendly tortillas for Sunshine.

I usually mix some black beans with spices and use those in place of pork.

2. Baked Potato Bar

I make sure that I always have vegetarian options in the potato bar.

3. Tuscan Pork Stew with Homemade Bread

This meal is easy to make without the pork for those that are vegetarian. It tastes so good with gluten-free crusted bread.

4. Bacon, Brussel Sprouts and French Fries

This meal is easy to prepare.

Cook bacon and break up into small pieces.

Cook french fries. Prepare brussel sprouts( boil or bake).

Mix together with oil, paprika, salt, and pepper over heat to desired taste.

The paprika covers brussel sprouts and fries giving the meal a delicious flavor.

5. German Schnitzel, German Spaetzle, Sweet and Sour Green Beans, and Red Cabbage

When we make this meal, we usually also make German Soft Pretzels for those who don't eat the other sides.

I sauté mushrooms and make the mushroom sauce included in the spaetzle recipe instead of eating the schnitzel as a vegan option.

6. Kielbasa Sausage with Mashed Potatoes and Kale

When making this meal, we peel and cut a 5 lb bag of yellow potatoes, placing them in a pot of water to boil.

Next we take a bunch of kale, taking off stems and breaking into small pieces, and place it in the water on top of potatoes. They boil together.

Last we place diet-friendly kielbasa sausage in the pot and boil until potatoes are cooked.

Sausage is removed and cut up.

Potatoes and kale are drained and then mashed mixing with diet-friendly milk and margarine. All three ingredients are served together.

7. Saucy Hungarian Red Potato Goulash with cabbage and carrots

I usually switch out my favorite mushrooms with sausage in this recipe.

Winter Beef Meals

1. Easy Salisbury Steak with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans

This is one of Sunshine's favorite meals minus the mushrooms and anchovy paste.

To accommodate our autistic boys we prepare a plain patty served with a baked potato.

I usually just omit the steak and enjoy the mushroom gravy with mashed potatoes and green beans.

If I'm feeling really ambitious, I'll make a lentil patty in place of the salisbury steak as a vegan alternative.

2. Pot Roast with Rolls

I'm a big fan of mushrooms, so I usually just prepare mushrooms in place of the roast.

If I want to go all out, this Jackfruit Pot Roast is a delicious vegan alternative.

3. Sheet Pan Steak and Veggies

I enjoy the mushrooms in this meal. If I want something more I may roast chickpeas as a vegan option.

4. Sauerbraten, Hot German Potato Salad, and Creamy German Cucumber Salad

We use arrowroot or potato starch instead of corn starch.

5. Beef Stroganoff with Peas

When we prepare this recipe, I often use ground turkey instead of beef, but either will work.

We use coco aminos instead of Worcestershire sauce.

Tinkyada rotini brown rice pasta is used instead of egg noodles.

Kite Hill non-dairy sour cream is used instead of regular sour cream.

I often just enjoy the mushroom sauce without meat as a vegan alternative.

6. Barbacoa Burritos

I prepare black beans in place of barbacoa for myself as a vegan alternative.

7. Beef Brisket with Latkes (recipe from American Girl: Around the World Cookbook) and Applesauce

Everyone loves this meal. When I'm not feeling up to eating meat, the latkes and apple sauce are usually filling enough.

8. Korean Braised Beef Short Ribs with Stir Fry Vegetables and Rice

When preparing this dish we use coco aminos instead of soy sauce and potato starch or arrowroot instead of cornstarch.

We make homemade diet-friendly gochujang and replace sugar with honey or coconut sugar.

9. Black Pepper Beef Stir Fry with Rice

When preparing this dish we omit oyster sauce for Sunshine. Soy sauce is replaced with coco aminos. We use potato starch or arrowroot instead of corn starch and honey instead of sugar.

I usually substitute mushrooms for beef as a vegan alternative.