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Main Dish Recipes

Main dishes are - for obvious reason - the main attraction of any meal.  But that doesn't mean they have to be intimidating, or overly complex.

Here are the usual links to some of the superstars of my favorite main dish recipes.

Main dish recipes can be vegetarian like:

  • Easy Red Lentils and Rice - my absolute favorite comfort food and so easy to make.
  • Tofu Coconut Green Curry - Serious yum power
  • 13 Bean Soup - Simple, Affordable, Nourishing

My favorite main dish recipes that center around chicken, beef, pork, lamb, and seafood:

  • Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire - not the easiest but definitely not the hardest but oh so worth it!
  • BBQ Oven Baked Beef Short Ribs - Takes a long time to cook but so easy to make!
  • Chicken and Stewed Tomatoes - Comfort food delishness.
  • My Mama's Homemade Pork Green Chili - So good the next day!
Top view of crispy browned bone in, skin on chicken thighs on a white plate on a white table.

Crispy Oven Roasted Chicken Thighs (Bone In)

Top view of a small white bowl of ceviche (diced white fish, red onions, yellow and red peppers, lime juice, and cilantro) with 3 crackers sticking out of bowl.

Amberjack Ceviche

Verticle Bowl of Corn Chowder w/ Sweet Potatoes, Bacon, Cilantro, and Avocado Garnish. Close up.

Sweet Potato Corn Chowder

Cooked Red Snapper with red peppers and sliced olives on a white plate with sliced lemon wedges on top and a parsley garnish.

Mediterranean Baked Whole Red Snapper

Brown Roasted Crispy bacon on an elevated wire rack over an aluminum lined sheet pan.

Easy Mess Free Oven Bacon

Top down view of two plates of ragout: cooked sausage, sliced seared zucchini, chopped kale, white beans, and tomato. Side of hot chili flakes on the side.

Sausage And White Bean Ragout with Kale (AKA Ragu)

4 cooked and stuffed chicken breast tied together on a bed of cooked sliced carrots with a green onion garnish. White plate. Vertical view.

Chicken Stuffed with Pistachio Parsley Pesto

Spicy Red/Brown Chicken Drumsticks On A White Plate surrounded by celery and with with a white blue cheese dipping sauce in a bowl

Oven Baked Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks

4 pieces (3 ribs each) of Cooked Baby Back Ribs With BBQ Sauce Broiled On with a knife and small black bowl of bbq sauce on a wood cutting board (3 eaten bones in the back). Side view. Horizontal picture.

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Baby Back Ribs

St. Louis Ribs Baked In BBQ sauce on a wood plate with an orange napkin.

Oven Baked BBQ St Louis Ribs

Braised & Seared Beef Bone In Short Ribs with BBQ Sauce In A Yellow Shallow Round Baking Dish

Easy Oven Baked BBQ Beef Short Ribs

Small Potatoes, Shrimp, Sliced Andouille Sausage, Corn cooked and laid out on craft brown paper. Close up.

Easy Low Country Boil

5 seared cooked boneless skinless chicken thighs in a black pan on a white table. Top down view.

Easy Pan Fried Boneless Chicken Thighs

Dry Rub Baby Back Ribs Cut With The bones still on and stacked on a wood plate..

Oven Baked Dry Rub Baby Back Ribs

White Bowl of farro, and edamame with a small bowl of toasted pine nuts and another small wood ball with a portion size of the dish topped with feta. side view.

Farro Salad with Edamame, Pine Nuts, Feta Cheese

Seared and thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Top view on a white plate with a sprig of rosemary in the background.

Balsamic Rosemary Pork Tenderloin

Two shallow white bowls filled with chopped lettuce, sliced cucumbers, sliced radishes, , cherry tomato quarters and blue cheese and pecan crumbles. Two forks, two knives, and two white napkins on the side. Close up.

Chopped Romaine Lettuce And Chickpea Salad

Shredded Mexican Spiced Pork On a Brown Plate with Wood Tongs and a Chopped Cilantro garnish.

Tender and Crispy Stovetop Pork Carnitas

quartered strawberries, chopped pecans, and crumbled goat cheese on arugula salad on a shallow bowl/plate.

Strawberry Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese

Diced egg mixed with thyme, diced red onions, capers, and sliced chives on a bed of butter lettuce.

Simple Egg Salad with Thyme and Chives

Top down view of barbeque beef back ribs cut into individual ribs. Ribs laying on live edge wood cutting board with a chef's knife and white napkin in the background. Close up.

Easy Oven Baked Beef Back Ribs

Sheet pan lined with aluminum foil with cooked meatballs with basil on it. Top view.

Italian Pork Sausage Meatballs

Cooked Pickled Shrimp with thin sliced onions In a blue bowl with a spoon sticking out. 2 wood bowls with small forks on the side. close up.

Lowcountry Quick Pickled Shrimp

Top down view of 4 pieces of chicken breast with seasoning on top and lemon slices on a white plate. Close up.

Baked Curry Chicken Breast

Brown bowl full of cooked diced chicken, diced celery and pickles, diced red onions stirred with white mayonnaise and garnished with parsley. Wood spoon in it.

The Best Cold Chicken Salad

Stainless steel deep skillet filled with white beans and diced tomatoes with a lightly pulsed pesto of kale and almonds.

Cannellini Beans with Kale Pesto

Romaine lettuce chunked, chunks of tomatoes, red peppers, whole olives and crumbled feta cheese. On a white plate.

Easy Mediterranean Salad with Feta Cheese

1 piece of salmon spiced with lime, paprika, and cumin on a bed of greens on a white plate

Salmon with Cumin, Paprika, and Lime

Shrimp Salad w/ Horseradish, Chives, Lemon In A White Bowl.

Simple and Easy Cold Shrimp Salad

Top view. Chunks of shredded chicken, with whole cashews, raisins, and celery in a yellow curry mayonnaise dressing. White bowl.

Cashew Curry Chicken Salad

Top view of zucchini noodles with carrots, red onions, red peppers, green onions and cashews on a white plate with chopsticks.

Asian Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles)

Cooked Chicken Thigh and Leg with A Brown Dry Rub On A white plate with a green salad and red tomato salad.

Dry Rubbed Oven Baked Chicken Thighs and Drumsticks

One taco filled with chicken, cole slaw, cilantro, sliced jalapenos, and 3 sliced radishes. Ingredients in background.

Chicken Tacos with Enchilada Sauce

Three pieces of ribs with bone on a white and brown plate with remaining ribs in background on cutting board. Close up,

Easy Oven Baked Asian Style Sticky Ribs

White bowl of chunky red onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, yellow and red peppers salad. Wood spoon it it.

Simple Summer Salad - Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers

Close up of wood bowl of cucumber soup with chunky cucumber and red onion garnish. White bowl of cucumber garnish on side.

Cold Cucumber Dill Soup

Brown Roasted Chicken legs in a cilantro sauce in a blue baking dish. Close up. Side view.

Baked Thai Chicken Drumsticks

2 spring rolls cut in half (4 halves) filled with avocado, grated carrots and red cabbage, rice noodles, green lettuce on a wood cutting board.

Healthy Vegetable Spring Rolls

Side view of white bowl of green salad with shelled edamame, pecans, cherry tomato halves. Fork sticking out.

Arugula, Edamame, Tomato Salad

Top View Corn & Lima Bean Succotash with diced Zucchini In A brown Bowl with a Wood Spoon

Butter Bean (Lima Bean) and Corn Succotash

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