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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!
Pureed Black Bean Soup In a Brown Bowl (Side Angle) with A spoon with an orange container of lime wedges.

Easy Blended Black Bean Soup

Chicken Stew with Potatoes & Sliced Green Olives In A Red Enameled Cast Iron Pot

Fricase de Pollo - Cuban Style Chicken Stew

Side view of pan seared white fish with red romesco sauce drizzled on the top. Fish spatula on plate.

Pan Fried Grouper with Romesco Sauce

Top view of white plate/bowl of white rice covered in a yellow curry sauce with cubed tofu, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and peas. Fork and spoon on napkin on side.

Tofu Vegetable Coconut Curry with Rice

Top down view of a large white bowl of bean soup in broth with bay leaves on top. Close up.

Simple Vegetarian Black Eyed Peas and Rice

Sauteed Shrimp In A Red/Brown Butter & Worcestershire Sauce In A White Bowl with a Spoon.

Buttery Shrimp with Worcestershire Sauce

5 Seared Scallops In A Bowl With a Light Layer Of Roasted Sweet Potato Puree

Scallops In Roast Sweet Potato Puree

Baked Mediterranean Frittata in Oval Baking Pan with cherry tomatoes, spinach, eggs, feta, capers, and olives

Healthy Oven Baked Mediterranean Frittata

Roasted butternut squash on top of arugula on a white plate. Garnished with chopped walnuts and red pomegranate kernels. side view.

Roasted Butternut Squash Arugula Salad

Chicken & Sausage Gumbo in a white shallow bowl with sliced okra.

Creole Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Top view of ¾ white deep plate with wild rice, chunks of roast sweet potatoes and chickpeas. Topped with cilantro and toasted coconut flakes.

Sweet Potatoes and Chickpeas In Coconut Milk Over Rice

Pork Chop on a plate with a green lettuce salad. Chunky Portobello Mushrooms on top of chop. On a white plate with a red glass of wine.

Pork Chops w/ Portobello Mushrooms

Yellow Spaghetti Squash "pasta" with green kale and parmesan pesto with toasted squash seeds on top. Ona white plate with black rim.

Baked Spaghetti Squash with Kale Pesto

1 oven browned Quiche on white towels in a vertical shot. side view

Easy Quiche Lorraine (Bacon and Swiss)

Whole golden brown chicken pot pie with one slice missing. Pie slice on white plate in background.

Easy Chicken Pot Pie (Chicken Thighs)

Thin sliced flank steak on a wood cutting board with a knife. Meat is pink in the middle.

Easy Marinated Lemon Dijon Flank Steak

Top view of cooked Broccoli and Swiss Cheese Quiche with a browned crust.

Easy Broccoli and Swiss Cheese Quiche

White Shallow Bowl Filled with Tomato Based Red Stew with carrots, shrimp, and clams.

Classic Cioppino (Fish Stew)

Half a delicata squash hollowed out and roasted and stuffed with parsley and pistachio pesto and garnished with pomegranate kernels on a white plate with orange sauce.

Festive Vegetarian Stuffed Delicata Squash

White bowl of tomato based soup with sausage, carrots,arugula, white beans, and garnished with thin slices of Parmesan cheese. Spoon and baguette on the side.

Minestrone Soup with Sausage and Cannellini Beans

White shallow bowl filled with cooked browned beef, chunks of carrots and potatoes in a beef broth with thyme sprigs on top. Spoon and glass of white wine on side.

Easy Crockpot Beef and Vegetable Stew

Creamy Orange sweet potato soup in a wood bowl with a spoon on the side and an orange napkin.

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup

2 Chorizo, Veggie, and Pine Nut Stuffed Acorn Squash on a wood cutting board. Top side view.

Baked Chorizo Stuffed Acorn Squash

Top view. 2 fillets of white fish in a lemon butter sauce with thin sliced lemons over the top of the fish and a chopped parsley garnish.

Lemon Butter Triggerfish

White plate of meatballs with red sauce and spaghetti with grated parmesan cheese and a fork.

Bison Meatball Spaghetti

2 white plates of scrambled eggs topped with halved cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, parsley, and feta. Vertical view.

Healthy Scrambled Eggs and Vegetables

Chicken cutlets are pounded thin in this recipe with a meat mallet, filled with cooked spinach, onions, and garlic, & wrapped in pancetta and held together by toothpicks.

Pancetta Wrapped Chicken Breast

Spaghetti in a white bowl with a cracked sunny side up egg and basil leaves.

Spaghetti, Fried Egg, Basil, Cheese....

Top down view of cooked scallops on a brown plate in a brown orange sauce.

Sticky Scallops with Orange Soy Sauce Glaze

One piece of cooked salmon on a white plate. Salmon is topped with a lemon zest butter and fresh thyme. On a white plate with colorful napkin on the side. Close up.

Easy Baked Lemon Butter Salmon

Pan fried and browned cooked tofu in a different shapes (wedges, cubes, slices, triangles) in a dark teflon pan. Side view.

Easy Marinated Tamari Tofu (Soy Sauce)

Two seared pieces of fish on a bed of ceviche salad (avocado, tomatoes, green onion, orange peppers. Top view with white plate

Seared Little Tunny (False Albacore) with Ceviche Salad

A piece of toast on a wood cutting board topped with pimento cheese, arugula, and sliced small tomatoes. 3 tomatoes in backdrop.

Pimento Cheese & Arugula Tartine

Grilled Chicken Thighs (with grill marks) on a bed of green salad w/ pineapple chunks on a white plate

Grilled Jamaican Jerk Chicken

1 piece of cooked salmon topped with 3 lemon slices and chopped dill on a bed of asparagus.

Easy Oven Baked Lemon Dill Salmon

Close Up of Seared Amberjack Fish On A white plate on a bed of white pole beans.

Lemon Butter Amberjack Fish

Top down view of open clams and sausage in sauce in a green bowl with a baguette on the side.

Clams and Chorizo in White Wine Sauce

White plate with spaghetti topped with chili and grated cheddar cheese with a parsley garnish

Easy Cincinnati Chili with Spaghetti

Baked Meatballs elevated on a wire rack above an aluminum lined baking sheet.

Buffalo Meatballs with Dill Sauce

Pan Fried Chicken Thigh with a blue bowl of Grape sauce on a Wood Serving Plate with a sprig of rosemary

Pan Seared Chicken with Grape Sauce

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