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Main Dish Recipes

Whether you're entertaining on the weekend or scrambling to get dinner on the table during the week, you will find a main dish recipe here to fit the bill. There's cozy comfort foods, light and healthy dishes, and quick and easy favorites perfect for those busy nights. And be sure to check out those special main dishes when you have a little extra time or want to impress at your next dinner party!

From a simply Perfect Roast Chicken to Shepherd's Pie to Creamy Pasta with Sausage and Mushrooms you're going to love these comforting classics and easy weeknight meals.

Close up of creamy farfalle pasta tossed with mushrooms and sausage in a creamy white wine sauce served in a white bowl.

Creamy Pasta with Sausage and Mushrooms

Close up of chicken with creamy sun-dried tomato sauce simmering in a saute pan sprinkled with fresh basil.

Chicken with Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce

Baby Back Ribs with Bourbon BBQ Sauce on a sheet tray with herbs, sauce and cut with a knife.

Baby Back Ribs with Bourbon BBQ Sauce

The Best Cheeseburger Sub tied with a string on a plate with a glass of beer and another sub in the background.

The Best Cheeseburger Sub

Close up of a Egg Topped Bacon Cheeseburger piled high with sautéed onions.

Egg Topped Bacon Cheeseburger

Herb Crusted Grilled Beef Tenderloin on a cutting board with herbs and garlic scattered around.

Herb Crusted Grilled Beef Tenderloin

Mustard Glazed Grilled Pork Chops on a round wood serving board with fresh thyme sprigs and Maille mustard on the board.

Mustard Glazed Grilled Pork Chops

Carne Asada Tacos on a round wooden board with cilantro, limes, grilled tortillas and onion relish scattered around.

Carne Asada Tacos

Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole in a baking dish sprinkled with scallions and cilantro.

Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Pork Carnitas with Pineapple Mango Salsa

Vegetable Pot Pie with Biscuit Topping in a white baking dish with a portion scooped out with a spoon and carrots on the side.

Vegetable Pot Pie with Biscuit Topping

Chicken Breasts with Creamy Spinach Sauce cooked in a cast iron skillet.

Chicken Breasts with Creamy Spinach Sauce

Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms in a dutch oven with a wooden spoon in to stir, thyme sprigs scattered around and beige blue striped dish towel.

Creamy Goat Cheese Pasta with Chicken and Mushrooms

Overhead shot of roasted eggplant pasta in a cast iron dutch oven garnished with fresh basil, with basil and a sliced tomato alongside.

Roasted Eggplant Pasta

A pot of Sunday Sauce and Meatballs with a wooden spoon in the pot, a couple garden cloves and fresh basil alongside.

Sunday Sauce and Meatballs

White mushroom pizza baked in a cast iron skillet, dolloped with ricotta and scattered with thyme sprigs.

Cast Iron Skillet Pizza

Just cooked Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry in a wok with a light blue linen draped above.

Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry

Overhead shot of Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner with Cauliflower and Broccoli on a dark wood table with fresh parsley sprigs in the corner.

Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner with Cauliflower and Broccoli

Chicken Burrito Bowl with Avocado Dressing drizzled over the top, garnished with lime and cilantro with two gold forks alongside.

Chicken Burrito Bowls with Avocado Dressing

Overhead shot of perfect roast chicken in a cast iron pan with rosemary scattered around.

Perfect Roast Chicken

Overhead shot of creamy mushroom risotto in a silver saute pan with sprigs of thyme and mushrooms slices scattered around.

Creamy Mushroom Risotto

Two bowls of Beef Bourguignon filled with tender beef and carrots, placed on a plaid tablecloth with herbs in the background.

Beef Bourguignon

Braised Chicken with Grapes in a cast iron skillet with sprigs of thyme scattered around.

Braised Chicken with Grapes

A shot of two individual servings of Shepherd's Pie in cast iron skillets with a golden crispy edged potato topping with thyme, peas, forks, and an open bottle of beer scattered around.

Shepherd’s Pie

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