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Easy Main Dish Recipes

Easy-to-make, family-friendly main dish recipes that will bring everyone to the supper table! Creative, delicious dishes that won't break the bank. These main dish staples are guaranteed to keep your family happy and their stomachs full!

Reader Favorites Include: Roast Beef and Cheese Sandwiches, Oven Baked BBQ Chicken, Crockpot Chicken Parm, Carolina Slaw Dog, and Homemade Spaghetti Sauce.

Fresh spinach, sliced red onion, crispy cooked bacon and boiled egg tossed in a warm bacon dressing tossed with wooden thongs.

Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

Spinach Salad with bacon, hard-boiled eggs and red onion has a great combination of flavors and textures, making it so delicious and satisfying. Drizzle on warm

Perfectly cooked hot dogs, wrapped in bacon and cooked in the air fryer, are outrageously delicious and slightly indulgent! Nestled in a buttery toasted bun,

Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs

This outrageously delicious combination of ham, jam, and a smear of cheesy spread makes an irresistible sandwich! A Ham Jam Sandwich is perfect for lunch or a

Ham Jam Sandwich

Tender, and juicy oven baked chicken with a rich BBQ sauce with all the flavors you love from summer grilling is easy to make and the perfect weeknight meal.

Make the best Oven Baked BBQ Chicken with this easy 4-ingredient recipe! Made with a sweet, savory BBQ sauce, this chicken is moist, juicy, and so good that

Easy And Delicious Oven Baked BBQ Chicken

Juicy, tender turkey breast cooked in the crock pot, sliced and ready to serve for Thanksgiving.

Perfectly seasoned with butter, herbs, onions, and garlic, this juicy, tender turkey breast is easy to make in the slow cooker. Crock Pot Turkey Breast is the

Easy Crock Pot Turkey Breast

Honey Baked Ham cooked in a sweet glaze is a copycat recipe that's easy to make and over the top delicious.

Honey Baked Ham with a sweet, caramelized glaze is the star of the show on any holiday table! There's no need to spend extra time and money ordering this

Copycat Honey Baked Ham Recipe

Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta with parmesan, tomatoes and fresh spinach is a family favorite comfort meal made in 30 minutes.

This Italian Sausage Pasta recipe is creamy, rich, and loaded with savory flavor! It's a hearty one-pot meal that is easy to prepare and great for a weeknight

Simply and Easy: Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta

Pulled Pork cooked in the Instant Pot is tender and juice. It's then turned into nachos loaded with cheese, beans, corn, peppers, avocado, BBQ sauce and sour cream for a dish that is out of this world!

Mouthwatering pulled pork piled onto crispy tortilla chips and then loaded with toppings makes ULTIMATE Nachos that you will become obsessed with! Pulled Pork

Instant Pot Ultimate Pulled Pork Nachos

This amazingly flavorful chili is loaded with tender ground turkey and beans in a rich tomato sauce with just the right amount of warm spice. Hearty Turkey

Hearty Turkey Chili

Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan served with cooked spaghetti, fresh bread and a green salad.

Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan is a classic Italian-inspired meal that's easy to make and perfect for busy days. This hands-off cooking method makes tender, juicy

Crock Pot Chicken Parmesan

Beautiful white bowl filled with cooked cajun garlic shrimp served with toast and lemons then garnished with fresh parsley.

Spicy, juicy Cajun Garlic Shrimp can be cooked in just 15 minutes and served as an appetizer with toast or a quick dinner with pasta! This is a simple, no-fuss

Cajun Garlic Shrimp Recipe

Healthy and delcious black bean breakfast burrito bowls with fried eggs, salsa and avocados.

Good morning, folks! Are you ready to kick-start your day with our irresistible Mexican Breakfast Bowl that flavor packed and easy to make? Combining the best

Breakfast Burrito Bowls (Quick And Easy)

Homemade burger seasoning sprinkled on hamburger patties ready to cook.

Add the BEST flavor to burgers with this easy-to-make burger seasoning recipe. It only takes a few pantry ingredients and 5 minutes to make a blend that takes a

Easy Homemade Burger Seasoning Blend

chicken legs on grill with sauce

In just minutes, you can make rich, tangy homemade BBQ Sauce with just the right amount of sweetness and heat! This made-from-scratch sauce is great slathered

Homemade BBQ Sauce (Easy And Delicious)

Homemade Sausage Gravy served over hot biscuits is a breakfast made in heaven. Made with only 3 ingredients, this classic recipe is delicious, filling, and a time-honored tradition.

Homemade Sausage Gravy ladled over warm biscuits is a classic Southern recipe that's the ultimate breakfast comfort food. This simple, delicious dish, made with

Best Homemade Sausage Gravy

A Carolina Slaw Dog is a classic hot dog recipe that deserves a spot on every summertime cookout menu

A Carolina Slaw Dog is a classic hot dog recipe that deserves a spot on every summertime cookout menu. The star of the show is homemade coleslaw topping a

Carolina Slaw Dog Recipe

Beautiful blue plate loaded with Air Fryer Sausage And Potatoes sprinkled with parsley.

Savory and delicious Air Fryer Sausage And Potatoes is an all-in-one meal that's great for dinner or lunch. It's superfast to make with easy prep and loaded

Easy Air Fryer Sausage And Potatoes

Crock Pot Chicken thighs slow cooked in a home sauce is the perfect recipe served at any occasion.

Take the guesswork out of meal planning with this delicious, versatile slow-cooked main dish! Crock Pot Chicken Thighs are packed with mouthwatering flavors and

What To Serve With Crock Pot Chicken Thighs – 33 Delicious Ways

Flavored with herbs, garlic and citrus, Compound Butter is easy to make and enhances the flavor of steak, fish, chicken and veggies with very little effort.

Easy to make, Flavored Compound Butters enhance the flavor of anything from steak and fish to vegetables, pasta, and rice! Loaded with herbs, garlic, citrus,

Flavored Compound Butters (2 Ways)

2 grilled chicken legs drizzled with Alabama White BBQ sauce for a picnic, lunch or a cookout.

Alabama White BBQ Sauce is creamy, and tangy with just a bit of peppery heat. This classic sauce is terrific on chicken, pork, fish, or fries and just about

Alabama White BBQ Sauce

Air Fryer Chicken Legs (Drumsticks) are so delcious flavored with lemon pepper, paprika, garlic powder. Roasted to perfection in just 20 minutes, this is a great, inexpensive weeknight main dish and perfect for feeding a crowd.

This recipe for Air Fryer Chicken Legs is the best for perfectly seasoned drumsticks without heavy breading and extra oil. They are juicy on the inside

Air Fryer Chicken Legs (Drumsticks)

Ladle with homemade spaghetti sauce.

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce, made with ground beef, tomatoes, garlic, and herbs, has a deep rich flavor that tastes like it's been simmered for hours. This is not

Easy Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

Stacked egg salad sandwiches served for lunch.

Indulge in the creamy and satisfying goodness of egg salad sandwiches! Whether you're looking for a classic egg salad recipe, wondering how long it lasts, or

Mom’s Best Egg Salad Sandwiches

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