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Dinner and Main Course Recipes

Cooking healthy and delicious family-friendly main course dinner recipes should be fun and tasty for all!  Whether you are feeding a large group or catering to kids' tastes, you will find the perfect dinner recipe for all diets and occasions here.

For example, some of my family's favorite main course dinner recipes include jambalaya, pozole, and the always-easy mahi mahi.

You can also learn how to make perfectly cooked Greek chicken or garlic butter pork chop.

Some flavorful popular recipes include Vietnamese pho and Creole red beans and rice.

You will find delicious main course recipes such as cajun chicken, Mediterranean fish, and one of my favorites, butternut squash lasagna.

Try this family-friendly American goulash recipe.

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White shallow bowl filled with cooked white rice topped with sauteed onions and a breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet (katsu) that's been cooked in a sweet and savory sauce and topped with thinly sliced green onions.

Katsudon Japanese Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl

Close-up overhead image of a large serving spoon scooping out a serving of chicken noodle casserole from a corner of a white baking dish.

Chicken Noodle Casserole

Overhead image of a large serving spoon digging into a large white casserole dish filled with butternut squash casserole.

Butternut Squash Casserole

Large serving spoon resting in a glass baking dish filled with poppy seed chicken casserole.

Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole

Garlic herb lamb chops in a large skillet.

Garlic Herb Lamb Chops Recipe

Large pan filled with Pasta Alla Gricia and sprinkled with fresh Pecorino Romano Cheese.

Pasta Alla Gricia

Two white bowls filled with cheesy grits topped with cooked shrimp and garnished with shreddd cheddar cheese and fresh parsley.

Cheese Grits

Roast Turkey Breast Recipe

White plate filled with fluffy white rice smothered in an onion and mushroom gravy and topped with a hamburger patty and runny fried egg and garnished with sliced green onion.

Loco Moco Recipe

Prepared kielbasa and potatoes in a large pan garnished with chopped parsley.

Kielbasa and Potatoes

Close up image of egg roll in a bowl made with ground pork and veggies in a flavorful sauce and garnished with sliced green onion.

Egg Roll in a Bowl

White bowl filled with cooked wheat noodles smothered in spicy sichuan sauce garnished with sliced green onions.

Dan Dan Noodles

Overhead image of two white bowls filled with stir fried glass noodles with chicken and vegetables and garnished with green onions.

Pad Woon Sen

Overhead image of a white plate with crinkled edges filled with a plate of chicken lo mein with onions, carrot, bell pepper, and snow peas and garnished with chopped green onions.

Lo Mein Recipe

White plate filled with chunks of meat and egg noodles smothered in a creamy brown gravy and garnished with fresh thyme.

Beef and Noodles Recipe

Large skillet filled with baked balsamic chicken thighs garnished with sliced lemon.

Balsamic Chicken

Large oval salad platter artfully displaying a tuna nicoise salad with green beans, hard-boiled eggs, sliced green onions, boiled potatoes, canned tuna, olives, and tomatoes on a bed of lettuce.

Nicoise Salad

Overhead image of a large white Dutch oven filled with a bottom layer of chopped pork belly and sausage, a middle layer of white beans, and a top layer of four crispy duck legs.

Cassoulet Recipe

Large ladle filled with homemade Bouillabaisse made with shrimp, mussels, and clams being poured into a white soup bowl.

Bouillabaisse Recipe

Five large pan-seared bratwurst nestled on top of a skillet filled with sauerkraut sauteed and mixed together with apples and onions and garnished with minced parsley.

Bratwurst and Sauerkraut

Large platter filled with four breaded and fried pork cutlets smothered in a bacon mushroom cream sauce and garnished with freshly minced parsley.

Jägerschnitzel (Pork Schnitzel & Mushroom Gravy)

Dinner plate filled with two chicken skewers, lemon slices, and a side of greek salad.

Chicken Skewers

Three warm French dip sandwiches on a cutting board with a bowl of au jus ready to be enjoyed.

French Dip Sandwich

White plate filled with yaki udon noodles made with thinly sliced pork, mushrooms, carrots, and cabbage and garnished with green onions.

Yaki Udon (Stir Fried Udon Noodles)

White bowl filled with Korean rice cakes and fish cakes in a spicy, sweet, and savory sauce and garnished with sesame seeds and sliced green onions.

Tteokbokki (Spicy Korean Rice Cakes)

Small white bowl filled with fried rice.

Fried Rice Recipe

Large plate filled with golden pan-fried pork gyoza served with a side of gyoza dipping sauce.

Gyoza (Japanese Potstickers)

Stacked white bowls filled with orange chicken pieces garnished with sliced green onions.

Orange Chicken Recipe

Three Bánh Mì sandwiches assembled and ready to serve.

Banh Mi (Vietnamese Sandwich)

Large white plate filled with chicken and vegetable chow mein.

Chow Mein Recipe

Large wok filled with vibrant sweet and sour chicken with bell peppers and pineapple.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

Large wok filled with yakisoba noodles, chicken, and veggies covered in yakisoba sauce.

Yakisoba Noodles Recipe

White bowl filled with miso ramen broth and ramen noodles topped with chashu pork, seaweed, ramen egg, corn, and green onions.

Miso Ramen

Thinly sliced chashu pork on a large cutting board.

Chashu Pork

White dinner plate with white rice topped with Hunan chicken stir fry made with chicken and vegetables coated in sweet and sour sauce and a side of chopped green onions in a small white ramekin on the side.

Hunan Chicken

White serving plate with romaine lettuce topped with grilled chicken, bacon, hard boiled egg, tomatoes, feta cheese, cucumber, avocado, and red ion with red wine vinaigrette.

Cobb Salad Recipe

White bowl filled with white rice topped with sliced cucumber, avocado, mango, ahi tuna, green onions, edamame, and drizzled with creamy Sriracha mayo sauce.

Poke Bowl Recipe

Large white rectangle plate topped with five assembled shrimp tacos filled with cabbage slow, shrimp, and creamy taco sauce.

Shrimp Taco Recipe

Spooning chimichurri sauce over grilled marinated flank steak.

Flank Steak Marinade

Pollo Asado

A large oval plate piled with golden baked beef empanadas.

Beef Empanadas Recipe

A pan of food on a plate

Sweet Potato Hash

Cooked Mongolian Beef with red and green bell peppers served atop a bed of cooked white rice.

Mongolian Beef

Beet, Avocado + Quinoa Salad with Herb Vinaigrette

Quinoa Beet Salad

Grilled Shrimp and Veggie Bowls

Shrimp Bowl

Marinated and grilled skirt steak sliced against the grain on a large cutting board.

Skirt Steak Marinade

A Mediterranean turkey burger sitting on top of a wooden table

Mediterranean Grilled Turkey Burgers

Looking down at a small tray filled with three cooked turkey burgers on buns with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, and cheese.

Turkey Burger Recipe

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