Main Dish Recipes & Ideas

This sauce is everything.

One reviewer called it “excellent.”

It's cozy and creamy, with just the right amount of tang.

It gives it an incredible spicy flavor.

It's the perfect dinner for one.

I’ve made it more times than I can count.

Editor’s Note: If you’ve cooked this beloved recipe before, it might look a little different these days! We recently improved it to make it even easier to follow and more delicious.From here on out, creamy chicken soup from the slow cooker shall be known as change-your-life chicken soup. Try to imagine all the goodness of chicken soup — moist, tender chicken, bites of sweet carrot and peas — but wrapped in a creamy broth flecked with black pepper.

The marinade is everything.

It’s where a burger meets a hoagie.

The perfect recipe for sandwiches!

It tastes like childhood.

It's key to the juiciest Thanksgiving bird.

Sweet and tangy.

Plus, there's little to no clean up.

Like the boxed stuff, but so much better.

Did we mention the herb butter?

Mom knows best.

You only need three ingredients for the sauce.

Crispy, juicy, and full of flavor.

Yes, you really only need one pot. And no, you don't need to drain the pasta!

Plus, two ingredients not normally found in chili.

It's summer in a bowl.

My 5-year-old devours it.

I’m stunned.

All the flavor with less of the work.

If you’re looking for a quick and easy skillet meal, add this weeknight-friendly recipe to your dinner rotation immediately. With crumbled Italian sausage and creamy potatoes at the helm, it’s rooted in hearty, wholesome comfort and balanced by a light, bright twist from a handful of fresh parsley and a generous squeeze of lemon. When it comes to serving this skillet up, know that it works just as well for breakfast as it does for dinner!

It's bright, fresh, and a breeze to whip together.

It’s the absolute best.

It’s even better than the original — seriously.

Just add garlic bread.

A chipotle marinade makes the chicken extra-flavorful.

It’ll be your new family favorite.

There’s a reason people love it!

The Goldilocks of scrambled eggs.

It's a fraction of the cost of guanciale or pancetta.

I stock my freezer with them summer after summer.

It adds unreal crunchiness and punchiness.

Lasagna is perhaps the quintessential feed-a-crowd casserole. There are many ways to make lasagna, but here is my own method for making it. I was so intimidated by lasagna before I first tried it. It looked like a process that would eat up my whole day. While that it is not true, it is definitely more time-consuming than spaghetti with meat sauce — but it’s oh-so-worth-it. This recipe is a hybrid of a full-on, totally from-scratch lasagna recipe and one that uses pre-made components.

Bring Hawaii to your home.

When it comes to an easy dinner, a sandwich is always a good choice. However, there’s really only so much you can put between two regular ol’ slices of bread. Swap that sandwich bread for a pita, however, and it’s a totally different ballgame. Sure, you could fill a pita with cold cuts as you would your usual sandwich, but that’s really just the start: Your options go way beyond that.

No pasta needed.

So saucy, so creamy.

The most delicious leftover sandwich starts here.

Make sure to soak up every bit of the sauce.

Of all the things I make in my Instant Pot, there’s nothing more convenient (or versatile!) than a batch of sweet potatoes. Topped with a pat of butter and flaky salt, Instant Pot sweet potatoes are a quick side dish to partner with whatever I’m cooking. They’re also incredibly versatile. Loaded with beans and greens, they make a wholesome vegetarian dinner. Filled with Greek yogurt or nut butter, and fruit, I have a nutritious breakfast.

Pronounced poh-taazh, potage is a fancy term for a thick and comforting soup cooked in a pot. Typically, it also infers that the soup is made of vegetables and is puréed until smooth. Like many French dishes, it originates from peasants and farmers who were using the ingredients they had available — in this case, any mix of vegetables. Potage is often enriched at the end with some kind of dairy.

Check out that gooey cheese!

Get ready to make these on repeat.

It’s all about the beans.

I’m so impressed!

You'll never want to prep it any other way.

Restaurants can’t compete with this.

And it cooks in just 20 minutes.

It’s just creamy enough.

It’s so good!

I've been making it for years.

Yes, you really can make baked ziti (well, “baked” ziti) in your slow cooker. And the result isn’t just good — it’s amazing. What it lacks in the crispy-edges department it gains in the ooey-gooey comfort-food department: tender noodles coated in marinara sauce and mixed with a double dose of melty cheese. Pasta in the slow cooker has a reputation for being overcooked and soggy — a result of too much liquid in the slow cooker or too long of a cook time.

One-pot pastas are an absolute magic trick. Cook pasta start to finish in just one pot? No straining? And oh, wait — all the other ingredients for a delicious, well-rounded weeknight dinner cook right in the pot with the pasta? Amazing!The family-friendly pasta technique deserves a spot in your meal plan. Here are 25 one-pot pasta recipes to keep you happy and well-fed.