Main Dish recipe collection

Grilled tuna steaks with a pureed yellow pepper sauce, served alongside grilled zucchini, red onion, and potatoes splashed with balsamic vinegar. A colorful, restaurant-quality seafood dinner.

Grilled venison tenderloin marinated three days in red wine vinegar, rose, and bay. The technique that turns lean wild game into juicy, medium-rare filets straight off the coals.

Grilled stuffed pork tenderloin rolls olive tapenade through the center, sears and grills the loin, then plates with a yellow bell pepper-saffron-honey sauce. Mediterranean main dish.

Ground beef cheese custard casserole with eggs, milk, mustard, shredded cheese, and toasted bread squares on top. Old-school savory custard for weeknight dinner.

Ground beef casserole with rice, cream of mushroom and chicken soups, soy sauce, and crispy chow mein noodles on top. A retro Asian-inspired one-dish dinner baked in layers.

Ground beef pepper steak with seared patties and soy sauce-garlic green peppers. Seven ingredients, 20 minutes, and a budget-friendly riff on Chinese pepper steak.

Homemade ground beef salami cured with tender quick salt, liquid smoke, mustard seed, and garlic. Shaped into logs, refrigerated 24 hours, then slow-baked in foil.

Homemade ground beef summer sausage cured with liquid smoke, mustard seeds, and coriander. Mix, roll, refrigerate overnight, and bake for smoky, sliceable sausage logs ready for snacking.

Ground beef with cactus pairs browned beef and onions with tangy nopales and tomatoes with chilies. A four-ingredient Mexican-style skillet supper ready in 30 minutes.

Quite easy to make, and it comes out delicious. The dish can be made in advance. Reheat it in the oven or microwave whenever the hunger hits.

Ground chicken stir-fry with broccoli, mushrooms, red bell pepper, and fresh ginger in a light sesame-chicken broth sauce. A lean, low-fat Asian-inspired weeknight dinner.

Cuban-style ground beef picadillo simmered with green olives, raisins, lime, cumin, and cinnamon. Sweet-and-savory weeknight skillet meal that piles onto rice or stuffs into tacos.

Baked turkey spring rolls swap the deep-fryer for phyllo dough and the oven, with ground turkey, bok choy, ginger, and scallions wrapped into crisp golden rolls. Lighter take on takeout classic.

Creamy peanut butter swirls into a hearty West African stew loaded with sweet potatoes, okra, and cabbage for comfort with a subtle spicy kick.

Guadalajara-style gazpacho with shrimp, avocado, jicama, fresh corn, and a spicy tomato-lime base. A Mexican twist on cold soup that doubles as a no-cook summer main dish.

Halfway House pot roast: beef browned in garlic butter, simmered with dark rum, horseradish, and peppercorns, then finished with whole onions, carrots, and potatoes in rum gravy.