Main Dish Recipes

We have always been great lovers of mushrooms, wild and cultivated. This dish was usually made with meadow or button mushrooms, but the cultivated ones will fill in just as easily and be almost as good.

Pot Roast Caribe braises a 3-pound chuck roast in a mole-inspired sauce with cocoa, chili, cumin, cinnamon, ground almonds, and orange zest. Caribbean-style pot roast for 6-8.

Quick coq au vin delivers the classic French chicken-in-red-wine stew in 40 minutes using boneless thighs, cremini mushrooms, carrots, and Canadian bacon. A weeknight-friendly version of the traditional braise.

Roman pepper pastry crust made with lard, coarsely ground black pepper, and egg. A savory, peppery Italian dough for pizzas and savory pies that rests in 30 minutes.

Round steak deluxe braised in garlic-scented beef bouillon with cherry tomatoes, green bell pepper rings, and pimento-stuffed olives. A budget cut turned tender, Mediterranean-leaning, and ready in an hour.

Round steak smothered in a rich browned-flour gravy with sliced onions, fresh tomatoes, and apple cider vinegar. A Southern braised steak that turns a tough cut fork-tender.

Sauteed Breast of Cornish Game Hen with Herb Sauce recipe

Absolutely creamy and delicious way to prepare thrifty chicken legs and thighs.

Classic Louisiana shrimp Creole built on a dark roux with the holy trinity, tomatoes, and bay leaves. Simmered low and slow for deep, soulful flavor, served over rice.

Shrimp puff pastry loaf wrapping a buttery shrimp, tomato and red pepper filling in golden flaky pastry. Elegant make-ahead seafood centerpiece for dinner parties and holidays.

Homemade beef gravy mix from scratch using flour, beef base, cornstarch, and ketchup. A DIY replacement for store-bought gravy packets with pantry staples.

Fettuccine tossed with julienned SPAM, broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower in a light basil cream sauce finished with Parmesan. A veggie-loaded primavera that comes together in 35 minutes.

This challah is not just bread, but also stuffed with spinach, ricotta, herbs and pine nuts, which gives the challah amazingly delicious filling and flavor.

Just in time for spring, you will love this scrumptious quiche made with chicken, cheddar cheese and asparagus.

Sole fillets stuffed with salmon, poached in white wine, and topped with a creamy mushroom sauce. An elegant microwave method that keeps the fish perfectly tender.

Crispy garlic-butter bread rolls stuffed with chicken, shrimp, and mushrooms in a rich Swiss and Parmesan cream sauce. Pure Louisiana comfort food.