Main Dish Recipes

Smoked and grilled pompano with a raw smoked-tomato and balsamic vinaigrette. A two-stage seafood main that builds wood smoke into the fish and a bright tomato dressing.

Salmon cubes steamed over curried cabbage in a fast microwave method that keeps the fish silky and infuses the greens with warm curry flavor. A low-effort, high-reward weeknight dinner.

Two kinds of cheeses, fresh summer squash, and basil pesto are topped on the pizza and grilled on your BBQ; quick, easy and delicious pizza takes no time.

Five-flavor chicken slow cooks chicken breasts in ginger, garlic, soy, honey, and sherry. The Asian-inspired sauce thickens at the end for a glossy weeknight dinner over rice and broccoli.

Tom's jerky stew: a Native-American style stew of beef or buffalo jerky simmered with hominy, onion, and potatoes. The frontier survival meal that turns dried meat into deeply savory comfort food.

A delicious pizza is full of delicious goodness. It's cheesy, warm and tasty.

Stuffed pork tenderloin birds: pounded pork loins rolled around a sage-bread stuffing, marinated in honey, soy, and cinnamon, then grilled and basted until glazed. A showstopper grill dish.

Classic three-ingredient green bean casserole with French-style green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and crispy fried onion rings. The original Thanksgiving side dish.

Ready in a hurry with only 4 ingredients this easy pasta recipe can be on the table quickly.

Slow cooker beef chuck roast simmered all day with black-eyed peas, carrots and green chiles, finished with a hit of hickory liquid smoke. Set it and forget it for 9 to 10 hours.

Vegetable lasagna packed with broccoli folded right into the ricotta layer, stacked with a chunky homemade tomato sauce of peppers, celery and basil. A hearty meatless lasagna under bubbly mozzarella.

A rustic Italian stew where stale bread melts into garlicky Roma tomatoes, white wine, and fresh marjoram with tiny pastina stirred in at the end. Vegetarian comfort in 45 minutes.

Shepherd's pie made with seasoned ground beef in tomato sauce, mixed vegetables, herbs, and a firm mashed potato lid finished with paprika. Classic British comfort casserole.

Baked crab cakes with lump crab, nonfat yogurt, fat-free mayo, Worcestershire, and dry mustard coated in bread crumbs. A lighter, oven-baked version with big chunks of crab.

Grilled steak and peppers vinaigrette stacks sirloin over butter-braised leeks and tops it with charred Cuban peppers in a Dijon-red wine dressing. A bistro-style three-layer plate.

Baked beef braises cubed roast with onions, flour, garlic powder, and beef broth in one roaster for fork-tender cubes and a thick built-in gravy. Old-school weeknight comfort food.