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Easy Dinner Main Dish Recipes

Start your dinner menu off with a delicious centerpiece and then match your side dishes and veggies to the main dish.

Pick one of my quick one pot dinners like this kid-friendly taco skillet or baked tortellini when you need dinner done fast.

A white bowl holds curly pasta coated in a creamy tomato sauce with crumbled sausage and parmesan sprinkled on top.

Pasta Rosa with Sausage

A cast iron skillet holds ground turkey taco skillet with melted cheese and fresh green onions sprinkled over the top.

Easy Taco Skillet Bake

A bowl of Tuscan chicken soup with round noodles, tomato broth, and fresh veggies chopped up inside.

Tuscan Chicken Soup

A slowcooker is filled with cream chicken and pasta.

Olive Garden Crockpot Chicken

A plate of nachos has sour cream and salsa on the top.

Microwave Nachos

A homemade chicken pesto pizza on browned parchment paper.

Chicken Pesto Pizza

The chicken breasts are on a cutting board, one has been cut into half and chopped into a big dice with a chef knife and fork.

Air Fryer Chicken Breasts for Meal Prep

An open face Cuban pork sandwich shows the pile of pulled pork and pickles inside.

Cuban Pulled Pork Sandwich

A bowl of shredded pork shoulder is in a white bowl surrounded by toppings to make nachos.

Mojo Cuban Pork {Dutch Oven or Slowcooker}

A plate has 10 thin cut pork chops seasoned and arranged for serving at dinner.

Air Fryer Thin Pork Chops

A slice of lasagna sits on a festive holiday plate with a green salad and slice of garlic bread.

Make Ahead Sausage Lasagna

The photo collage shows ground beef cooking in a large dutch oven next to photos of three easy ground beef recipes for dinner.

24 Quick and Easy Ground Beef Recipes

A white bowl filled with lettuce and topped with a chopped up cheeseburger.

Leftover Cheeseburger Salad

A simple hamburger with provolone cheese and a sliced tomato on a blue plate.

Essential Cheeseburger: Our House Recipe

A seasoned fish filet is on a hamburger bun with shredded lettuce and a sliced tomato.

Blackened Mahi Mahi Sandwiches

The photo collage shows a bag of shredded chicken next to 3 photos of the recipes you could make with it.

50 Quick Shredded Chicken Recipes

The white bowl of shredded chicken meat.

Instant Pot Shredded Chicken

A blue plate has a bed of rice topped with chunks of chicken, pineapple, and roasted vegetables.

Sheet Pan Hawaiian Chicken

A bowl of tortellini is coated in a creamy boursin cheese sauce with tomatoes and spinach.

Baked Boursin and Tomato Pasta

An oven baked turkey burger sits on an open faced bun and is topped with fresh tomato slices, green arugula leaves, and a melted slice of cheese. Tater tots sit next to it for a side dish.

Juicy Baked Turkey Burgers {Oven or Air Fryer}

A plate filled with salad greens, fresh strawberries, and pickled red onions.

Strawberry Feta Salad

An aluminum foil packet is filled with cooked shrimp, corn on the cob, and potatoes.

Shrimp Boil Foil Packets {Grill or Oven}

A platter of chicken and broccoli is heavily seasoned with lemon wedges on the side.

Sheet Pan Chicken Diavolo

A spiced shredded chicken taco has slaw on the top with flour tortillas. Fresh lime wedges in the back.

Crockpot Chicken Tacos

A baking dish with creamy chicken pot pie has phyllo dough on the top.

Lighter Chicken Pot Pie

A slice of ham slab pot pie sits on a plate with a serving spatula. Big chunks of fresh veggies peek out from under a flaky pie crust.

Buttery Crusted Ham Pot Pie

A serving of fish and chips has a lemon wedge on the side.

Easy Fish Recipes for Kids

The taco salad bowl has ground turkey, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and tortilla strips.

Taco Salad Bowl

The breaded fish is on a blue plate with a scoop of rice pilaf.

Baked Fish with Breadcrumbs

A buttermilk waffle has buttermilk fried chicken on top and a special pitcher of spiced maple syrup in the back.

Southern Chicken and Waffles

Two salmon filets are surrounded by fresh green beans in an air fryer basket.

How to Cook Salmon in Air Fryer

A platter of buttermilk fried chicken tenderloins with a cup of ranch.

Buttermilk Fried Chicken in the Oven

A piece of toast is being dunked into a soft egg in a rich tomato sauce.

Eggs in Purgatory {Easy Shakshuka}

The photo collage shows 4 different kinds of chicken sliders.

10 Easy Chicken Sliders

A white platter of crack chicken sliders shows the creamy chicken filling on a Hawaiian slider bun.

Crack Chicken Sliders

A bowl filled with ground pork and cabbage mixture drizzled with spicy mayo and crispy wonton strips.

Spicy Pork Egg Roll Bowls

A large sub sandwich has shredded roast beef, melted provolone, shredded lettuce, sliced tomatoes, and thin sliced pickles stacked for the filings.

New Orleans Roast Beef Po'Boy

A plate with sliced barbecue chicken has a drizzle of Alabama bbq white sauce over the top.

Baked Alabama BBQ Chicken Breasts

A pan of baked spaghetti has a spoon serving up a portion from the corner.

No Boil Baked Spaghetti

A skillet is filled with creamy orzo with chicken chunks, asparagus spears, and cherry tomatoes.

Creamy Orzo with Chicken and Asparagus

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    • Cooking with Kids
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