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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 baking pan filled with tomato sauce covered chicken enchiladas.

Quick-Prep Chicken Enchiladas

A blue plate has a long baked meatball sub with tomato sauce and melted cheese.

Easy Baked Meatball Subs

A white bowl has rigatoni pasta with sausage and peppers.

Sausage and Peppers Pasta {Skillet or Sheet Pan}

The shredded pork has been added to street taco tortilla shells. Green onions are sprinkled over the top and wedges of limes are on the side.

Mexican Pulled Pork Carnitas

A dinner plate has a serving of baked chicken parmesan, farfalle pasta, and a green salad.

Crispy Baked Chicken Parmesan

A small scoop of chicken salad is in a bowl next to a plate of crackers.

Cranberry Chicken Salad with Jalapeรฑos

The white serving bowl is filled with sweet and sour meatballs in a rich glaze.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs in the Crockpot

A flatbread pizza with strips of steak and red peppers is covered in melted cheese and fresh parsley.

Easy Philly Cheese Steak Pizza

Marinated steak on a plate next to buttered noodles.

Best Steak Marinade for "Steak and Tubes"

A white bowl is filled with farfalle pasta and fresh vegetables.

Creamy Farfalle Primavera

A white platter of mini slider sandwiches.

Cuban Sliders {Easy Recipe for Kids}

A baked chicken ranch pizza has chopped bacon and chicken chunks on top.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza

A blue baking dish filled with alfredo pesto pasta and topped with crunchy breadcrumbs. A slotted spoon has scooped out a serving.

Creamy Pesto Chicken Casserole

The broiled sandwich has been assembled with fresh tomato slices.

Creamy Chicken Pesto Sandwich {Oven or Air Fryer}

A blue plate has a sloppy joe sandwich next to baked french fries with fresh veggies in the back.

Easy Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes

A sliced buffalo chicken flatbread has chunks of chicken, green onions, and melted cheese.

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread

A Dutch oven is filled with chicken and dumplings with fresh chives sprinkled over the top.

Dutch Oven Chicken and Dumplings

A broiler pan of chicken tenderloins.

Easy Broiled Chicken Tenderloins

The finished salad is in a white bowl with 2 chicken tenderloins on a bed of pasta salad with baby spinach.

Asian Chicken Pasta Salad

A white bowl filled with creamy spiral noodles with baby spinach leaves mixed in.

Goat Cheese Pasta with Baby Spinach

A pan with shrimp with a thick bread crumb topping over the top.

Baked Shrimp Scampi with Breadcrumbs

A platter of cooked shrimp next to a dipping cup of sauce for dunking.

Frozen Shrimp in Air Fryer: Cooking Tips

A bowl of chunky split pea and carrot soup has chunks of ham floating in the broth.

Split Pea and Carrot Soup with Leftover Ham

A crispy chimichanga has been sliced open to show the melted cheese inside. Sour cream and salsa are on top.

Air Fryer Chicken Chimichangas

A family platter is filled with jerk chicken quesadillas, a bowl of sour cream, and a bowl of salsa.

Jerk Chicken Quesadillas

A clear mixing bowl is filled with frozen raw shrimp.

How to Thaw Frozen Shrimp

A blue plate has a bed of lettuce topped with lemon garlic shrimp and roasted red peppers and asparagus spears.

Sheet Pan Shrimp and Vegetables

A blue plate has a bed of white rice and is topped with chunks of pork, broccoli spears, pea pods, and a sprinkle of green onions.

Orange Pork Stir Fry

A blue bowl of spicy shrimp stew shows tons of corn, red peppers, spicy sausage, and big shrimp.

Spicy Shrimp Stew

Several slices of pork tene

Rum Glazed Pork Tenderloin

A square of Irish meat pie on a plate with carrots and cabbage.

Irish Beef Pot Pie

A serving of teriyaki meatballs with pineapple and vegetables over rice.

Pineapple Teriyaki Meatballs Stir Fry

A light and healthy tortellini soup has spinach and carrots floating in the broth.

Weight Watchers Tortellini Soup

A serving of grape and chicken pasta salad is on a plate with a fork.

Chicken Pasta Salad with Grapes

A plate of spaghetti with chicken bolognese sauce has a fork twirling the noodles.

Easy Chicken Bolognese

A bowl of Instant Pot sausage and rice.

Cajun Sausage and Rice {Instant Pot or Stovetop}

A dinner plate with two pizza buns and caesar salad.

Homemade Pizza Buns Stuffed with Pepperoni

A white bowl of cabbage soup with a spoon on the side.

Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup {Stovetop or Crockpot}

A bowl of chicken pot pie soup has a croissant on the plate next to it.

Ina's Chicken Pot Pie Soup For Frugal Families

The cooked sausage and peppers and celery in a slow cooker.

Slowcooker Jambalaya with Rice

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