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Blue Ribbon Main Dish Recipes

Add a pinch of fun to your next meal with these beloved main course recipe ideas. Meat and potatoes? You bet! But it doesn’t stop there…

Ranch Chicken and Potatoes Casserole for Two ready to serve.

Ranch Chicken And Potatoes Casserole For 2

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By Lonna Weidemann
One of my favorites!
(8 ratings)
Roasted Turkey With Scrumptious Chestnut Dressing.

Roasted Turkey With Scrumptious Chestnut Stuffing

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By Kami Roberts
I love chestnut stuffing for the added sweetness chestnuts bring. What I've always hated about ...
(2 ratings)
Spaghetti Squash Lasagna ready to serve.

Spaghetti Squash Lasagna

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By Mary Lou Ellis
I was trying to fix a gluten-free meal for my sister-in-law that was different from ...
(2 ratings)
Farro & Turkey Stuffed Peppers.

Farro & Turkey Stuffed Peppers

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By Tiffany Pennington
I really enjoy stuffed peppers and tomatoes. I usually use ground beef and rice in ...
(3 ratings)
Sunday Roast Chicken Dinner ready to serve.

Sunday Roast Chicken Dinner

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By Sharon Walker
In Grandma's house, Sunday dinner meant roast chicken. She'd put it in the ...
(3 ratings)
Bowls of Orecchiette With Sausage and Broccoli.

Orecchiette With Sausage And Broccoli

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By Jennifer Chaiken
Orecchiette are little bowl-shaped pasta "ears" that hold creamy sauces very well. For this, I ...
(3 ratings)
Chicken Bites Tempura Style with fried rice and sweet and sour sauce.

Chicken Bites Tempura Style

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By Ralph Creamer
This batter works on onion rings, fish, and more. For the chicken bites, try adding ...
(19 ratings)
Chicken Annabella on a plate with angel hair pasta.

Chicken Annabella

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By Lucille Hoerle
I had this at a local restaurant many years ago and loved it. I came ...
(26 ratings)
A bowl of Better Than Homemade Slow Cooker Beef Stew with bread.

Homemade Slow Cooker Beef Stew

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By Bobbi Jo Woods
Here are some tips about making this stew. - I've made this without a bay leaf ...
(12 ratings)
Crock Pot Po' Boyx (or Italian Beef) Sandwich on a plate.

Crock Pot Po' Boys (or Italian Beef) Sandwiches

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By Paula Collier
Italian Beef is a popular food in these parts. Great on football Sundays.
(20 ratings)
Date Night Pork Chops over egg noodles.

Date Night Pork Chops

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By Tam D
This recipe is a teeny bit fussy, but it's surprising and wonderful. My husband raved ...
(6 ratings)
Bowl of Shrimp Chinese Style Noodle Soup.

Shrimp Chinese Style Noodle Soup

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By Jodi Mueller Casolari
I got this recipe from my stepmother. It is absolutely yummy. I had actually forgotten ...
(5 ratings)

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By Thea Pappalardo
This recipe was my grandmother's. I have made a few small changes over the years. ...
(2 ratings)
Two bowls of Chicken Mole with rice.

Chicken Mole My Mommy's Way___bebita

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By Martha Aguirre
This is one of my favorite meals my mother used to make. Now it is ...
(2 ratings)
Baked Chicken and Rice Dinner ready to serve.

Baked Chicken And Rice Dinner

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By Diane Taylor
I have been making this dish for my family for many years. The best thing ...
(7 ratings)
Brenda's Easy Pot Pie To Die For ready to slice.

Brenda Easy Pot Pie To Die For

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By Brenda-Lee Barajas
I made up this recipe. My whole family said it was great. They just kept ...
(7 ratings)
Bangin' Spicy Shrimp ready to enjoy.

Bangin' Spicy Shrimp

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By Scott Anderson
I love going to Bonefish and starting off the meal with their Bang Bang shrimp. ...
(1 rating)
Pork Chops With Peach Pepper Jelly Sauce.

Pork Chops With Peach Pepper Jelly Sauce

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By Elaine Laskowski
Spicy twist to pork chops and so easy to make.
(2 ratings)
Mexican Goulash ready to be served.

Mexican Goulash

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By Karen Petree
I fix lunch for a group of female card sharks every Tuesday. The house rule ...
(1 rating)
Chicken Shepherd's Pie with melted cheese on top.

Chicken Shepherd's Pie

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By Christine Schnepp
I made this last night for the family and they loved it. I was trying ...
(5 ratings)
Bar-B-Que Beef Brisket and homemade barbecue sauce.

Bar-b-que Beef Brisket

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By Suzanne Larsen
This has long been a favorite at my house. It's good sliced or, if it's ...
(2 ratings)
Two bowls of Easy Chicken & Biscuit Dinner.

Easy Chicken And Biscuit Dinner

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By Tawnis Wohlers
Something I just threw together on a whim. It turned out pretty great, so I ...
(3 ratings)
Pam's Fresh Tomato Pasta & Italian Sausage.

Pam's Fresh Tomato Pasta & Italian Sausage

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By Pamela Rappaport
I had tomatoes from the garden that were about to get over-ripe, so I threw ...
(2 ratings)
Bowls of Crock Pot Chicken Salsa with melted cheese.

Crock Pot Chicken Salsa

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By Shanon Guinta
Another easy meal and delicious meal for people who are on the go. Not to ...
(10 ratings)
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