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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…

Chicken or Turkey Enchiladas ready to serve.

Chicken Or Turkey Enchiladas

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By Tammy Kendell
This recipe is great for leftover holiday turkey! The recipe originated in a 1989 edition ...
(1 rating)
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)

John’s Homemade Sloppy Joe

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By Lauren Conforti
A delicious, hearty, very chunky mixture. Easy for a week night meal.

Mexican Chicken Black Bean Skillet Dinner

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By Denise Miles
My Heritage Background is Hispanic Dishes, so naturally I combined all my loved ingredients..
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)

Sopa Seca ( Dry Soup )

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By Barbara Lentz
Tasty Mexican pasta dish
A great dish, Can add more or less cheese if desired.

Easy Chicken Sour Cream Enchiladas

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By Eve Peterson
A very yummy dish and can use ground beef or pork.
Made of Ground Beef, corn. I added extra cheese.

Mexican Beef And Rice Skillet

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By Eve Peterson
A quick and easy tasteful meal.
Bonnie's Perfect French Dip Sandwich

Bonnie's Perfect French Dip Sandwich

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By BonniE !
This is the Perfect French Dip Sandwich made with ingredients right from your pantry. ...
Platters of Honey-Glazed Chicken Thighs.

Honey-glazed Grilled Chicken Thighs

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By Debra Harrelson
This was great. We all loved it and will make it again. We used skin ...
(5 ratings)
Blue Ribbon Garlic Shrimp Scampi and Pasta ready to serve.

Blue Ribbon Garlic Shrimp Scampi And Pasta

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By Jim Frigyes
This amazing shrimp scampi with pasta recipe has won me 3 Blue Ribbons in 3 ...
(3 ratings)

Michigan-upper Peninsula Pasties! (easy Version)

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By Amy H.
Brought to Michigan's Upper Penninsual in the early 1800's from England by Cornish immigrants who ...
A platter of Chili Chicken Tacos.

Chili Chicken Tacos

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By Julie Prior
Top with cilantro, shredded cheese, lime wedges, avocado, and low-fat Greek yogurt. Can also use ...
(2 ratings)
Mom's Shrimp Creole ready to serve.

Mom's Shrimp Creole

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By LYNDA LOOSE
Growing up as a kid through adulthood, Mom would make this recipe. She would call ...
(6 ratings)
Baked Chinese buffet crab casserole in an 8

Chinese Buffet Crab Casserole

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By Teresa G.
This casserole is my version of one of my favorite choices at our local Chinese ...
Air Fryer Quick Chicken Parmesan on a platter.

Air Fryer Quick Chicken Parmesan

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By Larry Cline
Made with convenience items like ground chicken, minced garlic in a jar, prepared pizza sauce, ...
(2 ratings)
Pasta Slaw ready to be served.

Pasta Slaw

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By Shelene Wilhelm
We came up with this recipe after eating pasta slaw at Nordy's BBQ. Neither my ...
(33 ratings)
Crock Pot Pork Chops & Potatoes on a plate.

Crock Pot Pork Chops And Potatoes

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By Tracy Hooper
This is one of my husband's favorite Sunday lunches. I just put it on the ...
(13 ratings)
Kitty's Spinach Quiche baked until golden brown.

Kitty's Spinach Quiche

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By Katrina Freed
This is the best spinach quiche I have ever had. I usually make my own ...
(15 ratings)
Spinach, Mushroom Onion Quiche ready to be sliced.

Spinach, Mushroom, Onion Quiche

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By Loey Krause
Note about temperatures of ingredients. The pie crust will tend to slip down the sides ...
(1 rating)
Platter of Shrimp Kabobs with dipping sauce.

Shrimp Kabobs

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By Terrie Hoelscher
These have an oriental flair! Serve over a bed of shredded lettuce that has slivered ...
(2 ratings)
A big bowl of Chicken Spaghetti.

Chicken Spaghetti

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By Jeanne Benavidez
This is a great comfort dish. My sister gave me the recipe, and I tweaked ...
(92 ratings)
Jen's Eastern Shore Herbed Shrimp Cakes on a platter.

Jen's Eastern Shore Herbed Shrimp Cakes

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By Jen Smallwood
This recipe is very special to me - as this recipe was also picked and ...
(2 ratings)
Four Cheese Mac and Cheese baked until golden brown.

Four Cheese Mac And Cheese

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By Susan McGreevy
I make this when I'm feeding a crowd - holidays, large family dinners, or sports ...
(3 ratings)
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