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Home • Meals • Main Dishes

Main Dish Dinner Recipes

What’s for dinner tonight? Try these easy main dish dinner recipes, including simple recipes with beef, ground beef, chicken, pork, seafood and pasta that are easy to make and family friendly. Some of our favorite main dishes include Pot Roast in an Oven Bag, Onion Soup Mix Meatloaf and lemon pepper chicken.

one pot creamy sausage and shells pasta in Dutch oven.

One Pot Creamy Sausage and Shells

turkey croissant sandwich.

The Best Turkey Croissant Sandwich I Ever Ate

easy turkey tetrazzini recipe.

The Easiest Turkey Tetrazzini Recipe

crock pot pork tenderloin in garlic butter sauce.

Garlic Butter Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin

penne with pumpkin pasta sauce in Dutch oven.

Easy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce

halloween meatloaf mummy on platter.

Adorable Halloween Meatloaf Mummy

slow cooker beef stew with onion soup mix on wooden spoon.

Slow Cooker Beef Stew with Onion Soup Mix

slow cooker garlic butter beef bites and potatoes with green beans in crockpot.

Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Beef Bites and Potatoes

bowl of slow cooker teriyaki beef and broccoli over rice.

Slow Cooker Teriyaki Beef

Monterey chicken bake in casserole dish.

Super Easy Monterey Chicken Recipe

cooked shrimp on blackstone griddle.

Shrimp on the Blackstone (Quick and Easy)

crockpot meatloaf topped with glaze and parsley.

Crockpot Meatloaf (Easy Recipe )

homemade dog food in crock pot.

Homemade Dog Food (Grain Free)

bone-in pork chops on blackstone griddle.

Blackstone Pork Chops (Bone-In)

smoked kielbasa sausage and rice with parsley and peas.

Kielbasa and Rice Skillet

honey mustard salmon fillets in baking dish.

Honey Mustard Salmon (Oven Baked)

one pan Mexican chicken and rice on spoon.

One Pan Mexican Chicken and Rice

chicken and rice with peas in skillet.

One Pan Chicken and Rice (Family Favorite)

skillet lasagna on spoon.

Skillet Lasagna (Easy One-Pot Meal)

tuna patties with fresh parsley.

Mom’s Tuna Patties Recipe

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