10,000 main dish recipes

Crustless chili quiche loaded with Monterey Jack, cottage cheese, green chilies, and ten eggs. Bakes up puffy and golden with a mild Southwestern kick. Freezer-friendly.

Sirloin beef strips and carrots in a creamy wine sauce.

Briny oysters on the half shell loaded with savory sausage, parsley, green onion, and buttery bread crumbs. A Gulf Coast classic baked right in the shell.

Round steak smothered in a rich browned-flour gravy with sliced onions, fresh tomatoes, and apple cider vinegar. A Southern braised steak that turns a tough cut fork-tender.

Steak roll-ups stuffed with a buttery bread and celery stuffing, browned in oil, and simmered for 2 hours in cream of mushroom soup gravy. Pounded round steak wrapped around a savory filling for a classic comfort dinner.

Pan-fried ginger salmon cakes built on canned salmon with fresh grated ginger, scallions, and parsley. Served over peppery watercress with a lemon-ginger oil dressing.

Italian-Style Sauteed Chicken Livers with Wine and Breadcrumbs recipe

Hearty Italian wedding soup simmered for hours with beef shanks, tiny meatballs, vegetables, tomatoes, and small pasta shells. Topped with grated Parmesan for a soul-warming bowl.

Stove-top chicken Provencale braises browned chicken in a tomato, sherry, and herb sauce, all in one skillet. A rustic French-inspired dish that turns out tender, saucy chicken with very little fuss.

Creamed turkey with pastry pillows: leftover roast turkey and Italian sausage in a mushroom-sherry cream sauce, served over buttery puff pastry squares. Holiday-leftover dinner for a crowd.

This meal can be made with chicken, beef or shrimp. See note below about grilling. This is a great make-a-head meal. Meat and marinade can be frozen ahead of time and will continue marinading as it defrosts.

Beef filet stroganoff with tenderloin cubes, mushrooms, dill pickle, paprika, and red wine in a sour cream sauce. The Russian-German classic served over spaetzle for a 30-minute weeknight meal.

Lamb chops marinated overnight in stone ground mustard and red wine, then broiled or pan-fried. Five ingredients, bold flavor, and minimal hands-on work.

Sauteed prawns on a silky shrimp-carrot cream sauce, crowned with crisp-fried julienned leeks. Restaurant-style plated dinner with three distinct textures.

Rolled castle steak is a tenderized round steak stuffed with a curry-seasoned ground beef filling, tied, browned, and braised until tender. The pan juices make a rich gravy.

White Castle sliders layered with broccoli and smothered in melted Velveeta, topped with buttery crushed Ritz crackers. A wildly indulgent, no-apologies casserole.