main meal
Ideas for the main meal of the day, dinner, be it at noon, early or late afternoon.
Easy menestra
This simple recipe can be adapted for speed cooking by using prepared or frozen vegetables. Good quality, fresh vegetables make this recipe really special, but frozen vegetables are better than no vegetables.
Easy old fashioned meatloaf from Massachusetts
The beauty of meat loaf is that it can be comfort food or luscious entertaining;come to the table warm with vegetables, gravy, and mashed potatoes, or cold, with salad, bread and pickles.
Danish roast duck (andesteg)
Andesteg is a wonderful recipe to use with wild duck in season. It is also a recipe to try when you want to give your thanksgiving or Christmas celebrations international flair.
Crab & rice Maryland
Crabs are cooked in a myriad of ways, boiled, baked or fried in bacon drippings, as in this recipe. Crab Maryland style is just crab meat with a little onion and celery sautéed in bacon drippings, tossed with crumbled bacon and rice. All I can say is "Try this!"
Corned beef and cabbage dinner
In many Irish American households in the United States, Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 with a family gathering and a corned beef and cabbage dinner.
Cincinnati chili over pasta
This Cincinnati chili is prepared with Mediterranean herbs and spices such as oregano, cumin, and cloves, and served over pasta, topped with mountains of gratted cheese.
Chicken Pojarski
These are patties made with ground chicken, bread and cream and fried in butter but they can also be fired or deep fried in oil.
Warm bean and feta salad
A simple bean salad with a traditional Greek flavor profile from the feta cheese, olive oil, lemon and oregano.
Tropical fruit with cinnamon rum
This combination is lovely on its own. It becomes stunning when served with pancakes, crepes, tulipes, or on a cake base.
Steak and kidney pie
A very British recipe for beef steak cubes. British butchers always have beef or veal kidney clean, cored and cut, one can even purchase the beef cubes and kidney mix ready to cook.