Main Courses Recipes

If you've never cooked with lemongrass, try it out in this yummy main course.

This is a tasty side that can be added to any main course.

This quick and simple recipe is perfect for a main course or side dish.

A terrific side dish to complement a variety main courses.

A great side dish for many main courses.

A great side dish or main course!

A delecious Main Course meal

Oh so delicious as an appetizer or main course served with brown rice!

Tasty, refreshing salad for a main course or side dish

Main course

This flavorful appetizer has become our main course!

Tasty as side dish or veggie main course

This delicious vegan chili is the perfect meal for a cool, fall day.

Italian oven baked omlette, great for breakfast lunch or dinner serves 4 as main course or 8 as side dish

I made this a couple years ago for Thanksgiving and my family has been asking for it again ever since. So I made it for this year's Thanksgiving get-together, but I lightened it up some. I could have bought fat-free or lower-fat mayo too, but it was out of my price range this week! :(

I know it sounds like a really weird combination of ingredients, but it comes out very good!

Quick and nutritious, this zesty take on pasta salad is a family favorite. Garnish with fresh herbs and black olives.

A great side dish that will accompany any main course OR terrific as a main dish all on it's own.

A hearty one dish main course. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes (neither of which is included in the nutritional information counts).

This is a wonderfully healthy soup! It is a good healthy hearty soup that holds up well for the next day. A nice blend of rich flavors and yet so simple to make.

Suggestions for changes and additions from are: Double the tomatoes. It is also good with a spicy sausage, like turkey Andouille. Add more garlic and celery. Instead of Swiss chard, use collard greens. Add chipotle chili powder and/or a bit of liquid smoke and some cayenne to taste. It's wonderfully deep in flavor. Plus, a touch of sea salt when serving really brings out the flavors. Add a spicy Mexican tomato sauce call Chili el Pato from the Mexican food section of the grocery store for a little zing. Try sautéing the onions in some red pepper flakes for a little more depth of flavor.

Yummy and good for you

This is my variation on a recipe in Kevin Mills' cookbook "Faster! I'm Starving!" It only takes about 20 minutes total to prepare and it's super yummy. The cauliflower is tender, but still firm -- not mushy like it gets when you boil or steam it. If you want to change the spice mix, just be sure you use other warm spices.

This is a very hearty soup. It's taste is similar to minestrone. The meat adds protein. This soup will keep you warm and your tummy feeling full!

This is a nice way to start your supper or could be a supper alone...

sweet meets pungent in a cherry-blue cheese salad.

At only 181 calories a serving, this can replace garlic and olive oil spaghetti. Plus, it's a tasty way to eat your veggies!

This recipe combines farro, an Italian grain similar to wheat, with roasted butternut squash and red onion.

When a recipe calls for boneless, skinless chicken, save money by buying a whole chicken and de-boning it yourself. Then save even more money and increase the nutritional content of your soups by saving your chicken bones in the freezer to make your own broth.

A great alternative to a chimichanga.

A delicious creamy Risotto preferrably done with chanterelles, but any of your favourite mushrooms will work! You could also replace the chicken stock by vegetable broth for a vegetarian version.

A small Italian dinner salad goes so well with any pasta dish or soup. Serve before the main course or at the same time.
You are welcome to add black olives and croutons if you like for more zest and of course more calories!