Main Dish Recipes & Ideas

The sauce is liquid gold.

You'll never want to prep it any other way.

Find *everything* you need to know to safely fry the crispiest, most delicious holiday turkey at home.

Bonus: You can assemble it ahead of time.

Editor’s Note: If you’ve cooked this beloved recipe before, it might look a little different these days! We recently improved it to make it even easier to follow and more delicious. This is a soup you can be proud of. No matter how many times you’ve made it before, a pot of this soup on your stove should (and will) result in a self-congratulatory fist pump.

Even better than the original.

The sauce is so incredible.

It's 100x better than plain buttered noodles.

Pure comfort.

From the same author as "Salt Fat Acid Heat."

It’s bursting with garlic flavor.

Big comfort with minimal fuss.

“It’s a weeknight-friendly dish with just enough flair to feel special.”

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It doesn’t get better than this.

It's time to take out your Instant Pot.

My 12-inch cast iron skillet is my very best friend in the kitchen and a close second is its 12-inch stainless steel counterpart. Both pans cook more meals than any others thanks to their ability to go from stovetop to oven and sometimes to the table to serve. In general, one pan meals are ideal for weeknight cooking; they make dinner possible on busy nights and they cut down on dishwashing.

Sweet and tangy.

Is anyone else in disbelief that it’s almost Christmas already? I say let this be the year that you mix up the menu a bit with some new side dishes, or trade in your roast beef tenderloin and baked ham for something different, like Filipino beef short ribs adobo or French onion pot roast. I like the idea of this year’s meal having a festive start with Christmas appetizers (I’m looking at you, baked pepper jelly cream cheese dip!

It's packed with rich and smoky flavor.

When it comes to essentials, like tomato sauce, originality is overrated. Marcella Hazan’s classic tomato sauce is famous and adored, and justly so. Scads of bloggers and food writers have written about it, so I’m just following along. This is one of the best sauces I know, and it only needs three (yes, three) ingredients.Serve it over pasta with a flurry of cheese, and enjoy tomato sauce with the flair of restaurant richness.

Pastina is classic Italian comfort food. It’s the kind of dish that a mom might serve her kids when they are feeling under the weather, and is often one of the first solid foods a baby might eat. It’s a nostalgic childhood treat in Italy and something your kids are sure to enjoy as well. The seasoning is as easy as it gets: Just a bit of black pepper and maybe a pinch of salt, depending on the saltiness of your broth and cheese. The simplicity is what makes this dish special!

It’s like beef bourguignon in pot roast form.

The flavor shines through!

It’s shrimply the best.

It’s perfectly creamy.

We can’t stop making them.

It’s ready in under 30 minutes.

We promise you’ll fall in love, too.

When you’ve eaten just about all the turkey sandwiches you can stomach, it’s time to get a bit more creative with Thanksgiving leftovers. Enter: this decadent turkey stew. Chunky vegetables, shredded turkey, and a creamy, almost gravy-like broth come together in less than an hour for an irresistible seasonal bowl that fills your house with the aroma of a home-cooked holiday meal. Here’s how to make it. It’s the perfect way to use up leftover turkey.

Mashed potatoes have found their match.

You’ll love it.

They’re almost impossible not to like.

Some days are more balanced than others, and that’s perfectly fine!

Cheesy and velvety smooth.

Traditional lasagna is a once-a-year project for me. I love it deeply, but it’s rare that I can carve out time for it. When it does happen, it’s in the dead of winter when I have absolutely nothing else to do but spend the entire day in the kitchen.While it’s impossible to beat the classic version — with a homemade bolognese sauce and, when I can manage it, homemade pasta — I’m all about an easier version that makes lasagna a much more frequent occurrence.

I’ve never met a lasagna I didn’t love. Yes, there’s something about the way it’s assembled — with the rich sauce, melty cheese, and juicy bits of browned meat blanketing the noodles — but what really makes it stand out is how the ingredients come together for a warm, comforting meal. And that’s exactly what you can expect when you tuck into a bowl of this slow cooker lasagna soup.

You can have it all.

It's so easy and satisfying.

The stew is rich and flavorful.

It starts with jarred sauce, but tastes homemade.

A creamy, dreamy mac & cheese that you can prep days ahead of time and just pop in the oven.

The gooey cheese topping is incredible.

They’re both iconic.

Meet the game-changer we all need.

The gravy is pure perfection!

I wasn’t expecting to love it so much.

My family devoured it.

The perfect fall meal!

It’s the complete package.

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I can’t stop making it.