Blue Ribbon Main Dish Recipes

Add a pinch of fun to your next meal with these beloved main course recipe ideas. Meat and potatoes? You bet! But it doesn’t stop there…

Norma's Pork Chops With Apples on a serving platter.

Norma's Pork Chops With Apples

Norma DeRemer avatar
By Norma DeRemer
This is a recipe I made up years ago, playing around with different ingredients. My ...
(9 ratings)
Grilled Garlic Shrimp in Foil with lemon slices.

Grilled Garlic Shrimp In Foil

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By Daune (pronounced "Dawn") Browne
Grilling shrimp in foil is easy and fit for a king (or queen).
(6 ratings)
Sausage & Zucchini Casserole ready to be served.

Sausage & Zucchini Casserole

Diane Schmidt avatar
By Diane Schmidt
This is a very easy recipe to make, but so delicious! I have brought this ...
(3 ratings)
Apricot Chicken on a plate with rice and asparagus.

Apricot Chicken

Cindy Gowing avatar
By Cindy Gowing
When I made it the first time my oldest son just loved it and asks ...
(2 ratings)
A slice of Taco Meatloaf on a plate.

Taco Meatloaf

Holly Black avatar
By Holly Black
Out of all the taco meatloaf recipes I have tried, this one is hands down ...
(34 ratings)
A platter of Spicy Grilled Shrimp.

Spicy Grilled Shrimp

Susan Doty avatar
By Susan Doty
Ron and Gwen, wonderful friends in Philadelphia, first shared this spicy recipe twenty years ago. ...
(2 ratings)
Corn Dog on a Stick on a plate with french fries.

Corn Dogs On A Stick

Cherie Szilvagyi avatar
By Cherie Szilvagyi
A favorite from the county fair, sizzling and hot. Oh, what memories of that American ...
(3 ratings)
Inside a Southwest Chicken Chimichanga.

Southwest Chicken Chimichanga

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By Geoffry Le Cher
These are EXCELLENT football food items. And since they are so easy to prepare, you ...
(4 ratings)
Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas ready to serve.

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

Sharon Colyer avatar
By Sharon Colyer
My husband was served this dish by his nephew's wife. He loved the dish, so ...
(5 ratings)
Sliced Sweet & Spicy Pork Tenderloin on a plate.

Sweet & Spicy Pork Tenderloin

Stacey Lawson avatar
By Stacey Lawson
Pork tenderloin with a sweet and spicy flavor - that is what I've created. Let ...
(4 ratings)
Cajun Butter-Basted Grilled Chicken on two plates.

Cajun Butter-basted Grilled Chicken

Cindy Sandberg avatar
By Cindy Sandberg
I came up with the idea for this chicken in an effort to create a ...
(2 ratings)
Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast on a plate.

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast

Laura Davis avatar
By Laura Davis
This is so easy and delicious. Serve with brown rice and green beans.
(9 ratings)
Chicken Enchilada Ring ready to be sliced.

Chicken Enchilada Ring

Mary Lou Ivy avatar
By Mary Lou Ivy
This is always requested at my office when we do lunch. You can adjust ...
(17 ratings)
A platter of Zesty Grilled Chicken.

Zesty Grilled Chicken

Peggy Sue Ross avatar
By Peggy Sue Ross
The chicken is tender and tasty and appeals to all of my picky eaters! This ...
(3 ratings)
Lemon-Dill Shrimp and Pasta.

Lemon-dill Shrimp And Pasta

Belinda Hughes avatar
By Belinda Hughes
There are several variations of this recipe. You can use fettuccine in place of the ...
(3 ratings)
Poblandas on a plate with sour cream.

Poblanadas

Cindy Dozier avatar
By Cindy Dozier
What is a Poblanada you ask? It is an enchilada with a key ingredient - ...
(18 ratings)
Flavor Filled Pot Roast on a plate with mashed potatoes and broccoli.

Flavor Filled Pot Roast

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By Deneece Gursky
The smell of steak seasoning reminded me of the smell of porketta, which is my ...
(12 ratings)
Grilled Pork Tenderloin With Blueberry Sauce on a platter.

Grilled Pork Tenderloin With Blueberry Sauce

Joan Link avatar
By Joan Link
This is an unusual but attractive pork tenderloin recipe.
(3 ratings)
Super Easy Working Mom's Manicotti on a plate with bread and a salad.

Super Easy Working Mom's Manicotti

Michelle Waco avatar
By Michelle Waco
A twist on the super easy recipe I use from the back of the American ...
(16 ratings)
Assembled Pulled Pork & Crispy Onion Ciabatta Sandwich.

Pulled Pork & Crispy Onion Ciabatta Sandwiches

Robynne Glenn avatar
By Robynne Glenn
Slow cooked BBQ pulled pork on a lightly toasted ciabatta roll with crispy onions will ...
(17 ratings)
A platter of Finger Lickin Good Chicken Wings over rice.

Finger Lickin Good Chicken Wings

Tammy Stephens avatar
By Tammy Stephens
All I can say is I can't make enough of these for everyone. They're ...
(25 ratings)
Crab Cake Sandwich on a plate.

Crab Cake Sandwiches

Mysti Bannister avatar
By Mysti Bannister
This is a very tasty alternative to lunchtime sandwiches. Wonderful when served on onion sandwich ...
(3 ratings)
Family Favorite Slow Cooked Pot Roast with mashed potatoes on the side.

Family Favorite Slow Cooked Pot Roast

Teresa Jacobson avatar
By Teresa Jacobson
This was the first recipe my mother-in-law ever taught me to make for her darling ...
(13 ratings)
Slices of Apple Bacon Meatloaf on a plate.

Apple Bacon Meatloaf

Cindy Ferguson avatar
By Cindy Ferguson
I did some experimenting in the kitchen today. This turned out to be a great ...
(28 ratings)
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