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Main Dishes

Our wildly popular Rosemary Steak recipe sets the tone for this savory category where you'll find easy main dish ideas to make on hectic weekdays.

Easy pasta recipes like Bacon Miso Fusilli, homemade Pumpkin Gnocchi, and 5-ingredient Shallot Pork Loin. Simple and delicious!

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  • Several cut slices of juicy steak on a wooden board with rosemary.
    The best Rosemary Garlic Steak
  • White plate with breaded chicken cutlet, white gravy, corn pudding and bananas. Brown and white surface.
    Chicken Maryland (retro recipe)
  • Close up mushroom risotto with chopped parsley on a white plate. Silver fork.
    Mushroom Risotto
  • On white marble a white ramekin with lentil stew. Grey cloth beside it.
    Lentil Stew

More recipes

  • Creamy Pesto Gnocchi
  • Garlic Butter Steak Bites
  • Maple Bourbon Glazed Ham
  • Pork Roast with Apples
  • Pastrami Gruyere Rye Sandwich
  • Chicken Tinga Tacos
  • Pork Tenderloin with Port Sauce
  • Antipasto Pasta Salad
  • Corn Asparagus Pasta
  • Chicken Pesto Sandwich
  • Corn and Tomato Pasta
  • Pork Carnitas Tacos
  • Shepherd's Pie
  • Homemade Potato Gnocchi
  • Beet Risotto
  • Slow Roasted Leg of Lamb
  • Roasted Turkey Thighs (with gravy)
  • Pork Chops with Salsa Verde
  • Steak Chimichurri Sandwich
  • Blue Cheese Burgers
  • Pastel Azteca (Mexican chicken casserole)
  • Lentil Burgers
  • Sesame Soba Noodle Salad
  • Pasta with Carrots
  • Spicy Cherry Tomato Pasta
  • Cauliflower Pesto Sauce
  • Szechuan Pork Stir Fry
  • Corn Basil Empanadas
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Vintage Cakes

  • Cut glazed lemon loaf cake on a white paper on a wooden surface.
    Lemon Pound Cake
  • White plate with two slices of lemon poppy seed cake, a silver fork, grey background.
    Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
  • Slice of vanilla dulce de leche cake on a white plate. More cake in the background.
    Dulce de Leche Cream Cake
  • Cake server with slice being pulled out of glazed chocolate bundt cake, white background.
    Chocolate Bundt Cake
  • Whitish background and plate with eaten slice of jam covered cheesecake with a silver fork.
    Sour Cream Cheesecake
  • Squares of vanilla cake with chocolate chips on parchment paper.
    Chocolate Chip Cake

Vintage Cookies

  • Several stacked alfajores on a grey wire rack.
    Alfajores Recipe (Argentinian alfajores de maicena)
  • Several oatmeal cookies heaped together on grey surface, color dotted white linen in background.
    Easy Oatmeal Walnut Cookies
  • White marbled surface with decorated and plain holiday cut out cookies.
    Sour Cream Cut-Out Cookies
  • Bitten snowball cookie on a wire rack with whole ones in the background.
    Snowballs (Mexican Wedding Cookies)
  • Close up of gingersnap crackled cookies on white surface
    Gingersnap Cookies (one-bowl recipe)
  • Close up of glazed strawberry jam thumbprint cookies on a wire rack.
    Strawberry Jam Cookies (thumbprints)
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