Main Dish Recipes


Name

Description

Angel Hair Pasta with asparagus and portobello mushrooms

This is an excellent dish for all of you angel hair pasta lovers!

Antipasto Salad

This is always a hit for summer picnics.

Arabic Ma'aloobeh

This Arabic Ma'aloobeh recipe is a a favorite arabic dish that is vegan and is made with rice, potatoes, and cauliflower. Ma'aloobeh is always a crowd-pleaser. My brother-in-law served Ma'aloobeh as a special in his Arabic restaurant using this recipe. It always attracted a huge crowd.

Baked Seafood Au Gratin

This is an excellent seafood recipe that your guests will request everytime!

Barbequed Marinated Flank Steak

This recipe is easy to make, uses ordinary ingredients, and is delicious barbequed or oven broiled.

Butternut Squash and Wild Mushroom Lasagna

Flavorful mushrooms, butternut squash, and pecans make this out-of-the ordinary lasagna extaordinary. Use a variety of fresh, wild mushrooms, if available, or include a small amount of reconstituted, dried porcinis or morels for extra flavor. Cremini or portobello mushrooms may be used as well. When assembled ahead of time, this makes a great weeknight supper. Serve with steamed broccoli or another green vegetable.

Cajun Shrimp Etoufee

Delicious shrimp dish with a Cajun flair! Try this recipe as a wonderful creole topping for your steamed rice!

Cajun Style Stuffed Green Peppers

A Cajun twist on a classic rice stuffed green pepper - andouille sausage, shrimp, and Creole seasoning.

Cashew Curry Chicken

The ground cashews thicken the curry and give it a great, nutty flavor. Roasted and raw cashews both work well, so use whichever you prefer.

Cheese Tortellini with Basil Pesto Sauce

This basil pesto recipe is awesome. The cheese tortellini complements the pesto wonderfully.

Chicken Fried Chicken

Get in on the fun of cooking with chicken fried in a saltine cracker crust. Kids love to help by crushing the crackers for you. Potato flakes give that coating a little something extra.

Chicken Milano

A delicious pasta and chicken dish with garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil. Use the dry packaged sun-dried tomatoes instead of the tomatoes packed in olive oil. The sauce can be kept, covered, for one day in the refrigerator; heat again over low heat. Try it with some crusty bread if desired.

Coconut Curry Tofu

A creamy coconut milk, spicy curry, and ginger tofu dish! Serve it over rice.

Country Fried Steak and Milk Gravy

Your family will love this tasty meal. The gravy is great served over the steak, or on mashed potatoes.

Crispy Jalapeno Honey Chicken with Tomato-Corn Confetti

Sweet and Spicy breaded chicken breasts. Delicious and juicy.

Delicious Marinated Shrimp

This is a delicious recipe for your grill. The marinade is made from ingredients that are usually in your kitchen already making it easier to prepare than some marinades. Shrimp never tasted so good!

Dolmas (Stuffed Grape Leaves)

The spices may seem like a strange combination, but this is a wonderful, delicate traditional Turkish dish with a twist. Serve chilled, as is traditional, or warm, as desired. Squeeze fresh lemon juice over dolmas before serving.

Eggplant and Spinach Lasagna

Adding cooked chopped eggplant to the tomato sauce gives this dish substantial texture. Since vegan mozzarella doesn't melt well, I make it an optional ingredient.

Flexible Thai Soup

A wonderful Thai soup that you can modify according to your mood.

Foil Wrapped Veggies

Really yummy mixed fall veggies grilled in a foil packet. You'll want to use multiple packets to keep them all to a manageable size. Open the finished packets carefully -- the veggies are HOT! -- and watch out for any pieces of foil that may have stuck. Enjoy!

French Dip Sandwiches

Using a slow cooker to cook the meat to the perfect tenderness, you too can serve a true French Dip to all of your friends and family during the cold winter nights! C'est si bon!

Garbanzo Tomato Pasta Soup

A VERY easy vegetarian meal in a bowl. The combination of garbanzo beans (chick peas) with pasta creates the complex proteins a vegetarian needs. Very palatable for the garlic and tomato lover.

Garlic Shrimp Stir-Fry

This garlic shrimp stir-fry tastes great and looks pretty enough to impress your guests. You can do most of the preparation in advance too. Tender shrimp, colorful sweet peppers and crunchy snow peas give it a variety of interesting textures and flavors.

Ginger Veggie Stir-Fry

This stir-fry has a mild ginger flavor that can be enhanced according to taste, and is filling yet light on the tummy! Tofu may be added. Serve over a bed of steamed jasmine rice.

Gobi Aloo Potato and Cauliflower Curry

This curry dish will be oft requested by your family members!

Gobi Stew

A delightful Indian stew. Serve with Garlic Naan which is also listed on this site.

Greek Chicken Pasta

This pasta dish incorporates some of the flavors of Greece. It makes a wonderfully complete and satisfying meal. For extra flavor, toss in a few kalamata olives.

Greek Potato Stew

A delicious stew. It's ripe with the flavors of Greece!

Grilled Portobello and Mozzarella

Absolutely simple and delicious as an appetizer or main course! Marinated portobello mushrooms are grilled, then topped with roasted red peppers and melted mozzarella cheese.

Grilled Salmon

A simple soy sauce and brown sugar marinade, with hints of lemon and garlic, are the perfect salty-sweet complement to rich salmon fillets. This is a great family recipes, kids love it.

Grilled Tandoori Chicken

This is an authentic chicken tandoori recipe. This indian recipe goes well with Basmati rice and Mango Lassi to drink. Those recipes are found on this stie also.

Ham and Cheese Quiche

A Swiss cheese, spinach and mushroom layer is topped with a thick egg mixture, a layer of ham and a sprinkling of Cheddar. This robust pie is tucked into an oven and baked for an hour. It 's perfect for lunch or brunch.

Hoppin' Tofu Latkes

This is a manly meal that any guy will appreciate. And it's vegan too! This is not a standard latke recipe as far as seasoning goes, but it tastes great--sort of half way between a latke and a veggie burger. For a more traditional latke, leave out the curry and BBQ sauce.

Indian Chicken Badshah

A deliciously spicy indian dish. Great with fried rice or a garlic naan!

Indian Chicken Tikka

This is an awesome meal! Your family is guaranteed to love it!

Indian Dinner Stew

This is a great stew-like Indian recipe. The garam masala seasoning gives it a great traditional taste!

Indian Moong Dal

This is a great Indian recipe that is also vegan. Many people with a vegan diet like to eat at Indian restaurants because a lot of Indian recipes are vegan.

Indian Shrimp Kofta Curry

This is a delicious Indian curry with shrimp kofta balls. It is excellent when served with Indian flat bread.

Indian Tandoori Chicken

This is an authentic recipe for Tandoori chicken. Serve with long grain Basmati rice, cucumber salad, grilled veggies, roasted corn on the cob and finish off the meal with Kulfi (indian ice cream) listed on this site also.

Japanese Broiled Mackerel

Japanese marinade sauce gives a lovely taste and texture to broiled mackerel. Yellow tail, tuna or salmon are also good for this recipe. Easy, exotic!

Jumbo Stuffed Pasta Shells

This recipe is really easy and delicious. It can be fancy or casual.

Khumb Matar Masala (Mushroom and Peas Curry)

This is one of our favorite Indian Masala Curry dishes. The mushrooms and peas go very well together and they taste great in a curry dish.

Lentils and Rice with Fried Onions (Mujadarrah)

This may sound like a plain recipe, but believe me, it's wonderful! It is an easy-to-make Middle Eastern comfort food that combines lentils, rice and delicious fried onions. The yogurt really gives it a super flavor!

Linguine and Fresh Tomatoes

This garlic and basil pasta recipe is a wonderful way to use your bounty of late-summer tomatoes. Ideal as a light supper when coupled with salad and breadsticks, it also makes a great side dish for grilled chicken.

Mark's Favorite Manicotti

If you enjoy a rich tasting pasta dish that anyone will love you must try this easy recipe.

Medditeranean Pasta

Add a crisp green salad and garlic bread, and dinner is on the table! If you prefer, use all one color of peppers. And if time is short, don't cut up the chicken tenders, simply leave them whole.

Mushroom Fettuccine

A great way to make fettuccine!

Noodles With Poppy Seeds and Peas

A new and exciting way to prepare your fettucine pasta!

Orange Roughy

This is a great Orange Roughy recipe that I use when I have company over. It is quite a crowd-pleaser.

Parmesan and Broccoli Stuffed Potatoes

This recipe uses roasted garlic Parmesan sauce and fresh steamed broccoli to make a delicious filling for stuffed potatoes.

Pasta Primavera Sauce

This pasta sauce is low-fat but doesn't taste it!

Pasta with cream sauce and spinach

A great creamy pasta dish.

Pasta with Pesto, Potatoes, and Green Beans

This Pesto Pasta recipe is a wonderful addition to any cook's collection. It is quite a crowd-pleaser. You will also need the recipe for Basil Pesto which is also located on www.barlowsrecipes.com

Peanut Pasta Stirfry

This tangy peanut stir fry is sure to satisfy!

Penne with Vegan Arrabbiata Sauce

This is a nice dish, meatless and goes well with a small side salad, piece of bread and a hearty appetite.

Potato and Red Onion Roast

A delight from the oven. Serve with a green bean salad and whole wheat bread sticks.

Potato Pea Curry

This is a very easy to make Indian recipe. The special blend of Indian spices makes this a very unique indian dish.

Potato Vegetable Chowder

A thick and glorious soup that welcomes the substitutions of a creative cook. Produce a chowder as thick or thin as desired by adjusting the liquid.

Ravioli without Borders

Some restaurants now serve what is called "open" ravioli, where the pasta and stuffing are layered rather than sealed shut. This recipe was inspired by that concept but I take it a step further. To my thinking, true borderless ravioli should use ingredients that traverse the globe.

Raw Mushroom Pecan Gravy

Use this as the gravy for the Raw Stuffing Patty.

Raw Stuffing Patty

Use the recipe for Raw Mushroom Pecan Gravy with this patty for a wonderful raw dinner.

Seafood Enchiladas

These crab and shrimp stuffed enchiladas taste like the ones served at popular Mexican restaurants in my area. We just love them. After sprinkling the cheese over the enchiladas before baking, you can also garnish with tomatoes, cilantro, olive slices, or whatever other garnish you enjoy.

Sesame Noodles with Shrimp and Bell Peppers

This is a very tasty pasta dish, especially if you are a shrimp-lover!

Sesame Tahini Tofu

A delicious vegan recipe served over brown rice.

Sicilian Pizza (Vegetarian)

Add your favorite toppings to suit your family's taste. Note: For thinner, crispier crust, split dough into two equal parts; press onto 2 (12-inch) round pizza pans. Proceed with recipe as directed. Traditionally, this recipe is made in a rectangular shape.

Southwestern Turkey Chili and Cornbread

This Turkey chili is a southwestern favorite. Nothing is better than chili and cornbread.

Spaghettini with zucchini

A tasty Italian dish.

Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie)

This is an authentic, really rich pie stuffed with spinach, onions, cheeses and herbs that are all enfolded by crispy, flaky phyllo dough.

Speedy Indian Saag

This is a very famous Sindhi dish and very popular with kids, especially with lentil rice.

Stir Fried Asparagus with Mushrooms

Wonderful dish with chicken. Do not over cook the asparagus they should be heated through but still crisp.

Thai Vegetarian Noodles

Delicious Vegetarian Noodles done Thai-style.

Thai-style mushroom and tofu stir-fry

A very tasty stir-fry recipe. Especially if you like mushrooms.

The Best Clam Chowder

A delicious, traditional, cream based chowder, this recipe calls for the standard chowder ingredients: onion, celery, potatoes, diced carrots, clams, and cream. A little red wine vinegar is added before serving for extra flavor.

Tofu with Tomatoes and Coriander over Rice

This is an excellent tofu recipe that is best served over rice. Even those who do not normally like tofu seem to like this recipe.

Tomato Alfredo Sauce with Artichokes

Use flour and milk to make a sauce with canned artichoke hearts, then cook the sauce briefly with onions, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes and chopped basil. Toss with cooked pasta and enjoy a fresh and flavorful dish.

Tomato Basil Fettuccine

This creamy tomato basil fettuccine dish will please your family. Try adding chicken for a nice variation.

Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie

A very flavorful Shepherd's Pie that you are sure to love!

Veggie Fajitas

My family loves these peppery veggie fajitas! Serve the fajitas with flour tortillas, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and I even put steamed broccoli on the side (so each can add broccoli if wanted).

Veggie Pot Pie

A vegan pot pie that your family will love!

Zucchini Wrapped in Tortillas

It will seem like everything in your spice drawer goes into these feisty tortillas, and you won 't be exaggerating- cumin, cinnamon, cloves and ginger, chili powder, mustard seeds and ground pepper. All these wonderful spices are cooked in oil with shredded zucchini.


< Return to Top