Second courses are the basis of every family’s diet. There are hundreds and thousands of such home cooking options in every kitchen in the world. Meat, vegetable, cereal and mixed with herbs and sauces, cooked from a steamer, oven, slow cooker, and just from the stove.
Delicious recipes for second courses in a hurry or for a festive table are infinitely diverse. Simple recipes with photos will help even novice cooks in cooking.
The second course to the table is traditionally served after the soup – in other words, the main ones are the “second” dishes that are familiar to us, which are the central element of the meal. Most often, the main second course is prepared from meat, poultry, fish and seafood, to which cooked or raw vegetables, legumes, cereals, pasta and mushrooms are necessarily served as a side dish.
Fish or meat main dishes are the most satisfying, nutritious and large in volume. For every day, modern chefs, as a rule, serve simple main dishes that are easy to prepare. Cutlets, meatballs, schnitzels, sausages, cabbage rolls, fried fish or fish in batter, which do not require much time for heat treatment and serving. On the occasion of the solemn events, a festive main dish is being prepared, which should surprise the guests and become the culmination of the banquet. Here, each cook is already trying to show her culinary skills, choosing from the most delicious recipes of the main dishes what suits the tastes of the guests and the budget of the hosts.
Here you will find a rich selection of photo-recipes of main dishes – bean rolls with cheese, white fish meatballs, rabbit in orange marinade, pork stuffed with prunes, chicken with peaches and Scottish eggs. The main dishes prepared according to our recommendations will definitely become the star of the dinner party!
Fragrant duck baked with pomegranate sauce is a real Christmas dish! Tender meat with a crispy crust, delicious filling. Pomegranate sauce combined with honey gives not only a magical taste, but also a wonderful glaze.
I have long loved recipes that can be prepared in advance, and by that time you will put a minimum of effort and the dish will be ready. I have more time on weekends than on weekdays, so I pickled my thighs for dinner on Monday. They are prepared instantly. Well, the bird is supposed to be served as a side dish.
Mashed potatoes are perhaps the most beloved and versatile side dish, perfectly combined with meat, fish and vegetable stew. And this versatility is a huge field for creativity: mashed potatoes with carrots, celery, onions, herbs, cheese. I suggest cooking mashed potatoes of French origin-Chantilly under a creamy cheese crust. Well, very tasty!
Dishes made from seasonal vegetables. The recipe does not use meat, but meat eaters will like it, because all the ingredients complement each other so perfectly.
Chicken in tomato, and even with mushrooms, how can it not be delicious. A very interesting dish for dinner. After cooking it, you can’t help but fall in love with its taste.
I can’t remember where exactly I found such a principle of quail cooking on the Internet. But everything turns out perfectly. Namely, in autumn it can be stuffed with my favorite pink grapes with blue cheese. It’s very tasty, cook and help yourself!
Dear cooks, I want to introduce you to a very simple, but very tasty Ukrainian dish, one of the distinctive features of Hutsul cuisine. Quote from Wikipedia – “Banosh is a traditional Ukrainian Hutsul dish, a steep porridge made of corn flour, cooked with cream or sour cream. Traditionally, it is prepared exclusively by men on an open fire.” Everyone who wants to try this delicious dish, come visit, I will be glad!!!
The recipe of Hutsul cuisine, a variety of potato pancakes, ladis, potato pancakes-brownies, is available both ways… but with a twist …, tested and recorded in the Carpathians, Hutsul region. Dedicated to all lovers of national cuisine.