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!
This dish is suitable not only for those who adhere to fasting, but also for all those who just follow their diet and figure. This dish is prepared easily and unpretentiously. And it’s incredibly delicious.
Mussels have been harvested on the coast for thousands of years. In the menu of the small coastal restaurants of Tessalonika you can find numerous dishes of mussels… This dish is consonant with Spanish paella, but, nevertheless, it is original and unique!
A great option for lunch on the long-awaited Sunday, hooray – you will be able to taste fish and seafood!!! It is prepared easily and unpretentiously. And the taste is just great.
This dish is a landmark for our family! We often like to cook for a romantic evening, very tasty with red wine. The taste of this dish is delicate and creamy.
Mussel meat is characterized by a pleasant delicate taste, high nutritional value and highly effective medicinal properties, it is useful for improving metabolism, stimulating the process of hematopoiesis, increasing overall tone, strengthening immunity. It is also recommended for various blood diseases, high radiation. Mussel meat is characterized by a high content of glycogen and minerals.
The abundance of vegetables allows you to use this dish without a side dish. Well, if you still need it, the side dish can be of your choice: rice, mashed potatoes, bulgur, couscous.
Mussels in tomato sauce according to a recipe from Italy. Often ordered in restaurants. Cooking at home is also easy and unpretentious. The taste of tomatoes and fish. Try to cook.
This is a familiar dish for the indigenous inhabitants of Odessa. Pilaf turns out very tasty. Cooking will not take much time. The whole family will be delighted. The taste of the dish is marine and spicy.
I suggest you try stuffed squid – the main dish and side dish are fused together here! Squid, it seems, are specially prepared for stuffing. And your imagination will tell you what it is. It can be minced meat, fish, vegetables or seafood. My imagination, thanks to the competition “Grinding maneuvers”, suggested this option. Try it, it turned out very tasty and spectacular, and most importantly – my husband liked it!