main course
Ideas to serve as main course or entrée.
Coq au vin
A flavorful recipe for chicken that does not need any more than steamed potatoes on the side.
Braised chicken with Stout
Serve the braised chicken pieces with cooked beans, sautéed chopped onions and peppers.
Chicken en cocotte
This recipe is a sample of pot roasted chicken. Serve with gravy and steamed vegetables or with a soy based sauce and stir-fried vegetables.
Crab au gratin
This crab recipe makes a luxurious hot appetizer or light lunch. Best served in emptied crab shells, large clam shells, individual ramekins or custard cups.
Macaroni cheese with crab surprise
This variation is more nourishing than the traditional version and may well be the way to introduce seafood into the diet.
Crab Newburg
A more sophisticated way to serve crab with an explanation of the proper way to prepare the recipe and a shortcut. Serve crab Newburg with rice or buttered toast.
Deviled crab
Add zing to this deviled crab with your choice of brandy, dry sherry or lemon juice.
Warm crab tartare
Warm tartar sauce is a rich white sauce enriched with egg yolk and cream, and with finely chopped parsley, capers and pickled cucumbers added.
Winter beef steak casserole
Beef cube steak recipes? Try this lean beef steak cubes simmered to tender perfection topped with mustard croutons.
Curried beef
Curried beef is a recipe for beef steak cubes with a touch from India. It is based on the version popular in England, where there is definite appreciation for a curry.