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Quick and Easy Main Dishes

These quick and easy main dishes are perfect after a long day at the office or a day of skiing, swimming, or hiking.
Rib Eye with Pan Sauce: Red Wine and Blue
This recipe for rib eye steak with pan sauce features a red wine reduction and blue cheese. It's extraordinarily good and deadl easy to make. Serves 2.
Chicken Stir Fry: Leftovers go Lightly
Chicken Stir Fry is one of my favorite recipes for leftovers. In this case leftover roast chicken was transformed into an Asian meal in 30 minutes. Serves 2.
Hawaiian Pork Chops - Sweet and Salty
Hawaiian Pork is one of my favorite quick meals taking only about 15 minutes to make. with a wonderful sweet and salty taste. Serves 2.
Veal with Artichoke Hearts: Italian Love
I stopped into a little Italian joint in a strip center expecting almost nothing of the meal except enough calories to keep me going until lunch the next day. Instead I had an extraordinarily good veal dish and discovered what became my favorite Italian restaurant in the world. Serves 2.
Pepper Steak: A Stir-fry Staple
Although packed with beefy flavor, this recipe for pepper steak only uses a little meat and so is quite economical. Serves 2.
Glazed Ham Steak: Sweet, Salty, Savory
This recipe offers most of the satisfaction of a glazed ham without having to spend a month eating it. The flavor profile is a tasty balance of salty, sweet, hot, sour and savory and so it touches effects every almost every taste bud in your mouth. Serves 2.
Chicken Parmesan: Delight at Day's End
Chicken Parmesan is another of those great quick-and-easy weeknight dinners. It takes only 20 minutes of hands-on time to make - start to finish. Serves 2.
Lamb Steak with Gremolata
This recipe for lamb steak with gremolata is quick, easy and works equally well with lamb chops. Serves 2.
Spanish Sauteed Lamb (Cochifrito)
This Spanish recipe for sauteed lamb is quick and easy to make. Packed with Mediterranean flavors, it's exotic enough for a special weekend and simple enough for an ordinary weeknight. Serves 2.
Chicken Saltimbocca: A Genuine Mouth-Jumper
Saltimbocca is an Italian word meaning "jump in the mouth" and is the name of a Roman dish classically made with veal, prosciutto, and sage. It's also sometimes made with chicken or pork and cheese is a frequent addition. I've had it a few times made with either chicken or veal and although it was good, I can't say it jumped in my mouth. So I set out to create my own version. Serves 2.
Herb Broiled Trout
The best thing about this recipe for herbed broiled trout is how delicious it is. The second best thing is how quick and easy it is. Serves 2.
Welsh Rabbit (Rarebit): An English Treat
Welsh rabbit (or Welsh rarebit) is a sort of English version of fondue combining melted cheddar and beer with either English muffins or toast. Serves 2.
Smoked Salmon Pimiento: Tangy, Smoky, Savory
This recipe for smoked salmon is tangy, smoky, and wonderfully savory with a Spanish twist. Although it can be cooked on a grill, it's intended for use with a stove-top smoker. Serves 2.
Pork Cutlets: A Southern Favorite
An old southern favorite, this recipes for pork cutlets leaves out the traditional white gravy and it's load of calories, opting instead for a fresh and bright squirt of lemon juice. Serves 2.
Greek Veal Scaloppini
This recipe for veal scaloppini with a feta cheese sauce is wonderfully quick and easy. It only takes minutes to make and yet is quite a treat. <i>Serves 2.</i>
Curried Shrimp in Puff Pastry
Curried shrimp is a quick, easy, and even elegant main dish suitable for a special occasion. Serves 2.
Chicken Piccata
Piccata is typically a dish made with veal scaloppini, but it's just as good when made with chicken breasts, something I almost always have in the freezer. Serves 2.
Broiled Trout with Lemon Cream Sauce
Broiled trout is a great dinner option. Quick and easy, it's perfect for a weeknight meal and because trout is usually farm-raised it doesn't cause harm to declining wild fish stocks. Serves 2.
Spicy Moorish Chicken in Pita
I typically serve this spicy Moorish Chicken recipe in pita bread, but it's also great served on rice or couscous. It's quick, easy and delicious. Serves 2.
Pork Cutlets: A Southern Favorite
An old southern favorite, this recipes for pork cutlets leaves out the traditional white gravy and it's load of calories, opting instead for a fresh and bright squirt of lemon juice. Serves 2.

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