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Cooking Main Dishes for Two

Make delicious dinners for two without getting stuck with a week's worth of leftovers or awkward amounts of ingredients you don't need.
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Savory pies
Pork Pot Pie
75 mins
Wine-Braised Short Ribs
Wine-Braised Short Ribs for Two
2 hrs
Trout with lemon cream sauce
Lemon Cream Sauce for Trout
30 mins
Improved Eggs Benedict
Eggs Benedict for Two Recipe
35 mins
Shrimp with chinese greens stir fry
Shrimp Stir Fry with Chinese Greens Recipe
26 mins
Easy Homemade Gyros recipe; gyros on a white plate
Easy Homemade Gyros
18 mins
A potato and sausage breakfast casserole
Potato-Sausage Breakfast Casserole
50 mins
Panko-Fried Shrimp Recipe
Fried Panko Shrimp for 2
20 mins
Recipe beef stroganoff for two recipe
Leftover Steak Stroganoff for Two
40 mins
Basic cheese souffle recipe
Light and Airy Cheese Soufflé
53 mins
Pork Roast
Garlic and Rosemary Mediterranean Pork Roast
85 mins
Authentic Buffalo chicken wings on a plate with dressing
Authentic Buffalo Chicken Wings
40 mins
Beef Braciole on a platter
Beef Braciole Recipe
2 hrs
Italian OxTail Stew Guazzetto
Italian Guazzetto Oxtail
3 hrs
Potted shrimp, a British appetizer
Potted Shrimp: An English Canape
25 mins
Easy Minute Steak Meal
Easy Minute Steak Meal
12 mins
Chili Con Carne
Flavorful Cuban Picadillo
45 mins
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fettucini Alfredo
25 mins
Spicy Italian Shrimp Fra Diavolo in bowls, with forks
Spicy Italian Shrimp Fra Diavolo Recipe
37 mins
Butter-Basted Rib-Eye
Butter-Basted, Pan Seared Rib-Eye Steak
25 mins
Roasted Whole Duck
Roasted Whole Duck
50 mins
Mexican Rice With Pork
14 Winning Ways to Use Leftover Roast Pork
Making the most of leftovers stroganoff
Repurposed Leftovers for Stroganoff
30 mins
Quiche
Recipe: Quiche With Three Variations
40 mins
Muffaletta bread country Italian round loaf
Muffaletta Bread
2 hrs
Southern Fried Chicken recipe
Fried Chicken Recipe
75 mins
Athenian Chicken Greek Dish
Athenian Chicken: Inspired by the Flavors of Greece
45 mins
Mayonnaise Grilled Salmon Recipe
Mayonnaise Grilled Salmon Recipe
23 mins
Corned Beef, cabbage and carrots
Corned Beef and Cabbage
3 hrs
Rack of lamb for two with mint and caper sauce
Rack of Lamb With Herb-Caper Sauce
30 mins
Grilled swordfish steaks with lemon
Grilled Swordfish Steak Recipe
15 mins
Prime Rib for Two
Prime Rib for Two
100 mins
Milk-Braised Pork Chops
Milk-Braised Pork Chops
105 mins