main course
Ideas to serve as main course or entrée.
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.
Simple beef curry
This 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.
Whiskey and nut braised beef
Whiskey and nuts give an entirely different flavor and texture to this common braised beef, making it apt to dazzle the table for any celebration.
Roasted chicken with chestnut stuffing
The flavor and texture of raspberry jam and chestnuts make this roasted chicken an ideal addition to the menu for a family celebration.