Dang I wish my SO wasn't "lemon averse."

I'll do my best to fill out all the categories-- but truly, my go-to favorites seem to favor a few categories.

For me, a go-to has to be pretty simple to prepare with no hard-to-find ingredients

My Favorites:

- Beef Main Dish: grilled steak w/garlic mushrooms

- Ground Beef Main Dish: meatloaf with spinach, mushrooms and walnuts

- Chicken Main Dish: chicken breast stuffed with spinach (onions and parm) .. you didn't include turkey but I also like to roast a split turkey breast with citrus and herbs (leftovers go to sandwiches, salads, tetrazzini or baked penne w/turkey & cauliflower).

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: 1. Giada's rosemary chicken burgers

2. chicken meatballs (italian style OR Asian w/ginger and garlic for banh mi)

- Pork Main Dish: mojo pork

- Vegetarian Main Dish: spinach stuffed shells or spinach & zucchini (no pasta) lasagna

- Pasta Main Dish: rigatoni with zucchini and sausage (pork or turkey)

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: grilled halibut or tuna w/ citrus & herbs

- Main Dish Salad: grilled chicken with cranberries and walnuts.. or grapefruit and cashews .. or any fruit/nut combo. Also tuna macaroni salad

- Fish Main Dish: baked cod with panko

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): ina's baked shrimp scampi or grilled scallops

- Vegan Main Dish: channa masala

- Homemade Soup: split pea, spicy sausage and bean, curried cauliflower, Italian wedding (using TJ's harvest blend instead of orzo), Mexican chickpea

- Main Dish Sandwich: grilled chicken with zucchini, onions, peppers and provolone.

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: baked sweet potato with cayenne

- Veggie Side Dish: sautéed Brussel sprouts w/garlic, Cuban black beans

- Quick & Easy Dessert: pear tarts

- Breakfast Main Dish: any of a variety of quiches/frittatas (makes a great hearty brunch if you add traditional Italian sausage and peppers)

Well, my favorites aren't necessarily dishes I make frequently because many of them are a little too indulgent. My "go to" dishes these days are provided by Blue Apron. But I suppose these are my signature dishes:

- Beef Main Dish: Braised short ribs over polenta

- Ground Beef Main Dish: Good ol' panfried hamburgers

- Chicken Main Dish:Parmesan crusted chicken breast over salad greens with lemon vinaigrette

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish:Hoisin turkey meatballs

- Pork Main Dish:Carnitas

- Vegetarian Main Dish:Spinach lasagna

- Pasta Main Dish:Ragu bolognese with homemade pappardelle

- Out on the Grill Main Dish:Dry aged ribeye finished with butter

- Main Dish Salad:Cob salad with salmon

- Fish Main Dish:Sole Meuniere

- Other Seafood Main Dish:Crabcakes

- Vegan Main Dish: I have none.

- Homemade Soup: Chicken tortilla soup

- Main Dish Sandwich: Buffalo chicken sandwich

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: Cheesy gritswith chorizo

- Veggie Side Dish: Southern collard greens

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Berry crisp

- Breakfast Main Dish: Biscuits with sausage gravy

Lynn, great idea!

We have Huevos Rancheros for dinner. In fact, had that last night.

Beef Main Dish: Grilled Filet Mignon

Ground Beef Main Dish: Burgers in the summer

Chicken Main Dish: Chicken Piccata (ETA Pad Thai)

Pork Main Dish: either Maple-Chili Glazed Pork Medallions or Pork Tenderloin with Cider Sauce

Vegetarian Main Dish: Pasta e Fagioli

Pasta Main Dish: in the summer Pasta with fresh (uncooked) sauce, rest of the year Bucatini all'Amatriciana

Out on the Grill Main Dish: BBQ Chicken

Fish Main Dish: Blackened Red Fish or Tuna

Other Seafood Main Dish: Boiled Shrimp

Homemade Soup: winter -- Butternut Squash Bisque, Minestrone, Gumbo, Split Pea & Barley. Year round -- Roasted Red Bell Pepper, Ginger Carrot Soup, Chicken Noodle, Pasta e Fagioli

Main Dish Sandwich: Tuna Melt

Non-Vegetable Side Dish: Cranberry Jezebel

Veggie Side Dish: Roasted Butternut Squash, Roasted Sweet Potato Fries, Sautéed Spinach, Steamed Green Beans, Steamed Broccoli, Caramelized Onions and Sautéed Brussels Sprouts, Orange-Ginger Sautéed Brussels Sprouts, Steamed Yellow Squash w/Onions

Quick & Easy Dessert: Zabaglione with blueberries or raspberries

Breakfast Main Dish: Buttermilk Pancakes or Herb Scrambled Eggs

My Favorites:

- Beef Main Dish: Flank steak, pan fried to rare/medium rare. Seasoned with low sodium soy, garlic powder and ground pepper.

- Ground Beef Main Dish: Locavore sourced ground beef (to avoid having hundreds of different animals ground up into the same dish...) cooked up with chopped onions and seasonings into sliders and served in lettuce wraps rather than in buns. Topped with Dijon mustard.

- Chicken Main Dish: Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs baked with balsamic vinegar (plain or raspberry), garlic powder, ground pepper. Cook until skin is very crispy. I actually had this for dinner just now!

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: I haven't been able to find ground chicken or ground turkey that isn't made up of parts from hundreds of animals, so I PASS on this. But if I had no choice, I'd saute it a long time with soy sauce and other seasonings, and serve it over zoodles.

- Pork Main Dish: Country style ribs with homemade BBQ sauce (no sugar), grilled or baked

- Vegetarian Main Dish: Eggplant pizzas - slice the eggplants to 1/2 inch thickness (remove skin if necessary), pan fry until cooked but not disintegrating, top with a thick homemade tomato sauce with loads of oregano and minced garlic. Over this, put any sliced veggies you like - mushrooms are great for instance. Top with mozz cheese. Bake

- Pasta Main Dish: I like lasagna, but don't make it myself. The only other pasta dish I like is skillet mac and cheese, use 3-4 types of complementary cheeses, and a lot of veggies to make it nutritious and more tasty. Broccoli works, so does bok choy. And/or snow peas, and/or previously-roasted Brussels sprouts. Mushrooms also good in this. Add seasonings, including minced garlic, too. Please not the boring plain!

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: Chicken tandoori, using thighs and legs.

- Main Dish Salad: Cobb salad. Add avocado.

- Fish Main Dish: Baked or grilled salmon, with lemon and dill

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): Lobster. Dipping sauce: butter with garlic powder, a splash of Tabasco.

- Vegan Main Dish: Indian curried veggies, with tomato, mushrooms, okra, onions, chopped garlic.

- Homemade Soup: Rhode Island clam chowder, just a few potatoes. Heavy on the Rhode Island broth and on the clams.

- Main Dish Sandwich: Roasted melted cheese open face with mushrooms. Two types of cheese, neither of which would be American. Preferably on quality bread; rye or sourdough is good.

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: Bacon? I'd actually say Southern style collard greens with smoked ham hocks. Or if you mean a grain or pseudo grain: Quinoa cooked in broth, preferably home made stock, with minced onions.

- Veggie Side Dish: Asparagus. Ideally, thin stemmed, topped with butter and parm cheese and a little ground pepper. Either baked, or nuked (this is the only food I'll ever nuke to cook, as opposed to re-heat)

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Fresh raspberries from my yard. Rinse, and done.

- Breakfast Main Dish: Omelet with cheddar, spinach, onions (internal ingredients will vary, but always a cheese)

Thanks for leading the charge, Lynn! Believe it or not I was scribbling notes on a notepad about how I might structure a thread to help give us all ideas, but I like your way of organizing it!

Disclaimer - I am listing things that I would make for my family that all of them would eat happily, and that are not terribly difficult (and some are really easy). I make very little in the way of Italian, Asian, or desserts. One of my pet peeves is the over-proliferation of Italian restaurants (even very good takeout), so I feel that cuisine is very easy to get fine examples of so I don't bother with it much.. I am not crazy about the oil taste in a lot of Asian fare, and I find ginger is often too strong, and it is another category where it is easy to get good takeout. I also almost never make dessert for family. There are so many good sources for dessert, local artisanal bakeries, gelato shops, etc, there really is no lack. And then there are no leftovers either. I do like making elaborate desserts when we entertain.

- Beef Main Dish:Korean bbq flank steak

- Ground Beef Main Dish: Tacos made w Alton Brown Taco spice mix, "Scramburger" (ground beef sauteed with diced onions)

- Chicken Main Dish: Chicken Sauteed with Mushrooms and Onions, Feta spinach chicken sausages, Pistachio crusted chicken breasts, Chicken/spinach quesadillas

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: Deconstructed Chicken Samosas, Panko-breaded Turkey cutlets

- Pork Main Dish: Teriyaki pork chops on the grill

- Vegetarian Main Dish: Veggie pizza

- Pasta Main Dish: Light(er) Fettucini Alfredo

- Out on the Grill Main Dish:Leg o lamb with pita and tzatziki, Balsamic Chicken

- Main Dish Salad: We have salads probably every other night, but almost never a main dish salad. Sometimes a Caesar with chicken. I have a standard rotation of salad dressings and usually have 2 or 3 on hand ...Champagne Vinaigrette, Red Pepper Jelly Vinaigrette, Maple, Caesar, Light Blue Cheese, Russian, etc.

- Fish Main Dish: Halibut or red snapper with lemon herb butter

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): allergic to shellfish!

- Vegan Main Dish:

- Homemade Soup:Tortilla soup

- Main Dish Sandwich: Cooked Portobello with sauteed onion on ciabatta w raw spinach, romesco sauce and goat cheese. Cheddar/Apple/FigJam/Multigrain Paninis. "French Dip"; make garlic bread, heat beef broth. Swish a few ounces of deli roast beef at a time in hot broth (do NOT overcook), put on a piece of garlic bread, serve.

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: TJ Brown rice mix, Couscous, Perogies, "Fake Mac n Cheese" (cook some elbows, toss w a soupcon of butter and garlic salt. Lay in casserole dish , sprinkle cheese and panko, broil till bubbly.

- Veggie Side Dish: Oven-roasted broccoli, Green Beans with sauteed pine nuts or almonds, Asparagus Parmesan, Praeger's Spinach Patties, Fresh blanched crudites w homemade dip, Spiral zucchini sauteed w evoo and garlic, Baked yams, Waldorf Salad

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Baked apple bar, with greek yogurt, honey, premium granola toppings. Whole strawberries dipped in sour cream rolled in brown sugar.

- Breakfast Main Dish: Whole Wheat Pumpkin waffles ...if brunch, with sauteed apples and frizzled deli ham on the side

My Favorites:

- Beef Main Dish: pot roast

- Ground Beef Main Dish: chili

- Chicken Main Dish: lemon chicken artichoke bake with orzo

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: I don't cook with these

- Pork Main Dish: schnitzel with lemon wedges and Dijon, spätzle, green mixed salad

- Vegetarian Main Dish: Greek potato, tomato, green bean stew with feta & crusty bread

- Pasta Main Dish: fettuccini with ragu Bolognese (Marcella Hazan)

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: teriyaki steak tips/vegetable kabobs (served with curried rice)

- Main Dish Salad: Nicoise

- Fish Main Dish: baked salmon, steamed romanesco and tiny new potatoes with Bernaise sauce

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): shrimp pad Thai

- Vegan Main Dish: ??

- Homemade Soup: minestrone

- Main Dish Sandwich: muffuletta

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: curried rice

- Veggie Side Dish: cauliflower au gratin

- Quick & Easy Dessert: vanilla ice cream drizzled with kahlua sprinkled with instant coffee and embedded with a rolled Pepperidge Farm cookie

- Breakfast Main Dish: eggs Benedict and a fruit salad

You all are fabulous cooks, please keep this thread going! Thank you!

It's 7:30 in the morning here. I finished breakfast thirty minutes ago, read through everyone's list . . . and now I'm hungry all over again (LOL)! What great dishes you all have listed! I want to try every one of them.

We like variety so I don't really have a lot of go-tos. I try to not repeat anything in the same months time but these are the most repeated over time. I love to cook and food quality is crazy important to me.

- Beef Main Dish: beef rendang, real Czech Gulas (not that nastiness people call goulash with ground meat and elbow mac,) dry aged ribeye

- Ground Beef Main Dish: ćevapi with home ground grass fed beef and lamb

- Chicken Main Dish: pollo a la brasa, chicken picatta,

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: fried chicken meatballs with home ground chicken thighs

- Pork Main Dish: I don't eat pork

- Vegetarian Main Dish: veggie jalfreezi, baingan bharta, saag paneer

- Pasta Main Dish: we dont eat pasta (no wheat or most other grains) but back when we dis it was carbonara

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: tandoori chicken, pollo a la brasa, Santa Maria style tri tip, ribeyes, beef and chicken satay, Greek style leg of lamb (warm climate so we grill year round.)

- Main Dish Salad: still thinking, we eat a ton of veggies but not a lot of salads

- Fish Main Dish: whatever wild fish looks best and is in season- prep depends on the fish

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): King crab legs, wild salmon cakes

- Vegan Main Dish: I don't worry about something being vegan unless we have vegan guests and then I try to make something different every time so they don't have to have the same thing over and over

- Homemade Soup: sweet potato with ras el hanout, Mulligatawny, tom kha, tom yum

- Main Dish Sandwich: i dont eat bread so we don't eat sandwiches

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: rice a couple times a year- otherwise fruits and veggies

- Veggie Side Dish: the list is too long- lots of variety, no "go to" so it stays interesting but generally determined by what is ready to pick from the garden

- Quick & Easy Dessert: fresh in season fruit

- Breakfast Main Dish: smoked salmon eggs benedict with thick slabs of tomato or asparagus standing in for the english muffin

FWIW, I wanted a chicken recipe the other day, so I looked under NYT faves.

I made this; http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6850-chicken-fricassee-with-vermouth

It was quite good.

Also, a friend of mine recently served this at a brunch (the variation at the bottom where you use one large dish). It was very nice; she had added mushrooms fwiw. I do not usually like pot pie because of all the crust and the gluey gravy; this one is far lighter.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/mini-chicken-pot-pies-with-bacon-and-marjoram-240130

I know this is probably going to be a pain, but I find it interesting that you think Pear Tarts are an easy desert Funky! Could you share your recipe? I love tarts, but rarely take the time to make them. Also love pears. When I do a pear recipe, it is likely to be a pear cake with the pears on top or pear crisp. I am still searching for the perfect pear muffin recipe. Most of the ones I've tried, the pear taste gets lost.

Sigh again, I really wish SO liked lemon!!

I pink ... doesn't it depend on whether you buy puff pastry or filo or some such, vs from scratch.

If you love pears, I made this over the holidays, w creme fraiche. TDF

https://nadialim.com/recipe/salted-caramel-poached-pears-yoghurt-almonds/

That pear dessert looks great, Mtn. Also for those who love pears, this pear-centric winter fruit salad is (fairly) healthy and has gotten rave reviews from company. I have made it with brunches, and as a lighter dinner dessert option at dinner parties.

Winter fruit salad

- Beef Main Dish: Pot roast with carrots and potatoes

- Ground Beef Main Dish: tacos with Wildtree taco season mix; grilled burgers

- Chicken Main Dish: Chicken with vodka sauce; stir fry chicken with brown rice, BBQ chicken breasts - all are some of my go-to chicken dishes

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: I don't use ground chicken or ground turkey

- Pork Main Dish: pork tenderloin with carmelized onions

- Vegetarian Main Dish: summer vegetables (corn on the cob, okra, cornbread, blackeyed peas); in winter penne pasta with veggies (tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, peppers, onion)

- Pasta Main Dish: Lasagna

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: A couple of small filets, medium-rare with sautéed mushrooms; a smoked pork shoulder for pulled pork if I'm ambitious

- Main Dish Salad: Cobb salad with lots of avocado and sometimes grilled chicken; tri-colore salad (fresh tomatoes with avocado, fresh basil and buffalo mozzarella drizzled with evoo)

- Fish Main Dish: Grilled salmon for me; shrimp alfredo

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): Seared scallops

- Vegan Main Dish:

- Homemade Soup: White Bean & chicken chili; tortilla soup; vegetable-beef stew;

- Main Dish Sandwich: grilled cheese

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: cheese grits

- Veggie Side Dish: roasted mixed vegetables (usually brussel sprouts, broccoli & cauliflower), asparagus, fresh tomatoes, squash, zukes, melon or whatever else is from my garden in summer

- Quick & Easy Dessert: apple crisp

- Breakfast Main Dish: French toast or an omelet

Mtn is right-- I use puff pastry and pears halves that I've poached to "just tender". You can brush them with apricot preserves or sprinkle crystallized sugar. I like them plain but you serve with a drizzle of caramel or a cinnamon cider sauce. I can't eat ice cream, yogurt or crème anglais but they are all good on the plate too.

This is not the recipe I use but I usually cut the puff pastry in this way:

Re: puff pastry...I always avoid recipes with it because 1. I am too lazy to make my own, and 2. when I've purchased it frozen to use, it has a really icky "off" taste to me - like maybe it should taste buttery but instead tastes like crisco? Not sure that's the right description, but something greasy that clings to the roof of your mouth? Can any of you who use it recommend something other than Pepperidge Farm, which is the only one I've tried (maybe the only one I've ever seen).

- Beef Main Dish: Teriyaki marinated flank steak, broiled until med rare

- Ground Beef Main Dish: don't really use

- Chicken Main Dish: Chicken Piccata...so quick and delicious

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: I use ground turkey to make meatballs or to use as taco meat

- Pork Main Dish: Country style ribs using AnnT from the Cooking forum's recipe (adapted from Paul Prudhomme) found in this link scroll down...so, so good- Country style rib recipe

Vegetarian Main Dish: Spanikopita- I've made this for years and can whip it out without a recipe. Once you get the feel for filo, it's fast, too.

- Pasta Main Dish: This could be for chicken fave, too, but it's chicken breasts, marinated in olive oil, fish sauce, garlic and lime juice, grilled then served with grilled red peppers over thin rice noodles and tossed with reserved marinade (not the stuff that had the chicken breasts, but extra marinade you reserve before adding the chicken to it)

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: Tamarind marinated pork tenderloin

- Main Dish Salad: Winter Panzanella from Michael Chiarello Winter Panzanella

- Fish Main Dish: Fresh wild caught salmon fillet. Rub with a little olive oil, s&p, put in a COLD oven, turn oven to 400f, cook for 18-20 min depending on thickness. This is the BEST way to cook salmon I have ever found, ever.

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): Prawns sauteed with fresh green beans, onions and red peppers and Asian Marinated Black Bean sauce

- Vegan Main Dish: Vegetarian fresh spring rolls (not fried) with peanut dipping sauce

- Homemade Soup: New England Clam chowder

- Main Dish Sandwich: Dungeness crab mixed with a little onion and mayo on English muffins with cheddar cheese, broiled until melted and crab is hot.

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: Bluebird Grain Farms Organic Potlatch Pilaf...I add mushrooms and some beef stock. Pilaf

- Veggie Side Dish: Cold Gingered Asparagus from Mollie Katzen

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Frozen berries with White Chocolate from Ina Garten: Recipe

- Breakfast Main Dish: Toast

Veda, thanks, I'll see if I can find it around here.

When the kids were home I cooked every night except when we had leftovers. Now it's just DH and myself and we take turns, or get takeout. We definitely love leftovers. Or DS will go by our favorite restaurants in the City and bring takeout for us on his way home. Nice.

Everything here is simple and fast.

- Beef Main Dish: T-bone steak or Roast. Steak on the grill. Charcoal grill.

- Ground Beef Main Dish: I fixed this tonight, great for cold weather.

Cabbage Roll Soup

- Chicken Main Dish: Oven baked whole chicken.

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: Baked Turkey Breasts

- Pork Main Dish: Pan fried (light oil) Pork Chops

- Vegetarian Main Dish: Fried Rice with veggies.

- Pasta Main Dish: Lasagna. (I have a simple no-boil lasagna recipe)

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: Burgers and Dog's! :)

- Main Dish Salad: Does Taco Salad count? If I'm alone, I'll eat a regular salad for dinner, but it has to have cheese on it.

- Fish Main Dish: Baked Cod

- Other Seafood Main Dish - Fried Shrimp

- Vegan Main Dish: Cheese Tortilla's

- Homemade Soup: Beef Stew

- Main Dish Sandwich: Tuna Salad

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: Brain freeze.

- Veggie Side Dish: Old fashioned steamed or lightly boiled Brussel Sprouts w/a dollop of butter.

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Brownies. I have the best recipe that is quick and easy. Or pie I usually keep in the freezer.

- Breakfast Main Dish: For me, it's either Oatmeal or cold cereal. DH, bacon & eggs, or Pancakes.

OLy, our Whole foods has DuFour. Yum

Thanks, but we don't have a Whole Foods here in Oly. Closest is Seattle and I get to Seattle occasionally, but usually for a cultural event in the evening...not conducive to grocery shopping or keeping things frozen for several hours. I'll check our local markets and see, though.

Terrific thread, so many great ideas!

Oly, I've found it at Sprouts if you have one nearby.

Thanks, Veda, no Sprouts either. There is a TJ's and I'll see if they have one that is made with butter (not sure if they even sell it).

I could do that kind of tart shape with home made pie crust, but I would not call that "simple" because I am notoriously BAD at shaping dough! Still, using poached pears to make a tart would be do-able for me since my "go to" easy peasy tarts start with those little phyllo tarts that you can buy pre-made. They might even sell premade tarts with pie crust, I may have seen them. Also they do sell premade puff pastry thingies too. I'm kind of cheap and dead lazy so unless I am trying to impress, I might stick with the crisp though! Thanks for sharing those pear tart ideas. That photo just melts my heart, LOVE!

Oh Pink, give it a try! They are not only easy-- they're very forgiving. You don't need to shape the dough at all. You just cut.. use the pear as your guide.. then cut a simple leaf or two to lay it at the top. It's really that simple!

I was very clear in my post that my go-to's are EASY. I promise this is.

I don't spend a lot of time cooking-my kitchen is awful, no usable counter space so I do a lot of very simple foods, but when the urge strikes, I make more diverse dishes. Following are my faves

- Beef Main Dish: I make a family dish, we call it agasate. It's a braised eye round roast, then removed from the pan to soften a couple of chopped onions and some garlic. Put roast back in, cover with water and set to boil. Once roast is cooked, remove and cook down the juices to make a thick gravey-almost like french onion soup. Serve over thick noodles and be generous with the freshly grated parmesan.

- Ground Beef Main Dish: Meatloaf and scalloped potatoes

- Chicken Main Dish: Chicken alfredo w/broccoli served over noodles

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish:

- Pork Main Dish: Baked pork chops and roasted veggies

- Vegetarian Main Dish: Baked penne with marinara

- Pasta Main Dish: Pasta with my homemade meat sauce

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: rib eye steak smothered in crushed garlic

- Main Dish Salad: Grilled chicken, chopped apple and pecans over spring greens

- Fish Main Dish: Fish tacos-usually made with either mahi mahi or cod, with shredded cabbage, lime & cilantro

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): I hate shellfish, so I never make anything like that.

- Vegan Main Dish: pad thai

- Homemade Soup: beef bourguingon or split pea with ham

- Main Dish Sandwich: Oven roasted turkey, swiss cheese, cranberry mustard on crusty french bread.

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish: ? Stuffing?

- Veggie Side Dish: Roasted veggies-beets, carrots, red and white potatoes and parsnips are staples.

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Ice Cream! Fresh pineapple when feeling ambitious.

- Breakfast Main Dish: Overnight peach french toast

Thanks for this thread - lots of great ideas.

My Favorites:

- Beef Main Dish: grilled steak with Corn Fritters and arugula

- Ground Beef Main Dish: smash burgers (just the beef burger) with brown rice and sautéed garlic chard

- Chicken Main Dish: Shawarma (not really) chicken with warm chickpea puree and sumac onion salad

My favorite weeknight turkey recipe only uses a few sheetpans and a rice cooker: Turkey Breast with roasted broccolini and black rice with hazelnuts

-Ground Chicken or Turkey Main Dish: I make this quick non-authentic Larb with ground turkey instead of the called-for chicken

- Pork Main Dish: grilled boneless pork chops or broiled pork loin with Sugar Snap Napa Cabbage Miso Salad (I add grated carrots as well)

- Vegetarian Main Dish: spicy tofu with thai basil and coconut rice cakes

- Pasta Main Dish: ---

- Out on the Grill Main Dish: Grilled skin-on bone-in chicken breasts with grilled halved romaine and lemons, or grilled chicken with avocado corn black bean salsa

- Main Dish Salad: Bistro roasted root vegetable salad with a poached egg

- Fish Main Dish: Halibut or other white fish poached with scallions and miso with green peas and edamame; or fish tacos

- Other Seafood Main Dish (such as Shrimp, Scallops, Etc.): ---

- Vegan Main Dish: Mexican Butternut Pilaf

- Homemade Soup: Thai chicken soup

- Main Dish Sandwich: ---

- Non-Vegetable Side Dish:---

- Veggie Side Dish: ---

- Quick & Easy Dessert: Sliced citrus drizzled with honey or dark chocolate bark with pistachios

- Breakfast Main Dish: Huevos rancheros; vegetable quiche or omelette (either with cheddar, walnuts and sautéed thinly sliced granny smith apples or with scallions and cheddar) with a butter lettuce salad

Oh yes, I'm always game to try with dough Funky. You should see the pie I made tonight. Real Jackson Pollack!