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Best Main Dish Recipes of 2016

Sunday, January 1, 2017 by Lolli Leave a Comment

Happy 2017! This year marks my 10th year of blogging (a huge milestone for me!), and I’m happy to say that I still love it. I’ve learned a lot over these last few years, and I’ve gained some amazing friends through the process. Honestly, the people that have come into my life through blogging have been the best part of this job.

10 Best Main Dish recipes of 2016 from Food Fun Family

In all of the years since I’ve been sharing a Top 10 Recipes round up at the end of the year, I’ve never had MORE main dishes than desserts. Apparently, 2016 was the year of the new dinner recipes in my house! Here are my 10 favorite main dishes from this past year – from soups to Instant Pot recipes (my latest obsession!) to quick and easy dinners that the whole family will love.

Did you have a favorite recipe from this past year? I’d love to see what you’ve been cooking. Just leave me a comment down below with your recipe or link.

Here’s to more tasty dinners in 2017!

Top 10 Dinner Recipes from Food Fun Family in 2016

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This first dish was not a new recipe, but something I rediscovered in 2016. This soup combines some very different flavors (for us, at least) and is seriously amazing.

Brazilian Chicken Soup With Rice Recipe from Food Fun Family

Brazilian Chicken Soup with Rice

Did I mention that we’re obsessed with the Instant Pot? I got my IP this summer and it was love at first sight. Or at least love at first recipe. This first chicken recipe is one of our favorites. It’s hardly any work. Just throw the ingredients into the pot and cook up some rice while you wait.

Easy Chicken Tikka Masala in the Instant Pot - a delicious dinner in 30 minutes or less!

Chicken Tikka Masala in the Instant Pot

Here’s another super-easy and quick soup recipe from the Instant Pot:

Instant Pot vegetable beef soup - a quick and easy dinner that is both full of flavor and ready in 30 minutes!

Instant Pot Vegetable Beef Soup

My sister gave me this recipe, and I am so glad that it’s finally in my family’s repertoire now. It’s so tasty!

Creamy poblano chicken soup - enjoy a hot bowl of comfort food with one of my family's favorite soup recipes!

Creamy Chicken Poblano Soup

This next recipe was a trial. I had no idea how it would turn out before I made it. It was such a hit, I wondered why I hadn’t done it before! Can you tell we love quick-prep dinners around here?

Marinated pork tacos with fresh pico de gallo - an easy family meal that is ready in less than 30 minutes

Pork Tacos with Fresh Pico de Gallo

I love lasagna and I love soup. Mash them together, and you get a fantastic family dinner!

EASY Homestyle lasagna soup recipe

Easy Lasagna Soup

I’ve made homemade meatballs dozens of times, but never with ground chicken. These chicken parmesan meatballs were to-die-for delicious!

Chicken parmesan meatballs - a fun twist on traditional spaghetti and meatballs and chicken parmesan. Your whole family will love it!

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs

Here’s another stand-by at our house. Quick and easy and SO tasty! Just add rice!

Easy Thai Peanut Curry Chicken - a quick one-skillet family dinner that is ready in about 30 minutes!

Easy Thai Peanut Curry Chicken and Vegetables

2016 was also the year of the cast iron skillet! I cook with my cast iron all the time. Here’s one of my favorite dinner recipes cooked in my cast iron:

Easy chicken cacciatore recipe from Food Fun Family. One pot, a few simple ingredients. Family-friendly dinner!

Easy Chicken Cacciatore

And last, here’s another quick and easy family-friendly meal, ready in just 15 minutes! You can’t beat that!

15 Minute Creamy Tomato and Sausage Fettuccine

15-Minute Creamy Tomato and Sausage Fettuccine

Which of these recipes from MY kitchen do you want to try in your kitchen this year?

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About Lolli

Lolli has written 3740 post in this blog.

I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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