Scrummy Lane

Quick & easy family friendly recipes

  • Home
  • About & contact
    • Privacy policy for Scrummy Lane
  • Recipe Index
  • Easy dinners
  • Easy desserts
  • Greek recipes
    • Easy Moussaka
    • Easy Chicken Gyros
    • Best Greek Salad
  • Subscribe

Home » main meals

main meals

Don’t know what to cook tonight? I hope you find some inspiration here!

Favorites at our house include delicious roasted Greek chicken and potatoes, 30-minute Indonesian noodles (mee goreng) or this amazing sheet pan chicken tikka (just one pan & 4 main ingredients!).

If you’re a fan of fish, popular one pan options are this lemon butter salmon with potatoes & asparagus or this easy baked panko cod with lemon butter sauce.

Rather go meat free? Try these 15-minute crispy halloumi burgers!

Need simple weekend meal ideas? Check out this list of 100 lazy Sunday dinner ideas!

A closeup of part of a round black baking dish with thin chicken breasts baked with lemon juice, olive oil, oregano and lots of crumbled feta, with lemon slices and fresh oregano scattered on top.

10 Best Easy Greek Chicken Recipes

Closeup of a rectangular platter of baked chicken kabobs on a bed of simple salad and with lemon segments and a white dip on a green and white tea towel and on a pale textured background.

Easy Oven Chicken Kabobs (Greek style!)

A closeup of someone's hands scooping up some penne pesto pasta with colorful vegetables from a blue-rimmed bowl with more of the pasta in the background in a Pyrex bowl.

Easy Penne Pesto Pasta With Vegetables (Hot Or Cold)

Closeup of a mottled grey bowl of fusilli pasta with peas with fresh peas and feta and herbs on top on a grey background with a fork in the bowl and lemon halves and beside it.

Creamy Green Pea Pasta (No Cream & With Frozen Peas!)

Most of a round black baking dish with thin chicken breasts baked with lemon juice, olive oil, oregano and lots of crumbled feta, all on a weathered blue background with lemon segments, a fresh oregano sprig and a blue tea towel around the dish.

5-Ingredient Baked Chicken With Feta And Lemon

An overhead view of a ceramic dish of Greek giant beans with fresh herbs and feta crumbled on top, on a blue marble plate stand with slices of bread, fresh dill, a white and blue checked tea towel and a bigger pan of the beans around it.

Easy Greek Giant Beans With Canned Beans (Gigantes Plaki)

Closeup of a blue patterned dish of chicken and chorizo risotto with a spoon in and lemon and herbs and parmesan on top, all on a wooden round board and cloth background with equipment and ingredients behind.

Baked Chicken And Chorizo Risotto (One Pot!)

Closeup of a dish of farfalle pasta with prosciutto, broccoli and ricotta with cutlery in a blue and white dish on a marble background and with half a lemon in the background.

20-minute Farfalle Pasta With Prosciutto, Broccoli And Ricotta

Closeup of someone picking up some casarecce pasta in a simple cherry tomato and basil sauce, with the rim of the white plate in the foreground and background.

12-Minute Casarecce Pasta With Blistered Cherry Tomatoes

Overhead view of chicken pizzaiola or chicken breasts in a cherry tomato and basil sauce with bubbling mozzarella on top on a green and white checked cloth with focaccia and a wooden spoon at the side.

One Pan Chicken Pizzaiola (25-Minute Meal)

Closeup of stovetop chicken and rice in a cast iron pan on a blue striped tea towel and with a wooden spoon in it.

100 Lazy Sunday Dinner Ideas The Whole Family Will Love!

A chicken and leek pie with squares of puff pastry on top in a red baking dish overhead on a purple squared tea towel and with a piece taken out of the corner.

Easy Creamy Chicken And Leek Pie

Closeup of 2 crispy salmon fish cakes on a rectangular white plate with green salad in the background and lemon segments on a wooden board in the foreground.

Easy Crispy Salmon Fishcakes

Closeup of a dish of slow roasted Greek lamb in a white dish with colourful garnishes such as feta and lettuce

19 Best Leftover Lamb Recipes (Pasta, Wraps, Pies, Curries & More!)

A small dish of Greek potatoes in a beige dish with a spoon in and parsley on top, with a blue and white striped tea towel in front and a blue baking dish at the back, all on a white wooden background.

The Best Greek Potatoes (With A Video)

A piece of panko chicken with the end sliced off to reveal inside on a white plate with blue rim, with brightly colored salad bowl and water glass in background.

Easy Panko Chicken With Mustard And Parmesan

Closeup of creamy chicken orzo in half of a large blue cast iron pan with a colorful tea towel in front and a glass of water and dark background.

38 Best Risoni Recipes (One Pot, Soups, Pasta Salads & More!)

Naan pizza with mozzarella and fresh basil leaves on brown paper and a wooden board with a pizza cutter, colorful salad bowl and more pizza in the background.

10-Minute Air Fryer Naan Pizza (Super Easy!)

A closeup image of a white bowl of chicken and mushroom pappardelle with a knife and fork on a purple checked tea towel and with a bowl of peas and a lemon in the background.

20-Minute Creamy Chicken And Mushroom Pasta (NOT much cream!)

Closeup of creamy chicken orzo in half of a large blue cast iron pan with a colorful tea towel in front and a glass of water and dark background.

Creamy Chicken Orzo With Mushrooms And Bacon (One Pot)

Closeup of a big serving spoon scooping out some cheesy baked chicken spaghetti from a white baking dish, all on a white background.

Baked Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti (Freezer Meal)

Closeup of cooked spinach feta stuffed chicken breasts in a blue cast iron pan with pan juices and on a pale blue background with a red and white checked tea towel in the background.

Easy Spinach And Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts

A closeup of an overhead view of a dish of pan-fried gnocchi in cherry tomato basil sauce with feta cheese sprinkled on top.

Pan-fried Gnocchi With Cherry Tomato Sauce (30-minute meal)

A closeup of an air fryer crispy chicken burger on a green and white patterned napkin and rectangular white plate with another burger in the background.

Crispy Air Fryer Chicken Burgers

A piece of easy moussaka on a white plate with bread and Greek salad

Easy Moussaka Recipe (Ultimate Guide!)

Closeup of stovetop chicken and rice in a cast iron pan on a blue striped tea towel and with a wooden spoon in it.

30-Minute Stove Top Chicken And Rice (One Pot)

A closeup of a fork in a bowl of pasta carbonara with another bowl in the background

Best Pasta Carbonara (Without Cream!)

Overhead view of a piece of Greek baked fish with tomatoes and onions and basil on a patterned blue and white plate with a fork and a piece of bread with red baking dish behind.

Easy Greek Oven Baked Fish (Psari Plaki)

View from above of an easy tuna salad with a spoon in it and on a marble background.

Our Favourite Easy Tuna Salad (10-minute Dinner)

closeup of the inside of a Greek chicken gryo wrap with chicken thigh, tzatziki, onion, tomatoes and lettuce on a black plate with a bowl of tzatziki in the background.

Super Easy Greek Gyro Pita (With Chicken, Tzatziki & Fries!)

A round spinach and feta filo pie with a big piece cut out of it on baking paper and with a piece of the pie in the background.

Greek Spinach And Feta Filo Pie

A closeup of someone spooning chicken and chorizo with cherry tomatoes out of a blue cast iron pan.

One-pan Chicken And Chorizo With Cherry Tomatoes

A white dish of creamy chorizo pasta with a fork in it with a red and white checked tea towel and on a marble background.

Easy Creamy Chorizo Pasta

Greek stuffed peppers and tomatoes in a colorful bowl with potatoes, tomato sauce, a chunk of feta cheese and a piece of fresh bread with a blue baking dish of food behind.

The Tastiest Gemista Recipe (Greek Stuffed Peppers And Tomatoes)

A closeup of a portion of Thai basil pork with rice and an egg on a white plate with a blue rim and with a spoon in it.

15-minute Thai Basil Pork Stir-fry (Pad Kra Pao Pork)

Closeup of 2 slices of quiche lorraine cut from the rest of the quiche from above and on a marble background.

Perfect Mary Berry Quiche Lorraine

A white dish of Italian pasta alla norma or eggplant pasta with basil and mozzarella on top on a green and blue cloth background with parmesan and a glass of water in the background

Easy Pasta Alla Norma (Tomato And Eggplant Pasta)

Closeup of a dish of slow roasted Greek lamb in a white dish with colourful garnishes such as feta and lettuce

Easy Slow Cooked Greek Lamb (Lamb Kleftiko)

One pan Greek baked chicken and potatoes with a Greek salad in the background

Easy Greek Chicken And Potatoes

Baked cod with panko or posh fish and chips in a white cast iron pan from above on a blue background

Baked Panko Cod With Lemon Butter Sauce (Posh Fish And Chips)

Next Page »

Don't expect to find anything fussy or complicated here. Just QUICK, EASY & (mostly!) HEALTHY recipes from the Mediterranean and beyond. ENJOY! READ MORE >>


Reader favorites

A small dish of Greek potatoes in a beige dish with a spoon in and parsley on top, with a blue and white striped tea towel in front and a blue baking dish at the back, all on a white wooden background.

The Best Greek Potatoes (With A Video)

The inside of a fluffy Greek yogurt blueberry muffin on a paper liner and dark background with a light blue tea towel in front and more muffins and milk in the background.

Greek Yogurt Blueberry Muffins (Low Sugar Recipe)

A souffle dish of easy 'magic' lemon pudding from above with a spoon in it on a marble background with lemons and a blue striped tea towel.

Easy Magic Lemon Pudding (5 ingredients, no eggs)

A stack of halloumi fries on brown paper and a blue marble platter with dips to the side

The BEST Crispy Halloumi Fries (+ Air Fryer Option)

Someone lifting a piece of crustless quiche out of a white dish

The very best crustless quiche (impossible quiche!)

A close-up of a piece of 6-ingredient gooey Swedish chocolate cake or kladdkaka with a fork on baking paper.

6-ingredient gooey Swedish chocolate cake (kladdkaka)

Popular now

closeup of a Ricotta, cherry tomato and chorizo puff pastry tart on a baking tray.

Ricotta, cherry tomato and chorizo puff pastry tarts

A close up of a sliced courgette loaf with green pistachios on top and on a wooden board with a knife.

Courgette Cake With Lime And Pistachios

Skinny chicken moussaka

A close up of a corn, avocado, tomato and basil salad with crispy halloumi - there are some white plates in the background

Crispy Halloumi Salad With Avocado, Corn and Tomatoes

More seasonal recipes

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Posts may contain affiliate links.

Copyright ©2023, Scrummy Lane. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy
Design by Pixel Me Designs