Got a craving to eat mashed potatoes? These 43 Main Dishes pair perfectly with creamy mashed potatoes for lunch or dinner. From chicken and pork to beef and fish you are sure to find a recipe you’ll enjoy.

How do you prefer your mashed potatoes? Traditional or loaded? We love both! For other recipe ideas that can use up leftover mashed potatoes try our Leftover Mashed Potato Pizza and Shepherd’s Pie recipes.
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Main Dishes to Serve with Mashed Potatoes
Simple Gluten-Free Chicken Piccata
Simple Gluten-Free Chicken Piccata is chicken served in a lemon wine sauce with capers. It is easy to make and pairs perfectly with mashed potatoes.
Simple Honey Garlic Pork Chops
These Simple Honey Garlic Pork Chops are sweet, salty and sure to become a family favorite! Have this meal ready in less than 30 minutes making it a perfect option for a weeknight meal.
Chicken Marbella
Chicken Marbella is marinated and baked with green olives, prunes and capers. This meal is sure to be a crowd pleaser and your family will ask for it over and over again.
Turkey Meatloaf
This simple and delicious Turkey Meatloaf is the perfect main dish to serve with mashed potatoes. Moist, tender and full of flavor this meatloaf is sure to become a regular in your dinner rotation.
Gluten-Free Air Fryer Chicken
This Gluten Free Air Fryer Chicken Breast is easy to make, super moist and makes a delicious main dish.
Stuffed Pepper Casserole with Beef and Mushrooms
This Stuffed Pepper Casserole with Beef and Mushrooms is a hearty and comforting meal. Loaded with peppers, beef, rice, onion, mushrooms, garlic and sauce this meal is sure to be a family favorite.
Honey Sriracha Pork Loin
This simple honey sriracha pork loin with optional veggies is cooked to perfection in cast iron. It’s tender and juicy on the inside with a magnificent sweet and spicy honey sriracha sauce glazed crust.
Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Tenders
These Air Fryer Buffalo Chicken Tenders are crispy, spicy and loaded with flavor. Serve as a main dish or an appetizer with a side of blue cheese dressing or ranch dressing.
Bacon Wrapped Chicken
A delicious chicken meal with crispy bacon on the outside and moist and tender chicken in the middle. This is the perfect family meal or appetizer for your next dinner party.
Lazy Slow Cooker Italian Roast Beef
Delicious crockpot Italian Roast Beef has great flavor with just a little kick. This tender shredded beef, made with spices and peppers, is just perfect served as a sandwich or over mashed potatoes or cauliflower.
Simply Perfect Beef Roast
Simply Perfect Beef Roast is just like Grandma used to make! This classic comfort food is only 3 ingredients, slow braised in the oven all day and deliciously tender! Simple enough for a weeknight meal yet fancy enough for a special occasion, you'll want to come back to this recipe again and again!
The Best Traditional Meatless Meatloaf
With all the traditional seasonings of the original this vegan meatless meatloaf with chickpeas, peppers, and onions is big on flavor topped with a tomato maple glaze. Perfect as the main dish alongside your favorite mashed potatoes.
Roast Orange Brined Chicken
Salty, herby, and citrus permeated, this aromatic orange brined chicken is infused with so much flavor. A stunning centerpiece for special occasions, this simple roast chicken is perfect for entertaining.
Easy Slow Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe
Cooking lamb can seem so intimidating but my Easy Slow Roast Leg of Lamb Recipe takes the guesswork out of a delicious way to enjoy lamb at home. This tender, fall apart roast lamb paired with a delicious gravy made from the pan drippings, too!
Grilled Ham Steak with Maple Orange Glaze (aka Ham-Awesome)
Grilled Ham Steak with Maple Orange Glaze, you can have all the holiday flavors you crave only in a quick weeknight meal!
Braised BBQ Chicken Meatballs
These braised BBQ meatballs make a delicious, quick, and easy dinner especially if you use a store-bought BBQ sauce. Serve them over mashed potatoes when you’re needing home-cooked comfort food at its best.
How to Spatchcock a Chicken
Tender, juicy chicken and crispy skin – this Butterflied Roast Chicken is a crowd-pleasing recipe. It can be quickly prepared, and is so easy making it ideal for entertaining!
Chicken Parmesan Roll Ups
A light and healthy entree, these chicken Parmesan rollups are a delicious protein to pair with mashed potatoes. Stuffed with sautéed onions and spinach, you’ll sneak some veggies in as well!
Easy Instant Pot Turkey Tenderloin
Tender, juicy, and ready in only 30 minutes, this Instant Pot Turkey Tenderloin recipe is so easy to make! It's a perfect turkey dinner idea when you don't want to roast a whole turkey for hours!
Oven-Fried Buttermilk Chicken
Oven-fried buttermilk chicken is an easy and economical family meal that has just one requirement: You must serve mashed potatoes with this classic American meal!
The BEST Smoked Ribeye- Easy, Tender, and Juicy + Video
Smoked Ribeye, for the tastiest, most tender ribeyes you will ever have! Easy to do and extra delicious!
Roasted Lemon Chicken {Pollo Al Limone}
This simple lemon chicken is always a family favorite! Pollo al limone is a classic Italian dish that pairs well with mashed potatoes.
Creamy Chicken and Gravy in the Slow Cooker
Creamy chicken and gravy in the slow cooker is perfect served over a pile of mashed potatoes. It is a plate of diner comfort food made easily at home.
Balsamic & Rosemary Braised Pork Shoulder
This hearty and flavorful yet cozy meal is sure you warm you up and fill your tummy. Balsamic and rosemary braised pork butt could be a new favorite dinner!
Easy Crock Pot Pulled Pork
Delicious, tender, slightly sweet and salty this pulled pork recipe is super easy to put together and will be sure to satisfy a crowd!
Easy Crock Pot Beef and Beer
This Easy Crock Pot Beef and Beer recipe will give you tender, flavorful beef that requires very little work. It is quick to get in the crock pot where it will cook all day!
Air Fryer Honey Garlic Salmon
In under 20 minutes, you can get your hands on this tender, flaky, and flavorful Air Fryer Salmon with Honey Garlic flavor! This simple weeknight salmon is deliciously healthy and super easy to throw together!
Slow Cooker Chipotle Maple Bourbon Glazed Ham
Chipotle Maple Bourbon Glazed Ham in the slow cooker is the juiciest ham you’ll ever eat and the easiest one you’ll ever make.
Baked Lemon Chicken Tenders with Tomatoes and Zucchini
These easy Baked Lemon Chicken Tenders are super moist, bright, & delicious! Chicken tenderloin is marinated in olive oil, honey, lemon zest, & spices for ultimate flavor. It's then oven baked with tomatoes & zucchini for a healthy sheet tray dinner. Simple, fuss free, & perfect for summer!
Lemon Garlic Pepper Shrimp (Air fryer and Skillet Recipe)
This spicy garlic butter shrimp recipe is buttery and tasty. It is super flavorful and turns out so good with very little butter/oil.
Crockpot Mississippi Pot Roast
Mississippi Pot Roast only has 5 easy ingredients to make a main dish that is best served over mashed potatoes. Try this easy fuss free dinner that the whole family will love!
French Onion Pork Chops (Keto)
These Keto French Onion Pork Chops are an easy one pot meal! Using the same great flavors of French onion soup, the smothered pork chops are a delicious family skillet meal.
Pan seared Chicken Breasts with Tomatoes
These pan seared chicken breasts with tomatoes and basil are so tasty, you'd never guess they're so easy to make. Ready in just 20 minutes, it's the perfect meal for a busy day.
Smoked Meatloaf with BBQ Glaze
Smoked Meatloaf is a great twist on the classic recipe. Simple ingredients are transformed into a juicy loaf which is loaded with smoky flavor and topped with a BBQ glaze. This is comfort food at its best!
Best Pan Fried Tilapia Recipe
Simple flavors complement tender tilapia fillets in this easy Pan Fried Tilapia recipe. It’s ready in about 10 minutes, and perfect for busy weeknights.
Chestnut and Pepper Crusted Salmon Fillet
The colours and flavours make for a wonderfully festive dish that will happily serve six, and the refreshing, mild flavours of the sockeye salmon fillet are beautifully complemented by a delicate chestnut crust.
Air Fryer Popcorn Chicken
Air Fryer Popcorn Chicken is the perfect recipe for making a quick dinner, feeding a crowd, or serving up as a party appetizer or a snack on game day. You’re going to love this super crispy chicken.
Crispy Breaded Tofu Sticks [Pan Fry| Bake| Air fry]- Plant-Based on a Budget
Make super crispy breaded tofu sticks with just 5 base ingredients and a pan, oven, or air fryer. Delicious, versatile, and easy to make gluten-free and adapt with your seasoning and coating of choice!
Easy Chinese Braised Soy Sauce Chicken Thighs
This recipe is a simplified but still delicious version of the most popular recipe on my website (chinatown soya sauce chicken): made in one-pot, this easy chinese braised soy sauce chicken thighs recipe is simple to make. it's mostly passive cooking as the chicken thighs are left to simmer on the stove and done in ? the time!
Instant Pot Beef Goulash
Beef goulash is perfect served over mashed potatoes for an easy weeknight comfort food dinner. Simple, hearty, and delicious!
Spinach & Blue Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Chicken breasts stuffed with a delicious filling made of spinach, blue cheese, cherry tomatoes, salt, pepper & garlic! A quick, healthy and easy dinner idea the whole family will love.
Smoked Tri Tip
This Santa Maria steak is a West Coast crowd pleaser! Smoked tri-tip recipe is juicy, flavorful, and is going to be your new backyard barbecue go-to!
Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Ribs
I love my slow cooker and I love beef ribs. So when I decided to cook up a bunch of these "fall off the bone ribs" with Guinness my favorite Irish beer I knew I'd have a winner! And don't worry if you can't have alcohol, just replace the beer with Root Beer or Dr. Pepper.
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Rehoboth
Saturday 28th of January 2023
Delightful post
Melissa Samartino
Wednesday 15th of February 2023
Thank you! I hope you have found a few new recipes to try!