Meat recipe collection

Microwave turkey method roasts a whole stuffed bird in a floured roasting bag at 70 percent power, rotating and flipping every quarter of the cook time. A fast holiday option without the oven.

How to roast a whole turkey in the microwave: finish the bird in a roasting bag at reduced power, then rest it tented under foil so it cooks through and stays juicy. A faster route to a moist holiday bird.

Turkey pasta salad with corn, zucchini, and picante-creamy garlic dressing. A Tex-Mex spin on leftover turkey, ready in 20 minutes and better after a chill in the fridge.

Turkey stuffing soup made from the Thanksgiving carcass with leftover stuffing and gravy simmered into a rich, hearty broth. The best way to use every last bit of holiday turkey.

Traditional turtle and ham soup simmered with cloves, bay leaf, thyme, garlic, and chopped lemon. A hearty Cajun-style wild game soup with deep, savory flavor.

Twice cooked herbed duck quarters slow-roasted to render the fat, then grilled over charcoal for crisp, smoky skin. Herb-rubbed, crackling, and impossibly juicy.

Two-ingredient crockpot chicken with sweet and spicy sauce. A whole chicken slow-cooked breast-down for juicy, saucy, fall-off-the-bone results every time.

Smoked turkey rubbed with liquid smoke and slow-smoked over a water pan with white wine, onion, and bay leaves. Juicy, deeply flavored whole bird with a simple seasoning approach.

Veal chops Italienne: seared veal chops finished in a quick microwave tomato, oregano, and red wine sauce with a parmesan crust. Italian-style weeknight veal in under 30 minutes.

Veal grillades and grits, a classic New Orleans Creole brunch dish. Flour-dusted veal steaks browned and baked in a rich tomato-pepper gravy, spooned over creamy grits.

Veal olives: old-fashioned stuffed veal rolls with buttered bread crumb filling, onion, and clove, tied and pan-braised until tender. A vintage recipe garnished with hard-boiled egg slices.

Microwave veal roast rubbed with garlic and pepper, cooked on an inverted saucer to stay out of the drippings. Simple technique with timing charts for rare, medium, and well-done.

Pan-seared veal cutlets with a woodsy sauce of shiitake mushrooms, spring fiddleheads, crispy pancetta, and sherry. A restaurant-style spring main that comes together in under 30 minutes.

Veau dans le chaudron, a French-Canadian veal pot roast browned in bacon fat with garlic, then braised with whole potatoes and onions. No added liquid needed.

Three classic venison sauces: a sharp champagne vinegar sauce, a sweet currant jelly and wine sauce, and a rich pan gravy with walnut pickle. Also pairs with hare or mutton.

Vidalia beef patty bakes a ground beef burger with sliced potato and sweet Vidalia onion in a buttered foil packet. A hands-off, one-serving campfire-style dinner.