Meats recipes

Herb-seasoned beef meatballs baked in a red wine and tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, and whole onions. A cozy one-pot stew that's great for make-ahead meals.

Empanadas are Brazil's national appetizer, tiny pies filled with chicken olives, and peas.

Try this new variation of dumplings made with ground beef, spinach and water chestnuts.

Chili meatloaf muffins made with lean ground beef, salsa, and chili powder, filled with kidney beans and topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Individual portions baked in a muffin tin in 20 minutes.

Thick grilled beef patties loaded with soy sauce, green pepper, and egg, basted with a tangy ketchup-brown sugar-Worcestershire glaze. A step up from ordinary burgers.

Traditional Jewish tzimmes with beef, carrots, sweet potatoes, prunes, and dried apricots braised in orange juice. A sweet and savory one-pot holiday dish simmered low and slow until fork-tender.

These succulent meatballs made in their own savory sauce are great served with noodles or rice!

Green tomato mincemeat made from scratch with suet, apples, raisins, citron, and warm spices. A traditional preserve for holiday pies, sealed with a splash of brandy.

Swedish meatballs browned in butter and simmered in stock with a sherry-spiked gravy. Tender, savory, and smothered in a rich pan sauce.

Meaty vegetarian chili built on earthy mushrooms, beans, and chili-cumin spices, served over rice with lime, cilantro, and sour cream. A hearty meatless main without the soy-crumble compromise.

Turkey meatloaf ring: a lean, veggie-flecked ground turkey loaf baked in a ring pan with peas, corn, and a tomato glaze, then filled with steamed broccoli and cauliflower. A lighter take on meatloaf.

Elk or venison meat loaf topped with chili sauce uses water-softened bread as a binder for a lean, flavorful wild game loaf. Simple ingredients let the rich game meat shine.

Chinese noodles in a savory-sweet pork sauce of hoisin, hot bean paste and ginger, topped with cool, crisp cucumber, black sesame and cilantro. A hearty, fried-sauce noodle bowl.

Traditional mincemeat filling with beef, suet, green tomatoes, tart apples, raisins, and warm spices. Canned with brandy for holiday pies, makes 3 quarts.

Kreatopita Therini is a Greek summer meat pie with veal, zucchini, eggplant, and tomato baked between buttered phyllo layers. Fresh, herby, and golden-crisp on top.

Sweet-and-sour meatloaf is a classic ground beef loaf glazed in a sticky tomato, brown sugar, vinegar, and mustard sauce baked right onto the top during the final 10 minutes.