Meet/5 recipes

Those who love meat balls with surely enjoy this scrumptious recipe that doesn't take long to prepare.

Vinaigrette potato salad with olive oil, lemon, white wine, and Dijon mustard instead of mayonnaise. A lighter make-ahead potato salad with hard-boiled eggs and shallots.

Round-up beef for a crowd, slow-braised round steak strips in a sweet-tangy ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. Feeds 20 with chuck-wagon flair, served over noodles, rice, or mashed potatoes.

Slow-roasted beef brisket braised in barbecue sauce until fork-tender, thinly sliced, and piled high on buns. Feeds 50 hungry guests with just 4 simple ingredients.

Backyard booyah, the giant slow-simmered meat-and-vegetable stew of the Upper Midwest. Beef, soup bones, and chicken cooked until they fall off the bone, then loaded with vegetables in a kettle.

A large batch cured German style sausage from scratch.

Baked Italian sausage and mozzarella pasta casserole scaled to feed 150 people. Layered with corkscrew pasta, mushrooms, and spaghetti sauce across eight 6-quart pans.

Beet cake with orange cream cheese frosting uses grated fresh beets for a deeply moist, spiced layer cake with a rosy hue. Topped with toasted walnuts, it's a lighter twist on carrot cake.

Tender water spinach meets savory fermented bean curd in this lightning-fast Chinese stir-fry. Ready in 10 minutes with just 5 ingredients.

Sweet, juicy pears meet crisp cucumber in this refreshing two-ingredient salad with a bright lemon-sugar dressing. Ready in 5 minutes, it's the perfect light side for summer meals.

A 4-ingredient salad dressing with picante sauce, orange marmalade, soy sauce, and fresh ginger. Sweet heat meets tangy citrus in 5 minutes flat.

Quick pita bread pizza topped with pan-fried eggplant, roasted red pepper, pepperoni, and spaghetti sauce. A Greek-meets-Italian snack or appetizer baked in just 5 minutes.

A club sandwich meets a burrito: ham, turkey, and Swiss cheese rolled up in a flour tortilla with lettuce and sprouts. A 5-minute no-cook lunch wrap that's light, fresh, and totally portable.

Bring some Mexican fever into your kitchen with this dish that will make your tastebuds have a fiesta!

Southern Living meets the East. Sweet mashed potatoes with a modern Asian twist.

Another simple crockpot recipe where a pork-loin roast meets a delicious glaze which creates a wonderful dinner you will love.