Meatball

These tender turkey meatballs swimming in gravy are ready to be served up with mashed potatoes and sweet-tart cranberry jam.

Warming harissa and cinnamon, briny olives, and sweet dried fruit make up the flavorful base for this weeknight-friendly take on tagine.

Who says ground chicken is boring? Two whole bunches of mint and some aromatics give these chicken meatballs their bracingly herby flavor.

Baking meatballs and green beans on two sides of the same sheet pan streamlines the cooking process for this saucy, savory dinner.

These meatballs made of beef, rice, and split peas are stuffed with dried fruit and braised in a flavorful tomato sauce—a hearty, satisfying labor of love.

A holiday on a sheet pan—with green beans, potatoes, and cranberry sauce.

This aromatic curry starts with a base of puréed onions—a simple way to harness punchy allium flavor with none of the chopping and tears.

We stripped these Italian-style meatballs down to the most essential elements for weeknight realness.

Tender Turkish Adana-style kebabs are an essential addition to your summer grilling.

With a few time-saving tricks, spoon-tender meatballs can be yours in about an hour.

All the flavors of classic beef stew in just one hour, with tender meatballs standing in for long-braised, shredded beef.

All the same long-cooked flavors in half the time.

Oven-roasted cherry tomatoes are the star of this easy sheet-pan dinner featuring herb-studded meatballs and cheesy, garlicky toast.

Turkey meatballs have never looked so fresh.

Did someone say weeknight meatballs? Juicy pork meatballs, nestled in a fiery, creamy harissa-coconut sauce, are ready in under an hour.

Meatballs filled with gooey cheese and bathed in creamy pecan romesco sauce—what more do you need?

Deep-fried splendor.

These healthy turkey meatballs are ready in 30 minutes, with a nutty romesco-inspired sauce you’ll want to keep on hand for future dinners.

These Italian vegetable fritters can be made from any kind of vegetable and baked, shallow-fried, or deep-fried.

The fun and flavor of Cuban-style slow-cooked pork in zippy mojo sauce transformed into quick, weeknight-able meatballs. 

Gluten-free meatballs are as easy as adding cooled cooked rice instead of bread to ground meat.

If you’re not set up for grilling or the weather doesn’t permit, a cast-iron grill pan will also do the trick for making these spicy, gingery, umami-packed meatballs.

Dinners like this minimum effort, maximum payoff dish are your biggest ally while on vacation.