Mark Scarbrough

These air-fryer turkey cutlets are breaded in stuffing mix, but you can easily swap in Italian-seasoned dried bread crumbs, corn flakes, or crackers.

Battered or crumbed? That’s always the question when it comes to the fillets in fried fish sandwiches. With this air-fryer fish fillet sandwich recipe, you can have both.

When making air-fryer fried chicken, a wet batter proves difficult. Coat the chicken in flour means it can hold a buttermilk marinade in the machine.

With an air fryer, these bagel chips turn out perfectly crunchy and stay whole, not broken to bits in the bag—all the better to hold lots of dip.

Imagine this: a stack of packets in your freezer that you can take straight to the oven for a full dinner in 30 minutes.

Radiatori are small, crunched pieces of pasta that look like old- fashioned steam radiators. They’ll stay firm in this quick meal, offering good texture against the soft meatballs.

Served this quick dinner recipe on buns, like barbecue; or like soft tacos—on flour tortillas topped with sour cream and pico de gallo.

EFFORT: NOT MUCH
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 6 HOURS
KEEPS ON WARM: 1 HOUR

The ingredient list is designed for use in a medium (4- to 5 1/2-quart) slow cooker. See the cook's notes for ingredient lists for small (2- to 3 1/2-quart) and large (6- to 8-quart) models.

EFFORT: NOT MUCH
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 6 HOURS
KEEPS ON WARM: 1 HOUR

The ingredient list is designed for use in a medium (4- to 5 1/2-quart) slow cooker. See the cook's notes for ingredient lists for small (2- to 3 1/2-quart) and large (6- to 8-quart) models.

EFFORT: A LOT
PREP TIME: 25 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES TO 2 HOURS
KEEPS ON WARM: NO

The ingredient list is designed for use in a medium (4- to 5 1/2-quart) slow cooker. See the cook's notes for ingredient lists for small (2- to 3 1/2-quart) and large (6- to 8-quart) models.

Make ahead: Store, covered, in the fridge for up to 2 days.
Save time: Use 2 2/3 cups cooked triticale berries and omit soaking and cooking the raw grains.

Make ahead: Prepare the buckwheat in advance, through drying the grains on a baking sheet: Cover the cooked, separate groats on their baking sheet and store in the fridge for up to 2 days.

Make ahead: Store in a sealed, airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 months.

Meatballs are one comfort food trend among many, all of which seem to have been with us since the nineties for no obvious reason. Maybe we've all gotten so very tired of politics and obstructionists and pundits and sign-wavers and bad times and bank bailouts and... OK, comfort foods aren't going away any time soon. So try this Greek-inspired dish, the flavors based on those from the eastern part of the Mediterranean.