When dinner needs to be easy tonight and useful again tomorrow, a big pot of soup or stew can take care of both meals.

I turn to a budget-friendly staple to amp up the protein.

Meatball appetizers for parties and game day, from slow cooker grape jelly and honey garlic meatballs to cranberry BBQ meatballs, sausage balls and crispy chicken balls.

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...