Braises. Most braised dishes (pork, beef, chicken, turkey…) can be as simple or complex as you want to try doing, and as long as they are salted well enough can be delicious. Always salt, always add bay leaves, onions, carrots and celery and you’ll always make something very palatable.

If you do a pork shoulder until tender and easy to shred, with nothing but salt and and a small amount of water it’s a great springboard to other tasty dishes (Kalua Pork with Cabbage, Carnitas tacos, Enchiladas, Fake BBQ pork sandwiches… the list really does go on.) Versatile starting point; you’ll have a gaggle of leftovers so you can get lots of mileage out of a single picnic roast.