Looking for easy potluck food ideas? You already know I adore hosting dinner parties, but cooking and organizing (and cleaning) take up so much time. That’s why potluck parties are so great! I actually didn’t know what those were, but they are the best thing ever.
When hosting a potluck party, each guest brings some home-cooked meal of their choice and you end up with numerous different foods with minimum time spent in the kitchen. Amazing, right? Here are more than 20 potluck food ideas, so you know what to bring on your next get-together.
Puff Pastry Pizza Bites
I love bringing puff pastry pizza bites to the potluck gatherings since the pizza is always the safe bet. What is more, this appetizer is sooo easy to make and budget friendly.
Puff Pastry Pizza Bites
Come and try these delightful puff pastry pizza bites! They're perfect as a party snack, potluck appetizer, or poolside treat.
Potluck parties are more often organized during summer, so it would be a shame not to make some zucchini wonders since the summer is zucchini season. Here are my favorites.
Oven-baked Zucchini Fritters
Give this Oven-baked Zucchini Fritters recipe a shot and see how simple and delicious it can be. Perfect for any get-together or just a casual dinner at home!
Zucchini waffles are a delightful twist on a classic breakfast item. Easy to make and delicious to eat, they offer a fantastic way to start your day on a savory note. Enjoy them with a dollop of cream cheese, or go wild with your favorite combinations!
My air fryer has sped up my meal prep so that now I can make lunch in literally 15 minutes! Of course, you can also prepare this pasta with zucchini and chicken without an air fryer. Just prepare everything in a skillet or in the oven and that's it!
These healthy chocolate zucchini muffins are a fantastic way to enjoy a delicious snack while benefiting from the nutritious content of fruits and vegetables. Give them a try and watch them become a new favorite in your home!
Everybody loves lasagna, so everybody should love sweet potato lasagna, too.
Sweet Potato Lasagna with Meat Recipe
This recipe guides you through making lasagna using layers of thinly sliced sweet potatoes instead of traditional noodles, layered with a savory meat sauce and creamy bechamel. It's a straightforward dish that swaps pasta for sweet potatoes, making it a bit healthier and adding a unique twist.
Chicken piccata is one refreshing Italian dish thanks to lemon juice and zest in the recipe. The meal is whole when you include some pasta like spaghetti.
Chicken Thigh Piccata
Chicken Thigh Piccata is the best meal I had lately! The meat is super juicy, crusty, and drenched in hearty chicken stock-based sauce. The special touch are definitely capers, that add the signature briny note, while lemon adds tang and tenderizes the chicken. Piccata is a simple, one-pot meal, so I couldn't gatekeep this amazing recipe!
What’s a party without bread? Here is my favorite bread recipe that is sure to amaze the guests!
Caramelized Onion Bread
This is high-hydration bread that turns out perfect and pillow-soft every single time. The recipe for the bread is simple and basic, with 4 ingredients only. I decided to spice it up a bit, so I kneaded in caramelized onions, garlic, and parmesan. The texture is amazing – airy and bubbly, but with minimal kneading and proofing time. So, I'm sharing step by step recipe for Caramelized Onion Bread.
If you don’t feel like making bread, use caramelized onions to make chicken pasta salad!
Easy Cold Chicken Pasta Salad
This cold chicken and pasta salad is particularly delicious because of the addition of caramelized onions, which add a unique aroma and sweetness to the dish. You can serve the salad cold or warm, as you prefer. The recipe is easy and fun to make!
Stuffed shells are my go to option when I don’t feel like making lasagna. Similar, yet very different, this dish is so tasty that it will be the highlight of the gathering.
Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Shells Recipe
Discover the delightful flavors of our Ricotta and Spinach Stuffed Shells, a perfect blend of creamy ricotta, fresh spinach, and rich tomato sauce, all nestled in tender pasta shells. Join us in savoring this heartwarming dish that promises a taste of Italian comfort with every bite!
Pasta salad is a classic – quick and easy to make, plus amazingly delicious. Here is just one combination, but you can toss in anything you have in hand, options are endless!
Easy Pasta Salad
Make this fresh, cold pasta salad recipe in under 30 minutes! Packed with flavor & a zesty Italian style dressing, this pasta salad is perfect for picnics.
Making one huge burger instead of a dozen small ones is always a good idea! These are always party pleasers, because who doesn’t like hearty, cheesy, and savory bite?
Cheddar Cheeseburger Sliders with House Sauce
These easy cheeseburger sliders are incredible. So simple – baked until warm and melty – perfect for a crowd or your family for dinner!
Sandwich, but make it gourmet! Homemade or store-bought aromatic focaccia, fine-quality pesto, plus cheeses and delis you love the most make THE perfect sandwich everyone will absolutely adore! I love turkey breasts and provolone here.
Pesto Focaccia Sandwich Recipe
This focaccia sandwich recipe starts with a loaf of storebough focaccia bread that’s cut in half horizontally and filled with layers of deli ham, turkey, cheese and pesto.
Don’t sleep on ground turkey, because it is fabulous! You need only a few ingredients for these meatballs, plus you can serve them with or without sauce. They are amazing with parmesan!
Turkey Meatballs
Homemade Turkey Meatballs are made with eight simple ingredients and are perfect for meal prep or a quick weeknight dinner.
Pulled pork requires a few hours of slow cooking, but only a little actual work. Harty pork marries with a layer of stringy cheese and crunchy tortilla impeccably.
Pulled Pork Quesadilla
This Pulled Pork Quesadilla recipe is the perfect sweet and savory appetizer filled with pulled pork, caramelized onions, and BBQ sauce.
Shrimps and deviled eggs are an unusual combo, but surprisingly they fuse finely. They are super simple to prepare, but you will most definitely make a statement with this choice.
Shrimp Cocktail Deviled Eggs Recipe
Minced shallot lends a subtle, garlicky flavor to the creamy filling in these deviled eggs.
Brownies are always my choice when it comes to choosing a dessert for big gatherings, you simply can’t miss with them. I love adding some cherries or berries to make them even moister, and this recipe is just the one!
Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Brownies
The BEST fudgy cherry chocolate brownies made completely from scratch are better than box mix and couldn’t be easier to make. Use frozen or fresh cherries!
This pie is on the list because it’s my favorite, but you can choose your favorite combination! Berries, cherries, apples, peaches, everything will be a hit – a little crumb on top makes it all better!
Lemon-Blueberry Streusel Pie
This lemon-blueberry streusel pie is like having two desserts in one!. There’s a sweet-tart lemon layer topped with a blueberry crumble pie layer.
If you’re a last-minute person, this recipe will save your life! It requires 3 ingredients and 5-ish minutes and that’s it. Of course, you can add toppings to spice things up!
Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers
Need an appetizer on the table ASAP? These cream cheese stuffed peppers are 3 ingredients and take just about 5 minutes to make.
Laura Bais is the owner of Julie's Cafe Bakery food blog. From a young age, she had a passion for cooking, and at the age of 13, she made her first meal. After finishing high school, she undergraduates in Cultural Studies at the University of Rijeka, and graduates in Journalism at the University of Zagreb. At that time she honed her cooking skills, but also worked in marketing. Since her love for cooking never faded, in 2021 she finally decided to share her recipes with the world. Laura turned her hobby into a career and loves every moment of it. Now she writes about common mistakes in the kitchen and how to avoid them, about adding twists to traditional meals, etc. Her love for trying new foods often leads her to visit restaurants and attempt to recreate the meals at home. She has been featured on F and B Recipes and BOXROX, to name a few.
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