Quinoa Salad

Salad

• 1 cup uncooked white quinoa
• 1 punnet cherry tomatoes halved or quartered
• 1 English cucumber diced small
• 1/4 cup finely diced red onion
• 150g fresh baby spinach coarsely chopped
• 2 large ripe avocados chopped
• 1/3 cup finely chopped cilantro or parsley, optional 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese optional

Dressing

• 4 Tbsp red wine vinegar
• 2 Tbsp Dijon-style mustard
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 Tbsp honey
• 1 large lemon
• Salt and pepper

Leave out the feta and the honey and it's vegan, too.

Edit: cook and cool the quinoa before assembly.

Bred Rol https://girlwiththeironcast.com/cast-iron-garlic-butter-dinner-rolls/ (use 1/3 the sugar)

ALL OF THE CHEESE

SO MUCH FUCKING CHEESE

Cheesecake is the one and only thing I make for events that I’m not hosting. The variety and form changes (muffin form are popular with the people I know now, not big on sweets), but its one thing I’m very good at doing to the point people look forward to it. I’m prettt sure several invites over the years have been just for that.

Because my recipe is ultra-simple minimalist base recipe designed to be slightly modified to account for different toppings, and it wasn’t written within the last 100 years (passed down several generations, though it did have to be modified somewhat ages back for modern products), and that just makes it better. Modern cheesecake recipes are crap and have too much shit in them. Flour in the filling?? Are you insane??? Talk about a ruined texture!

OP you are a lifesaver. I definitely have to get the Thanksgiving Libation in the infuser soon (it's just a cranberry orange infused vodka) and this thread reminded me I had a pear one I had to take out. I'll probably also bring a bacon brussel sprouts and maybe a roasted root vegetable this year, but I won't know until we get closer to the holiday.

Smoked bacon jalapeño poppers. Stuffed with cream cheese cilantro and lime juice

I would normally do a bacon, blue cheese, and broccoli salad

BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders

Throw a pork shoulder in a slow cooker with a can of coke and seasoning. Let cook on low for 8 hours.

Shred the pork (it should be easy to pull apart). Add bbq sauce. Bring rolls and coleslaw to make the sandwiches.

It’s always a hit, feeds a ton of people, and it’s the easiest recipe I keep around.

How much time do I have to prepare, what season is it, and who is doing desserts? I cannot stress how much these matter.

Dill pickle pasta salad.

Shit’s like crack.

Baked artichoke dip, Joy of Cooking page 146.

Weed

With any luck I will supply the pot.

After all the secret to good food is

Baked mac and cheese, probably.

Bread.

Puppy chow, Chex cereal covered with peanut butter and milk chocolate, coated in powdered sugar. Absolutely delicious, easy to make, and reserved only for potlucks

Mannerströms Surströmming. It's fine, the party will leave and I'll eat it by myself again.

Scalloped Potatoes with lots of cream and ham inside.

I do not care if it's unappreciated and/or unwanted, but there's no way I am not bringing either my homemade mac n cheese or homemade tuna noodle casserole. Preferably option 2.

Tortilla chips and guacamole. Guacamole is the thing I'm most confident in making and my mom taught me how. Also margaritas because she taught me that too.

Cracklings

Brunswick stew. But with "normal" meat instead of rabbit (as is traditional) because some people are weird about eating rabbits for some reason.

Really depends upon what I know about the people who will be eating and the what types of things I know people are already brining. Maybe chili and cornbread, but that may not fly with, for instance, a number of my older in-laws.

Cookies is another one that is more safe, though I also turn the sweetness on those down for Japanese audiences.

Key lime bars, haven’t quite perfected baklava yet

African ground nut stew. It is a basic chicken stew with peanut butter and hot sauce added at the end to make it creamy and spicy.

Duck fat roasted potatoes or ham rolls

Smoked cream cheese with a little jam on top, served on crackers.

Depends on the audience and my mood.

I often times bring an opo squash indian vegetable dish and kitchari (basically, rice and beans) because they are generally able to fit with most people's dietary restrictions and also kinda unknown to people because they aren't the sort of Indian food a restaurant is going to have. Doubly so if I know a vegetarian's coming.

Sometimes I'll bring my chocolate chip cookies. Secret recipe, not the one on the Tollhouse chocolate chip wrapper.

Bucatini alla pizzaiola is a good Italian dish.

I've not had the motivation lately, but sometimes people would get surprised with some sort of improvised, from-scratch Euro-style sponge cake based on whatever's in season with pasty cream and stuff in it. Or some sort of sweet roll.

Right now? I have a bottle of a clarified watermelon tequila cocktail, that's what I am bringing.

With more time to prepare, probably a cornbread.

That choice always depends on the people coming to the potluck. Some people just don’t plan them well and everyone brings 800 sides. So I always read the room and go based off that I think no one else will bring.

Nacho cheese Doritos, someone’s gonna do it, may as well be me

A Nokia 300 Charge.

1kg of 50mg thc gummies

I could either make Tadiq or Gumbo, but not both.

Beer cheese and bratwurst dip.

Luck.

Pickle roll ups - get a full size pickle and wrap it with Buddig corned beef on the outside and cream cheese on the inside. Then slice it and they're cute and tasty 💜

If it’s something I have to make, probably some Asian noodles. Can make a big batch at once since I have a wok, and I can just toss in whatever combination of veggies with chicken. If it’s something store bought, probably ice cream.

Smoked haddock kedgeree. Easy to put in the oven quickly if its cooled down a bit and its something likely to be unique.

Roast potatoes, cheap and easy to make large quantities for and they can still be good cool.

Cranberry cobbler

• Cup and a half of cranberries (fresh or partially frozen is fine too)

• Half cup milk 3%

• Half a cup melted unsalted butter

• One cup flour

• One cup sugar

• Heaping teaspoon baking powder

• Half teaspoon salt

• Large egg

• 3 bowls, 1 of which is large

• Cast iron skillet 10 inch

Use some of the butter to grease up the cast iron skillet all around.

Bowl. Toss cranberries with some of the sugar ( 2-3 tablespoons )

Large bowl. Salt, flour, baking powder, reminder of the sugar in the other bowl. Whisk.

Third bowl. Milk. Egg. Whisk together. Add remainder of butter. Whisk some more. Pour mixture into the large bowl with the dry ingredients. Whisk till combined.

Pour mixture from large bowl into buttered up skillet, sprinkle sugared cranberries all around on top.

Bake in oven at 350F-375F (oven dependent) for 30ish till springy. Let sit for a bit after taking out of the oven.

Takes about 15 minutes to prep, vanishes in about roughly the same time too.

I eyeball the measurements for the most part, feel free to adjust the sugar levels based on your preference, though I’d advise not cutting it out entirely.

Creamy potato salad!

A Costco 15# pork shoulder smoked all day and shredded into pulled pork, and a half dozen different bottles of bbq sauce

Pot, if you're lucky 🤷🏻

Beans

Ambrosia. No one else eats it so I get it all to myself, and I never have to ask for the bowl back.

Probably some kind of beans and rice with onions and herbs and a little bacon thrown in. I'm lazy.

If I wanted to impress, a tray of homemade lasagna that'll make your toes curl.

wine or store bought dessert.

Depends on the time of year. In summer I might do a watermelon salad with tomatoes, cucumber, feta. In winter more likely a made-from-scratch mac and cheese with chorizo.

Mexican Insanity Chili.

Tortellini chicken spinach soup! This one! https://www.365daysofcrockpot.com/slow-cooker-tortellini-spinach-soup/

Homemade bread and hummus

Tortellini Pasta Salad - Cook tortellini, chill, mix with roasted red pepper, kalamata olives, creamy Italian dressing, basil, parmesan cheese flakes, onion (if you like). Serve cold.

Bacon jam. There's something magical when onions, maple syrup, and coffee mix up with little bits of bacon. It goes really well on top of a slice of toast and Muenster cheese.

Breadrolls for dipping. Storebought.

My ass.

oh wait, it's not THAT kind of potluck?

Whatever I could find in the nearby grocery/supermarket 🥲 Bad at cooking & generally don't have enough free time...