ALL OF THE CHEESE

SO MUCH FUCKING CHEESE

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

My ass.

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

Pot, if you’re lucky 🤷🏻

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

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.

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.

Baked artichoke dip, Joy of Cooking page 146.

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.

Baked mac and cheese, probably.

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!

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.

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.