Dinner Party Recipes

Start out your dinner party with a few appetizer recipes and finger foods such as oysters, shrimp cocktail, pierogis, olives, and bacon-wrapped anything. We also have tons of quick dinner party recipes and a slew of dinner party menus.
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Basic Chicken Soup -
Basic Chicken Soup
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Easy Creamed Spinach
30 mins
Perfect Roast Chicken
Perfect Roast Chicken
Steamed Artichokes
Easy Steamed Artichokes
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Apple Crisp
1 hr 25 mins
Lasagna with Meat Sauce
Lasagna With Meat Sauce
2 hrs 30 mins
Everyday Vegetable Soup
Everyday Vegetable Soup
1 hr 15 mins
Simple Poached Salmon
Simple Poached Salmon
25 mins
Chocolate Souffle
Chocolate Soufflé
1 hr 20 mins
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pork wellington with prosciutto and spinach mushroom stuffing
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How to Smoke Fish
How to Smoke Fish
2 hrs 30 mins
vegan butternut squash soup topped with seeds
Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk and Ginger
2 hrs 20 mins
jambalaya
Cajun Jambalaya
1 hr 10 mins
no-bake key lime cheesecake
No-Bake Key Lime Cheesecake
35 mins
terracotta pot centerpieces
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grilled-shrimp grand aioli
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chocolate mousse
Chocolate Mousse
1 hr
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Chicken Fricassee (Fricassee de Poulet a L'Ancienne)
1 hr 15 mins
Turkey brine
Turkey Brine
3 pizzas
Chris Bianco's Pizza Dough
scalloped potatoes in baking dish and on a plate
Scalloped Potatoes
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Honey-Roasted Vegetables
1 hr 10 mins
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Pasta With Fresh Tomato Sauce
25 mins
Old-fashioned apple pie
Old-Fashioned Apple Pie
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Braised Pork Shoulder
4 hrs 50 mins
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Creamy Spaghetti Carbonara
Bacon Pasta with Cheese Sauce
Bacon Pasta With Cheese Sauce and Thyme
40 mins
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Steamed Spinach in the Microwave
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Easy Poached Pears
45 mins
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Italian Ricotta Cheesecake
frutti di mare linguine
Seafood Linguine
1 hr 40 mins
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Classic Brined and Roasted Turkey
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Stuffed Cabbage
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Libby's Famous Pumpkin Pie
rartouille
Ratatouille
1 hr 15 mins
creamy deviled eggs
Creamy Deviled Eggs
25 mins
cornish hens lemon herbs
Cornish Hens with Lemon and Herbs
1 hr 5 mins
homemade stuffing in a serving dish
Chestnut Stuffing
basic meat sauce
Basic Meat Sauce
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Fried Brussels Sprouts
20 mins
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Tartine Bakery's Country Bread
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Sauteed Brussels Sprouts
20 mins
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Roasted Radicchio
20 mins
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Shredded Beet and Carrot Salad
15 mins
sweet potato casserole
Sweet Potato Casserole
55 mins
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New York-Style Cheesecake
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Homemade French Onion Soup
one-pot shrimp boil recipe on a platter
One-Pot Shrimp Boil with Corn and Potatoes
40 mins
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Cod with Herbed White-Wine Lemon Sauce
garlic mashed potatoes
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
50 mins
easy mini pavlovas
Easy Mini Pavlovas
2 hrs 45 mins
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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream-Cheese Filling
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream-Cheese Filling
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Upside-Down Turkey
4 hrs 45 mins
Creme Brulee
Favorite Crème Brûlée
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Broiled Oysters
guacamole with tortilla chips
Guacamole Without Tomatoes
10 mins