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A german style potato salad - whose recipe someone copied for us out of one of their Cook's Country sources.

I have two favorites: macaroni and cheese (in a crock pot) in the winter, and tuna macaraoni salad in the summer. What can I say, I love macaroni!

I always bring some kind of dip.

I make a mashed potato in a crock pot for holidays, and it's always a crowd-pleaser.

My favorites to eat and make are macaroni and cheese or lemon bars (the classic Cooks' Illustrated versions, in fact!)

HUMMUS!

If I make it, it's American.

My favorite definitely has to be fried chicken. Especially the kind that has a light and crispy batter coating. YUM!

Deviled eggs - as throwback as an old school Bob Cousy jersey.

Cottage pie, but I spice it like tourtiere.

baked ziti. Hearty and always a crowd pleaser

I like to bring corn cooked down with cream cheese added, or a big pot of chicken and sausage gumbo. Broccoli salad is also good. It really depends on the season.

chicken pot-pie. yum. and perfect for the onset of cold weather :)

Mac and cheese anytime and pasta salad for summer.

My pasta salad with green beans, red onions, bacon, and a classic vinaigrette. It's perfect in summer and it goes fast!

Spinach artichoke dip, even though it gives me *major* heartburn.

I like to do dips: guacamole, hummus, spinach cheese dip.

cornbread! always a hit especially when combined with honey :D

curried potato salad with spinach, y'all. ;)

Baked ziti

I'd have to say Baked Macaroni and Cheese, with the cracker crumb topping!!!! America's Test Kitchen has the best recipe for this!

Focaccia is my favorite to bring, very popular.

Baked Beans in the winter and brocolli/cranberry salad in summer.

Deviled eggs in the summer, pumpkin bread in the winter.

My mom's Jail House Chili or Dano's Mac and Cheese: http://redneckmuppet.blogspot.com/2008/05/getting-back-to-cooking.html
or http://redneckmuppet.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-dont-know-how-you-know.html or http://redneckmuppet.blogspot.com/2007/10/shes-chezand-this-is-macaroni.html

stuffed mushrooms

To make: German Baked Beans (baked beans with sauerkraut). To eat: deviled eggs.

Lemon Bars--made with the mother of my BFF from high school's recipe (weird grammar--I know).

I love to make Hot Spinach and Artichoke dip

potato casserole (frozen hash browns drowned in a blend sour cream and cheese, topped with cornflakes+ lots of butter)

Spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, or potato salad.

Oof.

to make... individual meatloaf men.... to have mac & cheese.

this cheesy, spicy dip that my sister taught me how to make...looks gross when mixed all together, but tastes really good.

Chili. Mine's gooood.

Shepherds Pie

I have a potato salad made with bacon, dill pickle and red onion that I've been bringing to picnics and potlucks for about 20. It's so simple it always suprises me how much people like it.

I also make "stuffed french toast" quite a bit. Essentially a bread pudding with cream cheese in the middle. I change it up every time using different quick breads instead of sourdough, fresh berries or persimmons, pecans or walnuts, dried cherries and cranberries etc.... I love the unlimited options that make it a different dish every time!

banana pudding made with vanilla wafers

Chili is often either my favorite or my least favorite, depending on who made it.

Jello salads!

I take guilty pleasure in this cheesy crockpot dip my aunt makes for family parties. It definitely has Velveeta and spicy breakfast sausage in it, but I couldn't tell you what else. We dip in torn pieces of baguette and try not to think too hard about all the glorious fat coating our tastebuds . . . mmm.

Ask me another day and I might also cop to a love of macaroni and cheese (preferably made with Emmentaler) or enchilada casseroles (preferably made with real Mexican cheese). I think there's a theme here.

Nothing wrong with a good, All-American six pack.

Another cheesy potato casserole - hash browns, cheddar cheese, mushroom soup, some milk, sour cream and topped with corn flakes doused in butter.

Or I cheat and buy artichoke dip in the store, then grab a bread bowl and fill with the dip. :-)

mac and cheese

My Mom's easy baked beans. There never seems to be enough as everyone loves it at potlucks.

hhmm.. yea & I loved deviled eggs and mac & cheese too!

mac n cheese

Manhattan meatballs or blondies.

banana pudding

Key Lime Pie, such a refreshing dish that is easy to make and (just about) everyone loves.

Cold noodles in peanut sauce. Very simple, plus I can make it the day before.

Baked beans or some kind of stew!

I think I'll need to turn in my foodie card for this one - but seven-layer dip.

My aunt's Mixed Baked Beans recipe. It always gets raves, and requests for the recipe.

I have a recipe for an upside down carmelized pear tart that I got from Gourmet a few years ago that's so very easy, yet looks and tastes like it took hours when in fact it takes only about a half an hour. It never fails.

green bean casserole

mac & cheese

deviled eggs

Mexican Lasagne! It's the best!

oh wait.. or Buffalo Chicken Wing Dip (and I'm actually from Buffalo!)

I think the most American option, is probably deviled eggs. They're so simple to make, and ubiquitous at any function, but people go nutty for them all the same.

Although I think my personal favourite is 7 layer dip. But I like anything in a dipable goo form.

Really good baked beans. They are good even after they cool a little bit - great for that second helping!

So many have said it because they're so so good - deviled eggs!

Sliders with grilled onions and American cheese on miniature potato rolls and a spicy catsup sauce to go with.

Mac&cheese, noodle pudding, baked beans.

7 layer dip. everyone loves it. (But not the kind from the deli - my own homemade kind.)

Potato salad. As long as it's not an outdoor potluck :)
Brandy

mac & cheese

White chicken chili.

Baked ziti with ground turkey

deviled eggs laced with horseradish, for sure

Baked corn dip with chipotles and monterey jack cheese.

Is cassolet to french?

scalloped potatoes

Macaroni and cheese with lots of gooey cheese! Yum!!!!

Barefoot Contessa's orzo salad with roasted veggies, yum yum!

Brownies!

Chocolate pie. Always a crowd pleaser!

Some sort of breakfast casserole, I'd say.

Brownies -- fudgy ones, the best kind. Chocolate is always a hit!

It used to be a chicken enchilada dish that was admittedly mediocre but always finished by the end of the night. After discovering America's Test Kitchen's macaroni salad, I never pass up the chance to whip up a batch. It's eyed suspiciously in the mayonnaise-phobic Northwest, but eventually disappears once the first brave fork dives in and news of its deliciousness spreads.

The Barefoot Contessa's or Silver Palate's cheese straws, hot artichoke dip with cocktail rye bread, the Silver Palate's deviled eggs with pink Schezuan peppercorns, or miniature sweet and sour meatballs!

Potato Cheddar Casserole made with refrigerated hash browns, cheese, butter, cream of chicken soup, and the secret ingredient...French Onion Dip! So easy to make, it feels like a cop out, but it literally disappears in minutes.

Not very all-American I guess, but a salad with artichoke hearts and roasted crimini mushrooms with garlic, onions, herbs, balsamic and olive oil.

And chocolate chip cheesecake.

Broccoli cheese and rice casserole. I'm dying to eat it again.

Spinach dip.

Turkey casserole

lasagna

7 layer bean dip (to eat)! Or brownies (to make).

Potato and cheese casserole. So good.

I'll probably say brownies or chocolate chip cookies!

sweet potato biscuits!

scalloped potatoes for sure.

Count on me for green bean casserole.

any kind of casserole but green bean would be my favourite

Corn bread (with cornmeal from my Uncle's mill) or lemon squares ... depending on what dish I am responsible for.

mac and cheese

My mom used to make this hashbrown/ham/cheese dish that was named after someone named Sara. That was soooo good and I haven't had it in soooo long!

it all depends on the occasion for the pot-luck and what happens before it. if i am coming directly from home, then i can bring a hot dish, like mac and cheese or chicken devian. if i will be occupied then i will go with a chineese chicken salad or grilled veggie pasta salad. if i am doing dessert, then it's all about brownies, death by chocolate or my grandma's berry cobbler... a crowd favorite anywhere!

potato salad

I always make potato salad because my husband loves it.

It's all about the mac n cheese.

Macaroni salad with peas and cheddar.

I usually make an Italian potato salad and always get asked for the recipe.

tater salad

It might sound odd, but I always bring a platter of roasted vegetables to a potluck. Sometimes it's the only thing on the table that's not a gooey casserole or dessert.

Garlic, cheesy mashed potatoes or extra cheesy mac n' cheese are my favorite, all-american, potluck dishes.

I usually bring vegetables or salad or bread, since those are the sides that tend to be 'underbrought' but my favorites are home-made desserts, cookies or brownies or ice box cake!

When I go to a potluck I usually bring a big pot of baked beans and a fruit platter.

Homemade Mac and Cheese..Yum!

brownies

Great smoky baked beans.

Unless I think it might have been sitting out too long, my favorite potluck dish is potato salad - lots of mayo and eggs and please, no celery!

My mom's beef n beans,now mine too!

Pulled pork

those little meatballs in that bbq sauce that has grape jelly in it. they're so good.

Vegetarian Lasagna

Baked Beans, which stay nice and warm in the crock pot,

Shredded Barbeque Pork.

Homemade mac and cheese-NOTHING as comforting!

Chicken Pot Pie is my specialty and favorite pot luck meal !

Black-eyed pea dip (texas caviar)

Praline Pecan Cookies

In the summer I love making potato salad - I used a sweet potato salad recipe with apples that I got from this site (http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/05/sweet-potato-salad-recipe.html) and it was a repeat request! In the fall when potlucks consist of apple-picking picnics, Thanksgiving, and several holiday parties, I usually roast root vegitables with seasonal herbs, onions, and olive oil. My favorite combination is carrots, beets, and parsnips, although sweet potatoes, turnips, and other potatos work well too. It's hearty, warm, and super nutritious.

mini muffallettas

korean shortribs

My wife's family makes a dish called Calico Beans. It's Butterbeans, Kidney Beans and Pork & Beans with Ground Beef, Onions and Bacon. There's ketchup and stuff in it too and it's terrific!

i must confess that i hate these scattered disconnected smorgasborgs where great home cooking mixes with paltry offerings...but i want to enter the contest, so.... I choose pasta salad...sorta hard to mess that up...

I make some great baked beans.....no baking, all canned beans made on the stove.....the secret is ground beef and ground sausage along with all the other good stuff.

I'll have to go with the potato salad that everyone is posting. Though, I'm kind of picky about it. Really has to be the family recipe or I don't like it so much.

If we include desserts, then any kind of cobbler or crisp would be high on the list if not at the top.

I make a really yummy chilli cheese dip.

Mac and Cheese with a crusty, buttery top!

Spinach artichoke dip is never unwelcome, unless the vegans are in charge.

Unless I knew a group's special preferences, a good choice is always escalloped macaroni with a topping of cheese.

"funeral potatoes" - shredded potatoes with sour cream, cheese, etc - so yummy!

angel hair pasta salad. angel hair pasta, broccoli, peppers, olives, peas all tossed with a good italian dressing. super easy to make, best when made the day before and everyone loves it!

Definitely mac n cheese. Incidentally, my favorite recipe is from Cooks Illustrated.

For a plain old neighborhood pot luck? Little smokies in Barbeque Sauce. For special events requiring less pedestrian ingredients, cherry tomatoes stuffed with green onion and bacon -- labor intensive but worth it.

Who doesn't love deviled eggs?

Sheet cake with cooked chocolate icing and topped with toasted pecans....it's always a hit and every bit is always eaten up.

Nothing beats a great homemade cherry pie.

I rotate between ham, cream cheese and green onion roll-ups or cold shrimp pasta salad or stuffed eggs or kalua chocolate chip cupcakes.

I think home cooking is a dying art. This book sounds great.

Chili. Everybody loves chili.

chop suey

Mac and Cheese

I really want to win this book!!!!

apple pie! or cupcakes. people love cupcakes.

Crock-pot Mac & Cheese (simplicity itself) or green bean casserole (crowd favorite)

mac and cheese. I don't measure anything but when I use gruyere and hit the right amount of moisture, it's soooo good.

Anytime I can find a Monte Cristo on a menu I HAVE to order it!

Fav. potluck dish: Anything for dessert that looks like I have spent days making...

Green bean casserole! Yum!

Mac and cheese -- my mother is the best Cantonese cook in the world, but her way of making pasta is to boil the noodles, along with the (unsalted) water, in a covered pot until she notices them about half an hour later. It was a lot of Kraft before I realized I could make my own...

Lasagna, green chili stew (in cold weather), spice cake with whipped cream (at places where I will not get in the hostess' way while hand whipping).

Gotta be a nice big pot of thick Lentil Soup.

Funeral potatoes - creamy heaven.

Scalloped potatoes with ham is the favorite in our family. Yummy

potato salad - made with Yukon Golds, and a mustard-balsamic vinaigrette.......ummmmmm

Mmm... this brings back some really happy memories of chubby little kid me at family reunions. Back then, the hands-down answer would have been that cherry "cheesecake" from a box (which is sweet enough to cause instant diabetes). Now, it'd be a toss-up between deviled eggs and my father-in-law's "dead woman's beans"--a really fantastic version of baked beans.

Potato salad, hands down!

Honestly that horrid concoction involving whipped topping and some sort of pistachio pudding.

That green ambrosia stuff made with pistachio pudding mix, canned pineapple, Cool Whip, and nuts.

baked beans with brown sugar, bacon and onions.

Baked Ziti and Meatballs.

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old school mac and cheese!

chicken and dumplings

sweet and sour meatballs in a crock pot.

Candied bacon-wrapped mini smoked sausages

Deviled eggs & potato salad

I could eat the Baked Macaroni and Cheese every day!

Sweet and sour meatballs!

Wow, lots of competition for this one! For me, I'd go with sweet potato casserole with bacon, so it's savory, not sweet.

deviled eggs

Green bean casserole!

My favorite pot luck is the pot roast recipe from Cook's Illustrated. It comes out perfectly.

My own "famous" Portuguese fava beans .....or my cheesy meatballs . Both are always a HIT !

deviled eggs for sure!

BBQ meatballs

A smoked beef brisket.

A most decadently delicious Ritz cracker and broccoli casserole with cheese.

chili and cornbread-- there's no point without the cornbread

Chili

uber classic potato salad with a little mustard in it!

Some starchy salad-- potato, pasta... you could probably just dress flour in a vinegarette and I'd be all over that.

teriyaki chicken wings, or actually chicken wings of any sort.

dal or red rice salad.

devil's food cake with ganache filling and seven minute frosting. homey and easy but tasty...........

Broccoli salad with craisins and bacon. It fits the bill for a coleslaw-type salad, but is just a little different.

Tuna casserole.

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting and red sprinkles. I bought an awesome cupcake taker-stacker-thingy which assures that they arrive alive.

probably either tater tot casserole or potato salad. both of which I never make on my own but love to eat!

lasagna

Stuffed mushrooms, perferrably heavy on the garlic.

since i rarely have them any time other than large group gathering, deviled eggs.

Classic Macaroni and cheese

Mac n Cheese and deviled eggs.

Deviled eggs or mac n cheese, seems like every family reunion at least 3 people bring mac n cheese

Macaroni salad!

for dessert, cobbler
for savory, mac n cheese from a cooks country recipe of course!

Homemade chili that's just spicy enough to add zest to the meal, but mild enough that most people will like it.

It would have to be the "Mystery Casserole"......when you can't tell what's in it, but it is absolutely delicious!! You know -- the kind of dish that prompts you to search to find who brought it so you can get the recipe. :)

Broccoli and Cheese Casserole

Macaroni and cheese.

With Frank's Red Hot Sauce on the side for me. :D

mom's special sweet and sour meatballs!

Macaroni and cheese.

Baked beans with those little pieces of bacon in it.

I like when someone else makes cheesy au gratin potatoes

My favorite thing that I bring to my sorority's progressive dinners has to be a variation on Ina Garten's onion dip. I just like mine with a little extra cayenne and freshly cracked black pepper.

I think my favorite pot luck dish is baked beans actually. I love it because there is such a huge variety of different baked beans recipes out there, you nearly never find one that is the same as another, unless of course someone just cracks open a can of Bush's Baked Beans or something and puts it in a crock pot to make it look homemade. Heck even some of the recipes based on a can of baked beans are quite varied after people make some additions. Oh one more thing, BACON. Many, people put bacon in baked beans and of course, bacon makes everything better!

deviled eggs. although no one makes them quite like my nana...

Big old crockpot full of chili!

President Jimmy Carter's Cheese Ring with Strawberry Preserves, I take this to every pot luck, baby shower and get together at our Church and everyone loves it.

My aunt's recipe, adapted from a campbell soup label, for enchildas.

baked beans

Red bliss potato salad.

Well, if I were to say something normal I'd go with banana chocolate chip cake. But really my favorite thing is this vegetarian "meat loaf" made out of things like cottage cheese, chopped walnut, and Product 19.

Meatballs in a homemade sweet barbecue sauce. No matter how much I make, I never end up with leftovers.

Hmm, so many things but I absolutely love a good side of baked beans.

I do a Pecan Noodle Ring (a decadent version of a simple kugel) that is always a hit. I also agree with the mac and cheese and deviled egg crowd! geez, i'm hungry.....

Savory: Beef and Noodles - Sweet: Cherry Pie

Chicken, mushroom, rice bake. Its based on a Campbell's soup recipe using cream of mushroom soup but with a cream sauce, lots of fresh mushrooms and some white wine. Its so comforting and quite good.

Green chile casserole (chiles, cheese, cream, eggs).

Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole comes to mind!

Chilli

Mac and cheese.

Chicken is good. Depends on my mood though.

I have a dish called Hawaiian Beef everyone loves. The original recipe is made in the microwave, but it can also be in the oven. We raise our own beef and the slivers of beef is so tender. It has pineapple, green pepper and a sweet sour sauce.

home made meat loaf w/ brown gravy... yum!!

deviled eggs. there are always at least six varieties, and i know one of those will be good.

Macaroni and Cheese. YUM!

Rum raisin whole wheat oatmeal cookies. When I first made them I didn't think they'd do well, but they're now always the first thing gone.

mac and cheese all the way

Potato salad, the way my mom makes it: no mustard

I'm a sucker for any pasta salads. Boring, I know.

Mac! And! Cheese! Always and forever. And a big ol' dish of butterbeans always gets scarfed down, as well.

Queso dip

Chili!

my favorite potluck is a taco salad with nacho chips! YUM.

Thanks for the great giveaway. Would love to win.

Deviled eggs! mmmm

we always used to bring scalloped potatoes to potlucks when i was a kid. my mom's recipe is the best!

Pulled pork! Tasty and feeds a crowd.

I love making and bringing my mother's favorite - Shepard's Pie. Cooked ground beef in a casserole topped with a layer of peas and then covered with mashed potatoes. You bake it until the mashed potatoes are browned.

Yummy.

For dessert-Banana Pudding or Pineapple Upside-Down cake.

Scalloped potatoes and homemade rolls in the fall/winter and for spring/summer, grilled veggies (onions, zucchini, summer squash, peppers, asparagus,whatever looks good...) drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette and once again homemade rolls. Sigh...when's the next potluck? I love tasting what everyone's brought.

Throw in a turkey breast with a stick of butter. Cook over night.

It often depends on how much time I have -- if it is a last minute invite, I have my double batch of brownies with Heath's English Milk Chocolate Toffee Bits stirred in.

If I have more time, I like to make my mother's confetti macaroni salad - it's a lot of chopping but it goes so well with just about everything and I try to make a big batch to have enough for home & the potluck!

sweet n sour meatballs or kielbasa are always a hit around here!

baked beans,fresh applesauce,chocolate cake with caramel icing,Mama's green cornbread,spaghetti salad,sweet potato casserole with rum & black walnuts, depending on mood & season.

Deviled eggs - plain, no "flourishes"

I love hash brown casserole. Thanks!

Chocolate chip cookies or Mac and Cheese or Deviled Eggs.

My favorite is my grandmother's baked bean recipe. It has huge limas, tiny pintos, and a few red kidney beans. The secret to the sauce is lots of crumbly bacon. mmm.

I make two things that always hit big. A pizza-type dish using a polenta crust from the Silver Palette girls and my own modified peanut butter cookies, based on The Joy Of Cooking recipe. Creamy Skippy and extra vanilla are the big enhancements.

Baked macaroni and cheese -- it's one of my favorite dishes to eat myself, and whatever I take is always gone when it time to go home because it's a plain dish sure to go over well with even the pickiest eaters!

Any kind of macaroni or pasta salad - these are my favorites.

Baked beans

Pieroghi casserole

If I'm in a pinch, Banana Bread with raisins. If I have the time and can prepare ahead, Reuben Salad made with leftover corned beef, packaged cole slaw mix (or broccolli slaw,) rye croutons and Thousand Island dressing. It gets some strange looks, but ultimately rave reviews!

Jambalaya pasta
Dirty rice

Both dishes are winners at a potluck!

Green Bean Casserole

artichoke dip

For old times' sake, I like to bring Seven Layer Salad.

Chili is probably my favorite but I make a broccoli casserole that everyone insists I bring to every family gathering.

Love mac and cheese everyone loves it.

Potato salad

It's GOT to be mac n cheese...yum!

Chili cheese squares..yum!

Lasagne is my favorite casserole!

Texas Hash -recipe from the Betty Crocker Cookbook- always is a hit.

Deviled eggs

Green bean casserole!!!!

Beef stew for me!

something loaded with all sorts of tasty carbs, salt and fat.... mac 'n cheese!

squash casserole

Baked Beans are one of my favorites at a potluck.

Shepard's pie is my favorite. There's just something about meat and potatoes that warm the heart!

Potato salad!

I make a cornbread spoon bread casserole.

King Ranch Casserole

Greeb bean casserole, you know the one with onions in a can and cream of muchroom soup

a nice simple potato salad

Potato salad

My favorite All American potluck dish is hamballs!

Potato salad!

Double-fudge brownies for me!

string bean casserole, yummy!

brownies are always good.

Banana split cake is always a success! Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!

My favorite is the slow cooker stew beef with veggies in
it you can't go wrong and it taste so good.
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Pulled pork

I usually make a cold seafood pasta salad with broccolli yummy to take to gatherings

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Brownies

Homemade Mashed Taters! (yes I'm Southern) With Real Butter and evaporated milk! YUMMY!

Deviled eggs. I could eat those for every meal, I swear.

Definitely lasagna.

chili

my family loves shepards pie :)

I have a green bean dish I got off the food network. It always goes over well, and the vegetables are often in short supply at potlucks.

My favorite is macaroni & cheese.

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We have lots of favorites here and they seem to change with the seasons. In season right now is chicken pot pies, with homemade apple pies. We live in apple country, so apples are in season right now, up here in the North Country.

My mom died when I was a kid, so church potlucks were one of the only ways I got good home cooking. My favorite thing to see at these events was a baked ziti dish. I never could get enough of that. The ladies that held these events were always happy to see my sister and I eating so much!

Chicken and dumplings

green bean casserole