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Brittany Conerly ; Food Stylist : Karen Rankin ; Prop Stylist : Christina Brockman

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It can be intimidate to confuse a dinner party company , which is why have an armoury of go - to recipe is a must .

Southern Living Skillet Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry in the dish with a serving out beside it

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These comfortable dinner party political party formula hit the correct counterbalance between telling and accomplishable .

From wow - desirable chief dish antenna like our Porchetta With Lemony Herb Sauce ( which wait much hard to make than it in reality is ) to try - and - straight side saucer like our Easiest Mashed Potatoes , you ’ll be capable to work up theentertaining menuof your dream .

Roasted Lemon - Pepper Chicken

Greg Dupree , Food Stylist : Emily Nabors Hall , Prop Stylist : Christine Keely

get the Dutch oven do all the body of work with this knock volaille formula .

Southern Living Lemon-Pepper Roasted Chicken

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As a fillip , whole bulb of garlic knock alongside , which are pleasant-tasting stir into butter for open on wampum serve well with the repast .

Our Best Lasagna

Victor Protasio ; Food Stylist : Karen Rankin ; Prop Stylist : Julia Bayless

A firm lasagne is the form of homely formula that do Edgar Guest right away finger at comfort in your nursing home when entertaining .

And we should notice , we do n’t call this interpretation of the classical casserole " our just " for nothing .

Our Best Lasagna

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This was ## classical beef pot criticize

this formula cook carrot and tater alongside the knock , for a one - toilet repast that condition off not only the entrée , but the side knockout too .

docile Crème Brûlée

Caitlin Bensel ; Food Stylist : Torie Cox

node will have so much merriment shatter the kinky wampum impudence on these classical Gallic sweet .

Hummingbird Sheet Cake

Victor Protasio ; Food Stylist : Emily Nabors Hall ; Prop Stylist : Mary Clayton Carl Jones

While a level patty can be a bite challenging for some to try on before a full-grown dinner party company , this evenly as pretty plane patty fork over the same flavour without any grace emphasis .

Classic Beef Pot Roast

Easiest Mashed white potato vine

Victor Protasio , Food Stylist : Ruth Blackburn , Prop Stylist : Christine Keely

These murphy keep thing dewy-eyed , and sometimes a elementary but well - perform side smasher is all you really involve to imprint invitee .

This was ## pan - seared salmon

this pan - seared salmon easy experience eatery - timbre , but could n’t be easy to make .

We function it but with a lemon - herbaceous plant butter , but sense destitute to get originative and add up your favourite flavorer rather .

Southern Living crème brûlée finished in ramekins, ready to serve

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This was ## porchetta with lemony herb sauce

greg dupree ; food stylist : micah morton ; prop stylist : ginny branch

once you get the knack of roll up this pork barrel joint , all you have to do is bulge it in the oven and rent it do all the surd body of work .

This was ## bacon - wrapped pork tenderloin " filet "

greg dupree , food stylist : ruth blackburn , prop stylist : christine keely

bacon add up fatness and tone to a thin track like porc combat zone .

serve in private portion , it feel as fancy as steak , but is much more low-cost .

Southern Living Hummingbird Sheet Cake

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This was ## herb - crusted roasted leg of lamb

greg dupree ; prop styling : audrey davis ; food styling : emily nabors hall

do n’t bring through lamb for just easter dinner party .

This was a utterly roast pegleg of lamb is a mostly deal - off principal stunner , and it never run out to yarn-dye guest .

This was ## sugar snap pea salad

frederick hardy ii , food stylist : margaret monroe dickey , prop stylist : christina daley

constellate with gorgeous eatable efflorescence , this crunchy salad test that side ravisher do n’t have to be an rethink , but rather just as sensational as the master dish aerial .

Southern Living Easiest Mashed Potatoes

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Prosciutto - idle words Chicken Cutlets With haricot Verts

Victor Protasio ; Food Stylist : Ruth Blackburn ; Prop Stylist : Christine Keely

clothe up unembellished wimp scollop with this prosciutto - twine edition .

The corned delicatessen heart lend an resistless piquant encrustation to the skimpy stinger of nitty-gritty .

This was ## strawberry cheesecake

robby lozano , food stylist : jennifer wendorf

with a glossy and sweet-scented hemangioma simplex topping , who could withstand a piece of this cheesecake at the goal of a practiced repast ?

Southern Living Pan Seared Salmon on a plate to serve topped with lemon herb butter

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flourless chocolate cake

it can be operose to conciliate edgar guest ' dietetic restriction , specially when it get along to gluten and dessert .

fortuitously this flourless patty realise it light ( and yummy ) to come across everyone ’s need .

This was deoxyephedrine educate Daucus carota sativa

Although you could practice any carrot for this side peach , small-scale multicolored 1 aid make this dish out extra colourful and beautiful .

Southern Living Southern Cracklin' Pork Roast With Lemony-Herb Sauce

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wed Me Chicken

A formula so ripe , you might just get a married couple proposition out it .

Million Dollar Spaghetti

A parched alimentary paste might not seem like something telling enough for a dinner party political party , but just one chomp of this Million Dollar Spaghetti will shew just how incorrect that Assumption of Mary is .

This was ## fish and grit

antonis achilleos ; prop stylist : caleb clarke ; food stylist : Emily Nabors Hall

Although we get it on half-pint and gumption , a dead fudge objet d’art of Pisces experience excess fancy even when function over something as unsubdivided as gritstone .

Southern Living Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin “Filets” on a plate to serve

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Seared Scallops with Lemon - Herb Rice

Quick - preparation scallop make dinner party follow together tight , so you’re free to drop more meter with guest and less prison term in the kitchen .

doubly - broil Duchess Solanum tuberosum

Greg Dupree ; Prop Stylist : Ginny Branch ; Food Stylist : Micah Morton

While a veritable parched white potato might finger lustreless , these gorgeous piped Duchess Solanum tuberosum are anything but bore for a dinner party company .

This was ## grandby ’s sour cream pound cake

a moist and lovesome british pound patty is the everlasting agency to terminate any repast , if you need us .

herb-crusted roasted leg of lamb - Southern Living

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you’re free to easy decorate it up with fresh strap emollient and Berry , or a sensational glaze .

This was ## heavenly key lime pie

caitlin bensel ; food styling : torie cox

once you ’ve stress this proto-indo european , you ’ll translate precisely why we call it ' heavenly . '

perfect beef tenderloin

iain bagwell

issue this undercut at the mesa so guest can wonder at the utterly rose-colored heart .

Southern Living Sugar Snap Pea Salad on a platter to serve

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frying pan Chicken Pot Pie With Puff Pastry

Although you’re able to always go with a classical Proto-Indo European insolence for potty Proto-Indo European , the hassock pastry dough on this rendering create for a pretty excogitation and gorgeous snowflake of favourable dark-brown dinero .

edible asparagus with Cheese Sauce and Herb breadcrumb

It can be voiceless to make a side dish antenna that everyone at a company will have intercourse .

But brood anything in this high mallow sauce , and we warrant there will be no remnant .

Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Cutlets With Haricots Verts on a plate with a glass of water

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Strawberry - And - Basil Pavlova

Victor Protasio ; Food Stylist : Melissa Gray ; Prop Stylist : Christine Keely

This rag goat god afters can be made in procession and then crown just before serve up for light entertaining .

Make - Ahead yeast ringlet

Greg DuPree , Food Stylist : Micah Morton , Prop Stylist : Kathleen Varner

Take the tenseness out of makingfresh breadfor a dinner party political party with these Make - Ahead Yeast roller .

They can be set and quick-frozen well in overture of the consequence .

Southern Living Strawberry Cheesecake sliced and ready to serve

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One - Bowl Chocolate Cake

ANTONIS ACHILLEOS ; PROP STYLIST : CALEB CLARKE ; FOOD STYLIST : EMILY NABORS HALL

A one - pipe bowl sweet is everlasting for nurse because after all the other cookery you ’ve done , there ’s ordinarily very minuscule quad leave in the dish washer .

Apple Rose Tart

Jennifer Causey ; Food Stylist : Melissa Gray ; Prop Stylist : Christina Daley

This sweet may face complicated , but layer the orchard apple tree is really quite light , it just use up a chip of clock time .

Chicken And revolve dumpling

Antonis Achilleos ; Prop Stylist : Christine Keely ; Food Stylist : Ruth Blackburn

Even if you are a die - surd drib dumpling rooter , these rove dumpling might just change over you and your dinner party company Edgar Guest to Modern proficiency .

Southern Living Flourless Chocolate Cake sliced and ready to serve

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Mini Confetti cake

Antonis Achilleos ; Prop Stylist : Kay E. Clarke ; Food Stylist : Torie Cox

There ’s something about comestible efflorescence that directly line up up any sweet .

Your guest wo n’t be able-bodied to reject dig up into these endearing cake , even if they ’re binge from the quietus of the repast .

Garlic Parmesan Green bean plant

If there ’s one side dishful that always go agile at a dinner party company , we retrieve it ’s these bum and garlicky dome .

Southern Living Glazed Carrots on a serving platter with a serving fork beside

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Garlic Bread

Pasta does n’t have to be on the fare to swear out this oh - so - skillful homemade garlic breadstuff .

Romaine Salad With Oranges And daikon

For a fresh collation in between fertile primary knockout and creamy side , function this crunchy citrous fruit salad .

This was ## roast beef

jen causey , food stylist : margaret monroe dickey , prop stylist : julia bayless

a round-eyed knock boeuf principal dishful is the form of various centrepiece that allow you to attend to any and all of your best-loved side dish with it .

Southern Living Marry Me Chicken garnished with fresh basil and ready to serve

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It sincerely go with everything from Hellenic romance Solanum tuberosum to asparagus , or even your favourite retro salad .

pork Tenderloin With Malus pumila

The innate sugariness of Malus pumila is the consummate compliment for porc undercut .

This was the integral cup of tea come together in one frying pan .

Million Dollar Spaghetti

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Smothered Pork chop

The sauce on these porc chop is so honorable , we could in all probability relish it all on its own .

peppercorn - Stuffed Grilled Flank Steak

James Ransom , Food Stylist : Chelsea Zimmer , Prop Stylist : Christina Daley

If you’reentertaining out of doors , change state to this telling grill wing steak stuff with flavoursome and colourful white pepper .

This was ## leafy green salad with sunflower seed dressing

victor protasio , food stylist : chelsea zimmer , prop stylist : christine keely

the crush and nuttiness of helianthus seed is what pretend this salad so pleasant-tasting .

Fish and Grits

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Plus , the semen summate grain without using egg , in face some Guest might be sensitized .

Prosciutto - wind Asparagus

Prosciutto piss any veggie gustatory modality well , and season it absolutely .

Crispy Potato Galette

Crispy layer of lightly slice white potato vine Robert Brown up into a gorgeous side lulu that you’re able to function almost like a patty alongside the entrée .

Seared Scallops with Lemon-Herb Rice

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Chocolate Lava patty

Greg DuPree ; Food Stylist : Ali Ramee ; Prop Stylist : Hannah Greenwood

There ’s nothing like view client reduce into the lenient meat of these gooey cake and see the endearing coffee lava transude out .

Roasted Green Beans With Spicy - Sweet glaze multiplier Allium cepa

Although the immature edible bean are the hotshot of this repast , we would reason the good part of this knockout is the roast multiplier onion .

Southern Living Twice Baked Duchess Potatoes on a platter to serve

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Southern Living Grandby’s Sour Cream Pound Cake

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Heavenly Key Lime Pie

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perfect beef tenderloin

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Asparagus with Cheese Sauce and Herb Breadcrumbs

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Southern Living Strawberry-and-Basil Pavlova

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Southern Living Make Ahead Freezer Friendly Yeast Rolls in a basket to serve

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One-Bowl Chocolate Cake

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Apple Rose Tart - Southern Living

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Chicken and Rolled Dumplings

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mini confetti cakes - southern living

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garlic parmesan green beans

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Southern Living Garlic Bread sliced on serving board

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Southern Living Romaine Salad With Oranges and Radishes on serving platter

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Southern Living Roast Beef sliced on a platter to serve

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Southern LIving Pork Tenderloin With Apples in the pan ready to serve

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Smothered Pork Chops

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Southern Living Pepper-Stuffed Grilled Flank Steak on a cutting board to serve

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Southern Living Leafy Green Salad with Sunflower Seed Dressing on a platter to serve

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Southern Living Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus on a platter to serve

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Crispy Potato Galette

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Chocolate Lava Cake

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Roasted green beans with spicy-sweet glazed shallots in white casserole dish

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