Anyone could pick the same dish up at Costco next week. No one would be asking for the recipes at this potluck. Plus it was expensive for the people who stopped by the store on their way to the potluck. It was a new experience to see a potluck made up of store-bought prepared food. Noodle salad, broccoli and beef stir fry, green salad, fruit plate, veggie plate, pastries, and cookies, all still in their Costco wrappers, lined up on the long tables. The other potluck dishes were bought at the store on the way to the potluck. A pot of white rice was made in the church kitchen. Our dish may have been the only homemade dish at the potluck. We brought a chocolate bundt cake for the dessert table. We’d spent all day travelling to get there. I was at a church potluck last year that really shocked me. You want them fighting over the last serving, not passing it by for the dish next to it. Leftovers at a potluck are public rejection. You don’t want to have any leftovers to bring home. You want people to come back for seconds. Whether it’s a family picnic, a church supper, or a work potluck you want a potluck dish that’s easy to prepare, healthy, inexpensive, and most of all memorable. If you need to prepare a potluck dish, have a look through Modern Potluck, Beautiful Food to Share, and be inspired. What will you bring? Not Your Mother’s Potluck Recipes
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