The Potluck Club Cookbook: Easy Recipes to Enjoy with Family and Friends
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Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson, veterans of countless potluck dinners, have gathered their favorite recipes. From salads to casseroles to slow-cooker delights, there's something for everyone, even those watching their waistlines.
Eating in is the new eating out. These great potluck ideas not only save money, but also build memories to last a lifetime.
Linda Evans Shepherd
Linda Evans Shepherd is an award-winning author, a successful speaker, and a media personality. The president of Right to the Heart Ministries, she is the author of 37 books, including When You Don't Know What to Pray, Praying God's Promises, and Prayers for Every Need. She lives in Colorado. For more, visit www.sheppro.com.
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Reviews for The Potluck Club Cookbook
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Having just read my first Potluck Club book, I looked forward to reviewing the accompanying cookbook. It did not disappoint. The recipes are easy to follow using food items found in most kitchens, with encouraging side notes like, "We always made this dish following the holidays. What a great thing to do with your leftover turkey." and "Here's a no-bake, easy-to-make panful of yum." and "This is one of my husband's very favorite cakes!"It's organized so that any cook can find a new eating adventure to try. At the end, "Meet the Authors" is an interesting question/answer segment that fans will appreciate. It would be fun for a book club to read a Potluck Club book and hold the discussion meeting with members creating recipes found in this cookbook.Any new cook or young bride would appreciate this as a gift. In addition, we old (ahem!) veteran cooks will rediscover foods we've tasted at potluck dinners.
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The Potluck Club Cookbook - Linda Evans Shepherd
The Potluck Club
Cookbook
The Potluck Club
Cookbook
Easy Recipes to Enjoy with Family and Friends
Linda Evans Shepherd
and Eva Marie Everson
© 2009 by Linda Evans Shepherd and Eva Marie Everson
Published by Revell
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.revellbooks.com
E-book edition created 2011
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ISBN 978-1-4412-0456-1
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The Recipe for Friendship
2 heaping cups of patience
2 handfuls of generosity
1 heart of love
A dash of laughter
2 well-rounded scoops of respect
2 heaping measures of trust
1 head of understanding
Sprinkle generously with kindness
Add plenty of faith and mix well
Spread over a lifetime and serve everyone you meet.
To my mom, who taught me everything I know about good recipes. I’m so glad you love this book. Thanks for making sure I got all our favorite recipes in tip-top shape—Linda
To Jessica, who takes the love of cooking from past generations to a whole new level—your mother, Eva
Contents
Preface
Potluck Snack Attack—Appetizers
Eva’s Sausage Balls
Mom’s Cereal Snacks
Vegetable Dip
Linda’s Caramel Ritz Bits Crackers
Sausage-Stuffed Mushrooms
Avocado Dip
Snowy Snack Mix
Porcupine Meatballs
Potluck Kneads Dough—Breads
Mom’s Cornbread Casserole
Buttermilk Biscuits
Linda’s Pecan Pie Mini Muffins
Old-fashioned Corn Bread
Potluck Cake Walk—Cakes, Cookies, and Icings
Paul’s Favorite Chocolate Cherry Cake
Almond Chocolate Biscotti
Cranberry Cookies
Apricot White Chocolate Biscotti
Verna’s Butterfinger Cake
Fudge Icing
Thingamajig Oatmeal Cookies
Mayonnaise Cake
Chocolate Nut Fluff Frosting
German Sweet Chocolate Cake and Frosting
Strawberry Shortcut Cake
Italian Coconut Cream Cake
Butterscotch Brownies
Grandmother Miller’s Tea Cakes
Potluck Crock-Pots—Crock-Pot Meals
Texas Barbecued Chicken in a Crock-Pot
Turkey Chili
Mary’s Slow Cooker Lasagna
Barbecue Beef
Chicken Cacciatore
Dumplings
Chicken in a Pot
Sloppy Joes from a Crock-Pot
Stuffed Green Peppers
Crock-Pot of Spanish Rice
Crock-Pot Meat Loaf
Linda’s Spaghetti in a Crock-Pot
Potluck Lightens Up—Cooking Lite
Seared Salmon on Herbed Mashed Peas
Low-Fat Corn Bread Tamale Pie
Flank Steak
Low-Fat Chicken Parmesan
Oven Barbecued Chicken
Shrimp Scampi
Lemon Baked Fish
Oriental Skillet
Lemon Barbecued Chicken
Linda’s Low-Fat Twice-Baked Potatoes
Low-Fat Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Chicken Salad
Low-Calorie Strawberry Chiffon Dessert
Low-Calorie Italian Baked Chicken
Potluck’s Just Desserts—Desserts
Eva’s Chocolate Cream Pie
Grandmother’s Coconut Chess Pie
Individual Baked Alaska
Laura’s Microwave Mint Fudge
Strawberry Pie
Chocolate Éclair Dessert
Eva’s Lemon Meringue Pie
Four Layer Delight
Evans Blackberry Cobbler
Old-fashioned Egg Custard
Verna’s Peach Cobbler
Key Lime Pie
Linda’s Graham Cracker Toffee Sticks
Blueberry Nut Crunch
Oreo Cookies and Pudding Delight
Southern Ambrosia
Grandmother Evans’s Pineapple Pie
Chocolate Fudge
Eva’s Georgia Pumpkin Pie
Potluck Munches Brunch—Breakfast
Egg Strata
Eva’s French Toast Soufflé
Yoder’s Old-fashioned Oatmeal Cake
Denver Omelet
Linda’s Quick Breakfast Casserole
Crispy Potato Quiche
Paul’s Breakfast Burritos
Peach Streusel Coffee Cake
Potluck Meets Meats—Meat Dishes
Russian Chicken
Pasta Pizza Pie
Texas Pepper Steak
Wild Mushroom Chicken Balsamico
Shepherds’ Big Batch Chili
Mushroom Beef Burgers
Pigs-in-a-Blanket
Forgotten Chicken and Rice
Linda’s Pecan Crusted Baked Chicken
Greek Style Mahimahi
Mom’s Chicken or Spicy Shrimp Casserole
Salisbury Steak
Potluck Dishes It Up—Casseroles
Turkey Enchilada Casserole
Harvest Casserole
Linda’s Chicken Tortilla Casserole
Sunday-after-Church Pot Roast Casserole
Tuna and Chips Casserole
Broccoli Casserole
Taco Casserole
Chicken and Dressing Casserole
Chinese Casserole
Eva’s Chicken Potpie
Potluck’s Lettuce Cut Up—Salads
Linda’s Layer Salad
Fried Chicken Salad
English Pea Salad
Eva’s Mango Salad
Cranberry Orange Salad
Tuna Fish Salad
Potluck in a Stew—Soups and Stews
Garlic Spinach Soup
Broccoli Soup
Cheddar Soup
French Onion Soup
Pear Soup
Creamy Potato Soup
Linda’s Elephant Stew
Potluck Vegetable Beef Stew
Potluck Veggies Out—Vegetables
Teacher’s Broccoli and Rice
Baked Acorn Squash with Apples
Oven-Broiled Potato Slices
Sweet Potato Soufflé
Mary’s Settler’s Beans
Marinated Carrots
Sweet ‘n’ Sour Green Beans
Golden Potato Bake
Mom’s Asparagus Casserole
Squash Casserole
Yummy Pineapple Beets
Corn Pudding au Gratin
Linda’s Cheese Vegetable Bake
Zucchini with Cheese
Cheesy Tomatoes
Twenty-four-Hour Coleslaw
Meet the Authors
Preface
I (Linda) recently met a woman who’d never been to a potluck. What’s it all about?
she wanted to know.
As a longtime potluck connoisseur, I explained it was about creating and bringing a dish to a party, dinner, brunch, dessert, or luncheon. All of the guests create and share a dish. That way no one has the burden of making the entire meal themselves.
But there’s more. Potlucks are about the fun of tasting a variety of culinary delights. It’s about feeling loved as you indulge in dishes from your family and friends. Plus, potlucks provide an opportunity to share a meal with a group of people without killing yourself in the kitchen or running up your credit card bill in a restaurant. Dining together without the normal dinner-party headaches helps you concentrate on the reason you wanted to get together in the first place: connection, food, and fun.
If you’ve ever been lucky enough to walk a potluck buffet line, you’ve probably eaten a few helpings of gooey chocolate éclair dessert and helped yourself to a serving or two of someone’s homemade cake. This means you’ll appreciate the origin of the word potluck. It’s from an English word formed from two words meaning cooking pot
and lucke,
referring to anyone lucky enough to find food in a pot.
We have been lucky enough to attend many a potluck, and we’ve enjoyed them so much that we’ve written half a dozen or so novels about a group of ladies who love eating with friends as much as we do. Our first series, the Potluck Club, was followed by a second helping of our saucy characters and their recipes for both dishes and disaster in the Potluck Catering Club series.
If you are looking for opportunities to enjoy a potluck, consider hosting a:
• Book Club Potluck—Grab the latest Potluck novel and host a girls’ night out with a dish to share from the pages of the novels. You can also give this recipe book as a gift to all your friends, then host a potluck dinner with a menu from this recipe collection. What yummy fun!
• Snack Potluck—Great for almost any social occasion like sporting events or craft get-togethers. Invite everyone to bring party snacks to share, like Eva’s sausage-stuffed mushrooms or my caramel Ritz Bits crackers. You can’t go wrong with Mom’s cereal snacks, which Linda’s mom spent forty years perfecting.
• Chocolate Potluck—Our favorite! Invite everyone to bring homemade chocolate desserts to sample. For ideas, check out recipes like Laura’s microwave mint fudge or Eva’s chocolate cream pie.
• Potluck Lunch or Supper—We’ve sampled these kinds of potlucks at church, in the neighborhood, and at the office. If you need an