Good party foods that are easy on the hostess

[Anonymous]

What are your favorite party foods that are crowd-pleasing but easy on the hostess? What can be made ahead, and/or frozen?

[Anonymous]

Pulled Pork or chicken is really easy. You can make it in the crock pot and serve it from there too. Mac and Cheese can be made a day ahead.

[Anonymous]

Big cheese and charcuterie board with nuts and grapes. All you have to do is open packages and arrange stuff.

And people here will deny that they like this, but frozen meatballs cooked in a crockpot with some kind of sweet-spicy sauce.

[Anonymous]

I like catering from Nando's, Uncle Julio's, Maggianos, Founder Farmers is okay too. Sometimes we call and have a food truck come out in the summer.

[Anonymous]

Those ham and cheese rolls made ahead and baked. You pour butter with Hidden Valley ranch on top.

[Anonymous]

Chik fil a

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Big cheese and charcuterie board with nuts and grapes. All you have to do is open packages and arrange stuff.

And people here will deny that they like this, but frozen meatballs cooked in a crockpot with some kind of sweet-spicy sauce.

I won’t deny it!

Op: like apps or dinner or sweets or what?

[Anonymous]

OP here, mostly appetizers, but desserts, too. Anything you would serve at a party. Thanks for the advice!

[Anonymous]

Honey baked ham

for dessert, brownies are make-ahead and there are great ways to fancy them up with ganache, crushed candy bars, caramel or raspberries.

[Anonymous]

Came here to say the crockpot meatballs! Also frozen spanikopita - I like TJ's, but you can find them lots of places. I'm also all about a big cheese/charcuterie plate with a variety of crackers.

[Anonymous]

Tenderloin with make ahead sides. Easy, festive.

[Anonymous]

The components of pot pie/steak & Guinness pie can be made ahead and assembled right before you shove it in the oven

Roast beef, mentioned above, and Yorkshire pudding (batter sits on the counter and gets thrown in the oven to bake while everything else is being carved, dished up, etc)

Bundt cakes are better made the day before

[Anonymous]

Bacon wrapped dates

Baked brie topped with fig jam

Ham and cheese Hawaiian roll sliders