great side dish for potluck

[Anonymous]

Anyone have an easy, but delicious, side dish idea for an office holiday potluck? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Can you give us some ideas about ingredients you want to use? Does it matter if the dish should be served hot? cold?

[Anonymous]

OP here--any ingredients are fine except nuts (which rules out a lot of what I would normally have in mind). The dish will be served cold/room temperature. TIA!

[Anonymous]

spinach salad? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/spinach-salad-with-orange-vinaigrette-recipe/index.html

mashed potatoes?

orzo salad? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-shrimp-and-orzo-recipe/index.html

[Anonymous]

Here are a few other options:

Black bean and corn salad - black beans, corn, green/red pepper, red onion, jalapeno, lime juice, olive oil, cilantro
Couscous salad - couscous, raisins/dried cranberries, parsley, green onion, lemon juice, olive oil.
No-mayo cole slaw - cabbage, carrot, green onion, cider or rice vinegar, sugar, celery seed

[Anonymous]

I made mashed potatoes the night before and put them in a crockpot. They were warm by lunch time.