Graduation Recipes

Earn top honors with our graduation recipes and party ideas. Fill your buffet with potluck favorites like finger food, pasta and potato salads and A+ graduation desserts.

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    57 Big-Batch Sandwiches for Graduation Parties

    When a hungry crowd is headed for your house, it's sandwiches to the rescue. These easy graduation party recipes satisfy the masses, from ravenous teenagers to proud grandmas.

    37 Easy Potluck Desserts with 5 Ingredients (or Less!)

    Next time you need to bring a sweet treat, reach for one of these easy potluck desserts. Each recipe...


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    The Best-Ever Backyard Party Planning Checklist

    Follow this easy outdoor party checklist to make sure your next cookout goes off without a hitch.


    23 Instant Pot Recipes for Your Next Potluck

    On your way to a party? These potluck recipes can all be made using the pressure cooker setting on your...


    94 Potluck Salads for a Big Crowd

    Salads are the perfect summer potluck food. Here's a generous helping of salads that feed 12 or more people—just in...

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    39 Summer Potluck Salads for Your Cookouts

    While no backyard barbecue is complete without burgers and dogs on the grill, these delicious summer potluck salads will be...


    Top 10 Brownie Recipes

    Satisfy your sweet tooth with one of our best brownie recipes! From fudge brownies to cranberry blondies, you're sure to...


    11 Insanely Smart Ideas for Your Backyard Party

    From the food you serve to the songs you play, we're sharing the best ideas for making sure your backyard...


    89 Lemon & Lime Recipes to Make This Summer

    Cool, tangy and refreshing, lemon and lime are the true flavors of summer. Try appetizers and drinks, salads and sides,...


    40 Recipes That Will Make You Potluck Famous

    Need potluck recipes that stand out from the rest? This collection is just what the home-cook ordered. Whip up one...


    Beer Dip

    146 reviews

    Ranch dressing mix flavors this easy dip packed with shredded cheese. It's perfect paired with pretzels. Be forewarned, though—it's hard...


    Slow Cooker Shredded Turkey Sandwiches

    3 reviews

    This easy and simple slow-cooked sandwich gets its flavor from bottled beer and onion soup mix. In total, it only...


    Sweet N Sour Beans

    9 reviews

    This recipe is popular on both sides of the border. It came from a friend in Alaska, then traveled with...

    Spaghetti for 100

    6 reviews

    Spaghetti for 100 comes from Marilyn Monroe of Lansing, Michigan. "A club I belong to used this main dish for...


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    Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

    25 reviews

    Everyone who has tried these cookies says they're the best they've ever eaten. I'm sure the addition of pudding mix...


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    Peanut Butter Cream Pie

    41 reviews

    During the warm months, it's nice to have this fluffy, no-bake peanut butter pie that's a snap to make. Packed...


    Brisket Sliders with Caramelized Onions

    1 review

    For a dear friend’s going-away party, I made a juicy brisket and turned it into sliders. If you cook the...


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    Honey-Barbecue Chicken Wings

    5 reviews

    These wings get loads of flavor from the slightly sweet honey-barbecue sauce they’re tossed in. They’re just the tiniest bit...


    Iowa Ham Balls

    11 reviews

    This is a special recipe my whole family likes. Every time they visit and I make ham balls, they're all...


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    Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs

    4 reviews

    Here's a juicy, delicious and savory meal in a bun! I make these bacon-wrapped hot dogs for picnics, barbecues and...


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    Barbecued Burgers

    37 reviews

    I can't take all the credit for these winning burgers. My husband's uncle passed down the special barbecue sauce recipe....


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    Southern Fried Chicken Strips

    31 reviews

    What's not to love with these crowd-pleasing golden fried chicken strips? A hint of garlic makes this fried chicken tenders...

    Orange Party Punch

    5 reviews

    'This citrus punch was served at every birthday party I had when I was growing up," says Brenda Rupert from...


    Apricot-Glazed Ham

    6 reviews

    Glaze a bone-in ham with apricot jam for a entree that's beautiful and delicious. Any leftovers will make meal planning...


    Yellow Cupcakes

    28 reviews

    Nothing is better than homemade cupcakes. This yellow cupcake recipe makes delicious and fluffy treats. To top them, choose whatever...


    Strawberry Banana Pudding

    4 reviews

    I add in additional fruit to get a little closer to all those servings you need every day. You can...


    Yellow Layer Cake

    18 reviews

    Instead of turning to a boxed cake mix, why not try your hand at this easy recipe for a basic...


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    Watergate Salad

    16 reviews

    Travel back in time to the 1970s with a bowl of Watergate salad, a retro dish known for its fruity