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Home » Recipes » Entertaining

Party Food: Great Recipes For Entertaining

If you like to entertain and cook delicious food for friends and family, you'll find all the recipes you need in this recipe collection. From bite-sized flavor-packed appetizers to elegant mouthwatering main courses, we've got the dishes that will make your party a big success.

Try these Grilled Turkish Kofta Kebabs for your next backyard barbecue, this Easy Beef Bourguignon, elegant Indian Lamb Biryani or extraordinary Afghani Aushak for your next sit down dinner party. For a casual get-together with friends, make a big pot of our Award-Winning White Chicken Chili or try this Easy Spanish Paella that you can make in one hour.

If you want help picking easy party recipes that will wow the crowd without stressing out the cook, this post is for you - The Best Easy Party Food Recipes. it includes my best tips for how to plan, shop and cook for your party so you can can relax and enjoy it too!

 

 

close up of a platter of shredded brussels sprouts topped with crispy fried shallots and a slice of lemon to garnish

Shredded Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Fried Shallots

A black bowl filled with red beans and rice sprinkled with chopped scallions, 5 forks in corner pointing towards the bowl

Red Beans and Rice New Orleans Style

6 devils on horseback (bacon wrapped prunes) on a black plate with sprigs of parsley and toothpicks inserted into them

Devils on Horseback

platter of roasted sweet potatoes with cranberries

Chili Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cranberry Maple Citrus Glaze

one slice of eggplant parmesan topped with spinach and cheese

Healthy Eggplant Parmesan

a white casserole filled with Indian Saag Aloo - spinach and potatoes

Saag Aloo: Indian Spinach and Potatoes

white ceramic pie pan filled with Turkish hummus, topped with chopped cucumbers, radishes and sun dried tomatoes

Turkish Hot Layered Hummus

a pile of turkey corn meatballs on a white plate with a small bowl of red pepper dipping sauce in the background

Ottolenghi's Turkey Corn Meatballs

Grilled Artichokes are a fabulous appetizer for summer entertaining! You can do all the prep ahead of time. Just pop them on the grill right before serving. Grilling intensifies their wonderful flavor and the lemony aioli is the perfect companion.

Grilled Artichokes With Lemon Aioli Dipping Sauce

close up of a white baking pan filled with a mixed berry crumble, a spoon sticking out of the fruit

Mixed Berry Crumble (Gluten Free and Vegan)

A slice of an asparagus goat cheese frittata with cherry tomatoes, on a spatula, held over the cast iron skillet containing the rest of the frittata

Asparagus Goat Cheese Frittata

Thai Coconut BBQ Ribs

White bowl on a black and white striped dish towel, filled with tricolore salad: arugula, radicchio and endive, with wooden salad spoons in the bowl.

Insalata Tricolore: Italian Tricolore Salad

a bowl of Korean Chicken Stew with Gochujang Sauce

Korean Chicken Stew with Gochujang

white platter topped with salad nicoise: tuna, small red potatoes, sliced hard boiled eggs, nicoise olives and French green beans

Tuna Nicoise Salad: Salade Nicoise

Close up of a slice of French onion tart with a nicoise olive on top, the rest of the tart in the background

French Onion Tart Recipe

6 French Deviled Eggs Mimosa on a light blue plate, decorated with small lettuce leaves.

French Deviled Eggs Mimosa

close up of a Negroni in a tumbler with ice and an orange wedge

How To Make A Negroni Cocktail

blue bowl filled with beef bourguignon, with a sprig of parsley on the side and a few forks in the background

The Best Easy Boeuf Bourguignon Recipe

overhead shot of a white bowl filled with beef bourguignon, on a black and white flowered cloth napkin with four forks

Beef Bourguignon, inspired by Julia Child

Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs with Dried Cherries

overhead view showing about a dozen almond crescent cookies on a piece of white parchment plus a basket of crescent cookies and a cup of coffee to the side.

Almond Crescent Cookies Recipe

This Minestrone soup is a hearty one pot dinner, with lots of fresh vegetables, tomatoes, white beans, red lentils and beef short ribs. The beef is fall-apart tender and the lentils melt into the delicious broth and give it a rich creamy texture. {gluten-free}

Minestrone Soup with Beef

a white bowl filled with Italian wedding soup, broth, 3 turkey meatballs and wilted kale, with a pile of spoons and a small bowl of parmesan in the background

Italian Wedding Soup with Turkey Meatballs (gluten-free, low-carb)

Grid with 8 images of different Thanksgiving recipes from turkey to butternut squash soup

The 16 Best Thanksgiving Recipes from Panning The Globe

6 roasted squash halves stuffed with a rainbow of roasted fall vegetables.

Roasted Squash Stuffed with Roasted Vegetables

Blue Cheese and Sage Roasted Butternut Squash Appetizer | PanningTheGlobe.com

Blue Cheese and Sage Roasted Butternut Squash Appetizer

close up of a platter of chicken plov, chicken and rice casserole

Chicken Plov Recipe

funeral potatoes in a white casserole dish with a large scoop of it on a spatula that is help up above the casserole dish

Funeral Potatoes with Chorizo and Smoked Paprika

Quick Cuban Black Beans

a fillet of baked haddock on a bed of shredded vegetables, topped with yogurt sauce and almond gremolata

Baked Haddock and Shredded Vegetables with Almond Gremolata

6 grilled swordfish steaks topped with salsa verde

Grilled Swordfish Steaks Salsa Verde

A piece of broiled salmon fillet on a bed of butter lettuce and topped with mango salsa

Broiled Salmon With Mango Salsa

Close up looking down into a bowl of french potato salad, garnished with parsley sprigs

French Potato Salad (No Mayo)

Mediterranean Rice Salad in a round green glass bowl with a sprig of basil in the middle

Mediterranean Rice Salad

3 dozen mini caprese skewers on a white tray, with tomatoes, basil leaves and mini mozzarella balls

Mini Caprese Skewers

slice of flourless chocolate truffle cake on a light blue plate with sliced strawberries on top and on the sides

Flourless Bittersweet Chocolate Truffle Cake

The Cuban Frita Burger: Frita Cubana

Thai cucumber salad with sliced red chili peppers, chopped mint leaves and chopped peanuts, in a white bowl on a pin-striped black and white dish towel with 3 forks

Thai Cucumber Salad with Chili and Mint

8 skewers of yakitori chicken with scallions, and sprigs of cilantro decorating the edges

Chicken Yakitori Recipe

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