If you want to please a whole crowd at a party with your meal, then potluck appetizers are one of the best choices. As they are renowned as a party superstar.
There are a variety of foods that you can opt for your gathering from finger foods to dips, rolls, or wings.
Holidays are something to share your festivities and happiness with your loved ones with the best and most cherishing appetizers that requirements are fulfilled by potluck appetizers.
if you are thinking to make something new for this year then we have collected the best ones that can appeal to you the most.
Candied nuts Potluck
These are very easy to prepare with four eastern ingredients. And for it, we use nuts, granulated sugar, cinnamon, and butter. In the same way, it is very healthy and easy to prepare. Here are guidelines for its preparation:
- In a nonstick pan add nuts, butter, and sugar. Cook it constantly until butter becomes melted and sugar is mixed in it finely.
- Cook it to make sugar cling with the nuts finely and mashed.
- After about 5 minutes you will have perfect caramelized nuts.
- Transfer all of these nuts to a piece of paper and let it cool and start to prepare the next batch for that time.
- After letting it cool for a while it is ready to serve.
Pretzels
Pretzels are one of the easiest potluck appetizers to prepare at home. Some of the ingredients for its preparation are warm water, dry yeast, salt, brown sugar, butter, flour, salt, baking soda, and water. Here is a step-wise guideline for its preparation:
- Add yeast to warm water and allow in it for a minute.
- Add salt, brown sugar, melted butter, and flour, and stir it continuously.
- Turn dough on a large smooth surface and shape them into the form of balls. Cover them in a towel for a while.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. And put a baking sheet in it. Or can be used as paper as well but spray it with grease or butter in case of paper.
- By using a pizza cutter cut the dough and roll it in the form of circles. Twist its ends wisely.
- After making a rope of dough turn it into the shape of pretzels.
- Boil water and baking soda in a large pan. And boil until to bring them a metallic taste.
- After boiling place pretzels on a baking sheet sprinkled with the coarse sea. Repeat this process for all the pretzels and place them in the refrigerator for a while.
- Bake them for 10 to 15 minutes and serve warm. By simple covering, these can be stored for three days.
Homemade Ritz crackers Potluck
Ritz crackers are one of the wells know potluck party appetizers. To make them at home we use wheat flour, baking powder, coconut oil, coconut sugar, salt, coconut oil, avocado oil, water, and egg wash. Instructions for preparation are as follows:
- in a food processor add flour, baking powder, salt, and coconut sugar.
- After mixing it a bit add coconut oil in it.
- Continue the addition of avocado oil and cold water until it becomes sticky.
- After making a perfect dough keep it in the fridge by placing it in a plastic bowl.
- Make a possible thin layer of dough by using parchment. Or it should be until 1/8 inch.
- Cut it by using a cookie cutter or knife.
- By using the holes of the toothpick transfer them to baking sheets.
- On all the crackers add salt or egg wash.
- Bake it at 400 degrees for 15 minutes and it is ready to serve.
Teriyaki pineapple meatballs
These are such a part of potluck appetizers that are kids friendly and loaded with flavor. Easy to prepare in a time of 30 minutes.
That can be served with rice or teriyaki sauce. Ingredients that we use for its preparation are ground chicken, panko breadcrumbs, crushed pineapple, milk, reduced-sodium soy sauce, green onions, and garlic clove.
Some more for garnishing or coverings are fresh ginger, black pepper, brown sugar, and cornstarch.
Directions for its preparation are as follows:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Drain the pineapple and keep it aside.
- In a large bowl add onion, salt, pineapple juice, salt, bread crumbs, and ginger and mix it well.
- After making it fine give them the shape of balls.
- For the preparation of sauce add all the ingredients in a processor.
- On a baking sheet add meatballs, and pour the sauce on them. Bake it until all of these balls become brown by addition of one pineapple chunk to each.
- These delicious meatballs are ready to serve and can garnish with green onions if desired.
- Each of these servings will be full of nutrients such as calories, cholesterol, carbohydrate, and proteins.
Cucumber canapes
Cucumber canapes with dried tomatoes and whipped feta are perfect for any holiday party being prepared with nutritious ingredients to give the best health benefits. For its preparation we use good feta crumbled, cheese, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, olive oil, fresh basil chopped, and sun-dried tomatoes.
Instructions for its preparation are:
- Make a whipped feta and place them in a bowl with cheese cream. Beat until all of the cheese becomes mixed.
- Add lemon juice, pepper, salt, lemon juice, and olive oil by beating it properly.
- Place all of this whipped feta in the center of the cucumber.
- Add sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil on top.
Watermelon salsa
To prepare holiday special watermelon salsa we use lime zest, lime juice, sugar, chopped watermelon, mango peeled, cucumber, jalapeno pepper, red onion, fresh basil leaves, garlic salt, and pita chips.
Directions for its preparation:
- Stir lime juice, sugar, pepper, and lime zest in a bowl. Add watermelon, cucumber, mango, onion, basil, toss, jalapeno, toss, and chili salsa.
- Add garlic salt and serve it immediately with chips.
Here we have compiled a list of the best potluck recipes to make your holidays special with the best party meals. They and very quick and effortless to prepare.
