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10 last-minute potluck dishes

Wow your friends with rich chocolate cake or spicy salsa

Say you are excited to go to your picnic, barbecue, or cookout this evening. But as you look back at the invitation for tonight's festivities, you realize that it says "potluck." Wait, what? Oh no. You definitely didn't see that before. You most certainly are not prepared.

But never fear. Food52 is here to save you with some effortless recipes fit for a crowd. Wow your friends with rich chocolate cake or spicy salsa. They never have to know that you pulled it together just moments before arriving.

Tomato salad with corn, summer squash, and roasted onions
by Merrill Stubbs


Roberto Santibañez' classic guacamole
by Genius Recipes

Roasted baby turnips with dijon-shallot sinaigrette and tarragon by Ty Ryavec

Patricia Well's green lentil salad by Genius Recipes

Summer pasta alla caprese by Merrill Stubbs

Crunchy celery, radish, and turnip salad-slaw in blue cheese sauce by Kukla

Cooked green salsa (salsa verde) by Pati Jinich

Alice Waters' ratatouille by Genius Recipes

Cook's Illustrated's blondies by Genius Recipes

Margaret Fox's amazon chocolate cake by Genius Recipes

This article originally appeared on Food52.com: 10 last minute potluck dishes

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