Potluck Summer Parties: What should I bring?

I'm going to an end of summer party in a couple of weeks and need to bring a dish to pass.  I've been pondering what I could make and decided to make a list of the possibilities.  Of course there's the obvious selection of meat, but this list is geared towards what you could bring as a guest.

Broccoli Salad

Salad

(Skinny) Taco Dip

Oven BBQ Chicken Breasts

Macaroni and Cheese

Cocktail Meatball

Cheesy Cauliflower

And then there are all the pasta and potato salads that you could possibly think of.  In my search, I think I have decided on the broccoli salad.  Unless anyway has a suggestion for me!  What's your favorite dish to make for parties?

Year of the Pita

Yeah, yeah, it's been a while since I last posted a recipe.  Blah blah holidays.  Blah blah I'm lazy.  Anyway...
I'm really digging pitas at the moment, so I thought I'd give you all a couple of Ideas.




First, is a veggie pita with tzatziki sauce.  I searched around for the easiest recipe
I could find for tzatziki and ended up combining a couple based on my personal
tastes and what was already in the fridge.  You can find the final recipe here: Tzatziki Sauce
I shoved a pita full of veggies (cucumbers, banana peppers, lettuce, onion, black olives), and feta cheese and topped it off with a tablespoon or two of tzatziki.  Since there was a lot of leftover sauce, I had another pita the next day full again with veggies, but this time I added some grilled chicken.  It was delish!  I wish I had a picture to show you... but I don't.

The other spread I made for a pita is a cucumber cream cheese mix I based off of
Rachael Ray's recipe for Turkey Wraps with Cucumber Cream Cheese: Cucumber Cream Cheese
It was a little plain, so I added dried dill weed, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper.
You can go with her original recipe and wrap it up with turkey, or do the same thing as the veggie pita.
Grilled chicken would be great, as well, obviously!  What is grilled chicken not great with, really?

Don't forget the feta!

Happy New Year!

BBQ Chicken and Breaded Broccoli

The last thing I wanted to do when I got home last night was cook dinner.  Unfortunately, I had already taken chicken out of the freezer and it needed to be cooked.  Thankfully, I already had a few crowns of broccoli in the fridge, so something chicken and broccoli was a given.

My mom has always had a go-to dish for parties: BBQ Chicken legs.  She loves how easy it is to make, and everyone else raves about how great the chicken is.  So, I decided to make a variation of that with boneless/skinless chicken breasts... even my husband was impressed!

 

Oven BBQ Chicken Breasts

The broccoli dish I made has always been a favorite.  It's very easy to throw together while the chicken is cooking and, since the oven is already hot, all you need to do is switch to the broiler and pop the broccoli in once the chicken is done!

Breaded Broccoli