Make ahead fancy dinner

Effortless entertaining awaits with 25 Easy Dinner Party recipes! From elegant to casual, discover simple yet impressive main courses and insider tips for hosting the best gatherings, big or small.

Whether you're entertaining family or friends, we've got you covered with delicious, make-ahead, dinner party meals!

Maybe it’s getting a head start with just the main course or something sweet for dessert, or perhaps you prefer to get the bulk of the meal done ahead of time. From the appetizers to the main course to the sides and dessert, we’re sharing more than 30 recipes for festive make-ahead Christmas dinner.

25 Fancy Main Course Dinner Party Recipes from around the web. This collection of dinner party recipes features meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetarian main dishes. Most can be made-ahead, and all are crowd-pleasers. Everyone will want an invitation to your next dinner party!

These Garlic Chicken Parcels are easy to make and look super impressive, plus they are make ahead! Individual puff pastry parcels (using pie crusts) are filled with juicy chicken and oozing with garlic butter. Serve with potatoes and salad for an easy weeknight family dinner, half the recipe and serve them just for two on a date night. Or they are fancy enough for entertaining and can be prepared ahead of time and then just popped in the oven to cook when you sit down for appetizers.

You can get an elegant dinner on the table with ease with elevated ingredients and presentations that set these company-worthy casserole recipes apart.

Planning a party but have no time to cook the day of the shindig? Find yourself in the same bind with family dinners? Ina Garten, a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa, can relate. "When I had a specialty food store, people would take our dishes home and serve them later or the next day. So, I had to make dishes ahead, and I learned to make many things that were even better when they were made ahead." Gart

These twice baked mashed potatoes are simply the best! Made with red skin potatoes, rosemary, white cheddar, sour cream they are creamy deliciousness.

If you’re an Ina Garten fan, you probably know she has a new cookbook out. In this latest cookbook, Make It Ahead, Ina takes her 20 years of running a specialty foods store; her extensive knowledge of which dishes can be prepped, assembled, or cooked ahead of time; and her 15 years writing cookbooks, and she...Read More

This fabulous make-ahead, Homemade Manicotti is beyond delicious and is sure to become a beloved favorite with family and friends. #homemademanicotti, #easyitalian, #makeaheaddinner,