10+ Grandma Approved Recipes to Make for your Family Reunion

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First, most family reunions are potluck-style dinners. If this is your situation, I have 10+ Grandma Approved Recipes to Make for your Family Reunion right here for you! It’s time to celebrate family, those wonderful relationships, funny stories, and the amazing history of your family. Food is the center of any celebration, at least for me.

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10 Grandma Approved Recipes to Make for Your Family Reunion

I’ve collected the most popular family reunion and potluck recipes here in one easy resource!

Also read: Classic Southern Recipes Every Southern Cook Needs.

Chicken

Lighter Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Sriracha Almonds

10 Grandma Approved Recipes

Lighter Rotisserie Chicken Salad with Sriracha Almonds is satisfying without being heavy. It’s full of rotisserie chicken, fruit and BlueDiamond Sriracha Almonds.

Shredded chicken in buffalo sauce served with a spoon.

Slow Cooker Creamy Buffalo Chicken

This incredibly flavorful chicken is a versatile slow cooker recipe. Slow Cooker Creamy Buffalo Chicken is tender, juicy, tangy, and spicy. Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken is perfect for sandwiches, pizza, quesadilla, nachos and more.
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Crock Pot Mississippi Chicken

CROCK POT MISSISSIPPI CHICKEN RECIPE

Crock Pot Mississippi Chicken has just four recipes but has so much flavor. This is the easiest slow cooker chicken recipe, it's super tender, juicy, tangy, and very versatile. The perfect weeknight meal.
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Crock Pot Rotel Crack Chicken

CROCK POT ROTEL CRACK CHICKEN

This chicken recipe is hearty and easy to make in the slow cooker. It's a versatile recipe, you can serve it as is, as a sandwich, in a wrap, on a salad or on nachos.
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Crock Pot Crack Chicken

Crock Pot Crack Chicken Recipe

Crock Pot Crack Chicken Recipe an easy ‘dump and go’ slow cooker recipe! Ten minutes of prep with ingredients you already have & endless meal possibilities.
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Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe

Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe, sweet, sticky chicken in a delicious honey garlic sauce is a meal my whole family loves. #slowcooker #crockpot #chicken #Asian #honey #garlic #stickychicken #meal #familyfavorite #recipe #easy
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Sliders!

Poppy Seeds Turkey Sliders

10 Grandma Approved Recipes

My Poppy Seeds Turkey Sliders are a slightly different take on the popular sandwich sliders. They are buttery, cheesy, savory bites of delicious goodness! My advice? Make them immediately!

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sliders

These mouth-watering Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sliders are spicy, hot, and a hit with my family. The slow-cooker makes it an easy, hands-off recipe and a fantastic option for busy nights and weeknights as well as celebrations.

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Spicy and hot, these mouth-watering Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sliders are a hit with my family. Cook time is hands-off in the slow-cooker, which makes it a fantastic dinner option for busy nights. Make on small slider rolls or regular size buns or add fiber with whole wheat rolls.
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A person holding a sandwich on a plate.

Baked Muffuletta Sliders

This New Orleans classic, Central Grocery Mini Muffuletta Sandwich, is full of meats, pickled vegetables, and olive salad. It's easy to assemble and easy to polish off.
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Bacon Chicken Ranch Pull Apart Sliders

BACON CHICKEN RANCH PULL-APART SLIDERS

These sliders are very easy, can be made in minutes, and are always a crowd-pleaser.
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Pull-Apart Pesto Chicken Sliders

Pull-Apart Pesto Chicken Sliders

Pull-Apart Pesto Chicken Sliders are a quick and easy recipe for parties or dinner at home.

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Pimento Cheese

I have several pimento cheese recipes for you!

Jalapeno Pimento Cheese

Jalapeno Pimento Cheese

Classic, creamy & simple, my version of this snacking-staple is loaded with spicy jalapeño!
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Cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy.

Keto Pimento Cheese Squares

These cheesy squares are simple to make and make a good breakfast, lunch treat, or snack.
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Cheese spread

3 Cheese Pimento & Cheese

great as a dip or spread, top your burger or salad, mix into soups, or top mashed potatoes with it
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Jalapeno Pimento Cheese

Jalapeno Pimento Cheese
Jalapeno Pimento Cheese

The Masters Famous Pimento Cheese Sandwich

Masters Pimento Cheese Sandwich

Baked Beans

Next, these Slow Cooker Baked Beans are smoky, slowly cooked, and lightly sweetened.

Slow Cooker BBQ Beans are cooked low and slow to bring out the best flavors! They're sweet, tangy, smokey, and hearty.

Slow Cooker BBQ Beans

Slow Cooker BBQ Beans cooked low and slow to bring out the best flavors!
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Chorizo Baked Beans

SPICY CHORIZO BAKED BEANS

These baked beans are made with chorizo, jalapenos, spices, and a hint of sweetness.
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Beans

DR PEPPER BAKED BEANS RECIPE

Smokey, spicy, and delicious, Dr Pepper Baked Beans Recipe has the best flavor and consistency. They are the perfect side dish for any barbecue. Great for potlucks, picnics, and tailgating!
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Stovetop Bourbon Bacon and Sausage Baked Beans

Stovetop Bourbon Bacon and Sausage Baked Beans

Hearty, flavorful, nutritious, and healthy, Stovetop Bourbon Bacon and Sausage ‘Baked’ Beans recipe thick and meaty. They make the perfect complement to your game day table, potluck, or barbecue all year.
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Slow-Cooker BBQ Beans

Slow Cooker BBQ Beans are cooked low and slow to bring out the best flavors! They're sweet, tangy, smokey, and hearty.

Potatoes

Famous Potato Salad is a classic. It’s creamy and smooth and always a favorite. Everyone who has ever tried it gives it rave reviews.

potatoes in a bowl

Famous Potato Salad

Famous Potato Salad is a classic. It’s creamy and smooth and always a favorite.
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Pimento Cheese Scalloped Potatoes

Pimento Cheese Scalloped Potatoes is a cheesy potato casserole recipe that your whole family will enjoy. It is also seriously the best side dish recipe.

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Pimento Cheese Scalloped Potatoes

Pimento Cheese Scalloped Potatoes will satisfy your craving for comfort food. Similar to Twice Baked Potato Casserole, this recipe is full of flavor with the addition of pimento cheese spread. This is a creamy, cheesy, satisfying side dish.
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Pimento Cheese Scalloped Potatoes
Bacon Ranch Twice Baked Potato Salad Recipe

Bacon Ranch Twice Baked Potato Salad Recipe

Potato salad is a Southern staple much like pimento cheese and fried chicken is. My Bacon Ranch Twice Baked Potato Salad Recipe is a new take on potato salad. It’s a cross between Twice Baked Potatoes and potato salad. Loaded with ranch seasoning, cheese, and bacon this is always a crowd-pleaser!
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Bacon Wrapped Potato Wedges

Bacon Wrapped Potato Wedges with Chipotle Ranch

Bacon Wrapped Potato Wedges an easy recipe with smokey bacon wrapped around a potato wedge. Serve with Chipotle Ranch for an amazing appetizer or side. 
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MEXICAN STREET CORN TOTCHOS

MEXICAN STREET CORN TOTCHOS RECIPE {Tater Tots Nachos}

This recipe is great for summer poolside and barbecue parties as well as during game day watch parties. You really can't go wrong any time you make it! Great appetizer, side dish, or snack
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Pasta Salad

Also, I couldn’t decide between these two pasta salads. They are both wonderful!

easy pasta salad

Easy Pasta Salad

Easy Pasta Salad is a terrific homemade recipe for potlucks and picnics. It’s hearty, filling and economical to make!
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ZESTY GREEK PASTA SALAD

Zesty Greek Salad

 This is a bright and colorful salad with lots of vegetables, pasta, and tangy dressing.
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A white bowl brimming with vibrant vegetable pasta salad features tri-color rotini, garnished with cherry tomatoes, olives, and herbs. It rests on a black surface beside a wooden spoon, ready to entice your taste buds.

Pasta Vegetable Salad

Pasta Vegetable Salad is a quick, easy and economical pasta salad recipe. It’s perfect as a side with those grilld meats as well as a tasty potluck recipe!
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Don’t overlook the popularity of a Tex-Mex Casserole or Shrimp and rice casserole either!

Tomatoes

Tomato Pie

Make the most of those fresh tomatoes with a savory Traditional Southern Tomato Pie. Also, it’s full of flavor from two kinds of cheese: fresh sun-ripened tomatoes and a buttery pie crust.

Tomato Pie

Traditional Southern Tomato Pie

Make the most of those fresh tomatoes with a savory Traditional Southern Tomato Pie. It's full of flavor from two kinds of cheeses, fresh sun-ripened tomatoes, and a buttery pie crust.
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Pimento Cheese Bacon Tomato Pie

Pimento Cheese Bacon Tomato Pie

Pimento Cheese Bacon Tomato Pie
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Tomato Pie
Blistered Grape Tomatoes

Blistered Grape Tomatoes

Blistered Grape Tomatoes are a tasty, healthy, and colorful side dish recipe that takes just minutes to make!
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Dessert

Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake

Tall, buttery, moist, dense. Also, this pound cake is classic and very close to an original pound cake recipe.

Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake

Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake

Old-fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake is dense, moist, buttery, and sweet. It has that outer crusty edge with a smooth, creamy, small crumb inside that makes pound cake distinctive. One taste and this will be your new favorite cake recipe!
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Old Fashioned Blue Ribbon Pound Cake
Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe

Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe

Both dense and moist, this Whipping Cream Pound Cake Recipe is a tried and true cake recipe that will become your family favorite!
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Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe

Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe

Always a crowd-pleaser, Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe is soft, moist and buttery.
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Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe is tender and moist. It's sweet and simple with a buttery flavoring that melts in your mouth!

Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe

Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake Recipe is tender and moist. It’s sweet and simple with a buttery flavoring that melts in your mouth!
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Mile High Pound Cake

Mile High Pound Cake

Mile High Pound Cake is dense, moist and over-the-top good!
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A chocolate bundt cake topped with a glossy chocolate glaze and garnished with fresh strawberries and mint leaves on a floral tablecloth.

Chocolate Mile High Pound Cake

Whether you're celebrating a special occasion or simply treating yourself to something sweet, this cake is sure to impress. It really is a dessert masterpiece!
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Mississippi Mud Cake (aka Rocky Road Brownies)

Mississippi Mud Cake – Finally, this is a Southern classic cake with chocolate, marshmallows, and pecans!

Mississippi Mud Cake

Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe

This MS Mud Cake recipe comes together in one bowl and just a few minutes. It's deliciously chewy and rich.
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satisfy your sweet tooth with this old fashioned frugal dessert!

The Best Creamy Rice Pudding Recipe

Sweet and easy to prepare, this is The Best Creamy Rice Pudding Recipe
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Easy Strawberry Cake

Easy Strawberry Cake

Easy Strawberry Cake tastes and looks like a bakery cake, but is easier than from-scratch! It’s full of fresh strawberries in the cake and the icing. This cake is ‘easy’ because it starts with a cake mix, but don’t worry unless you tell noone will ever know!
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dessert on saucer

Potluck Strawberry Jello Cake

A super easy cake that starts with cake mix and gelatin. This flavorful cake is great for taking to parties!
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Apricot Nectar Cake

OLD FASHIONED APRICOT NECTAR CAKE

This vintage recipe has simple ingredients that come together quickly and easily for the best dessert imaginable.
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10 Grandma Approved Recipes

I updated this post from an earlier version dated July 23, 2016.

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