6 Quick to Make Meals for Your Next Family Gathering

Were you invited to another family gathering? Looking for easy-to-prepare meals that are sure to impress all of your family members? You don’t have to exert too much time and effort to prepare the best meals during family gatherings. As long as you know when and where to shop, you can bring the best meals without spending too much time in your kitchen.

There are plenty of easy-to-prepare meals available today. These can be a godsend, especially if you have your hands full because of personal and professional responsibilities. Don’t believe us? Here are five quick and easy-to-make meals that you can bring for your next family gathering:

• Mexican-Style Tuna Salad

One of the biggest reasons why people love tuna salads is because it’s healthy. Tuna salad is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids that lower blood pressure and slow the development of plaques in the arteries. Tuna salads are also low in fat — ideal for people who want to lose weight.

There are plenty of popular stores such as Lidl, Aldi, Makro, and Costco Offers in the UK that have deals on pre-made meals such as the refreshing ready-made Mexican-style tuna salad, which means that you don’t have to spend long hours in the kitchen slicing different ingredients. If you’re expecting plenty of guests at your next family gathering, buy several cans of Mexican-style tuna salad, mix everything in one huge bowl, and you’re good to go!

If you want to take your tuna salad up a notch, pair it with onion rings or bring some taco shells. You can also mix your tuna salad with a simple green salad, potato salad, or bean salad!

• Chicken Teriyaki Pineapple Bowls

If you’re looking for a meal that looks as good as it tastes, chicken teriyaki pineapple bowls are an excellent choice. As the name suggests, this recipe uses pineapples sliced in half in its bowls.

Preparing chicken teriyaki pineapple bowls requires less than an hour, and its ingredients are probably already available in your kitchen. Once you’ve cut pineapples in half, you can create the sauce by mixing soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, and pineapple juice together. After frying the chicken in vegetable oil, pour the sauce all over and transfer everything to the “pineapple bowls.”

Depending on your preferences, you can use the pineapple bowls to serve the chicken teriyaki as is or add some rice to the bowl. Don’t forget to top the chicken with some green onions, sesame seeds, and chopped pineapples before serving!

• Shrimp Mango Salad

Salads are probably every family’s go-to meal during gatherings, but eating the same salads over and over again can eventually become a bore. This is especially true if the family often serves salads that plainly use leafy greens as the main ingredients.

For your next family gathering, impress your family with a sweeter, uncommon salad recipe. The shrimp mango salad is an improvisation of traditional salads because it uses mangoes and shrimps to bring more flavor to the dish.

To make shrimp mango salad, simply mix some thinly sliced Napa cabbage, cucumbers, avocados, peanuts, ripe mangos, and shrimps. For the dressing, mix together grated ginger, yellow miso, honey, lime juice, and extra virgin olive oil.

• Air Fryer Fish

Is your air fryer collecting dust in your kitchen? Can’t remember the last time you used the appliance? Maximize your air fryer by making some air fryer fish.

This recipe deserves a spot on our list because it’s surprisingly easy to make.

1. You need four strips of cods and coat them with flour, eggs, and panko.
2. Once properly coated, season both sides of the fish with salt and pepper.
3. Cook the fish at 400° for at least ten minutes in the air fryer while flipping halfway through or until the fish is golden and flaky.

You can add more flavor to the dish by serving it with lemon wedges and tartar sauce. You can also pair it with thinly sliced sweet potato fries.

• Honey Lime Tilapia and Corn Foil Pack

Grilling fish inside foil packs is probably one of the easiest ways to cook fish. You just need to add spices inside the foil pack with your fish, leave it on your oven for a couple of minutes, and voila — you have a flavorful meal ready to be served to your family gatherings.

To make a honey lime tilapia and corn foil pack:

1. Place tilapia fillets on a foil and brush each side with honey.
2. Top the fish with cilantro, corn, and lime, then season with salt and pepper.
3. Fold the foil pack crosswise to cover the food mixture and roll the bottom and top edges to seal everything.
4. Grill the foil packs for about 15 minutes or until the corn and fish are tender.

You can add more drama to the dish by topping it with several pieces of lemon and more corn. If tilapia is unavailable in your area, you can also use cod.

• Blueberry Clafoutis

Are you up for a juicy pancake filled with healthy blueberry fruit and egg custard? 

Then the blueberry clafoutis makes for a great sweet breakfast that your kids will love, and won’t get enough of.

The recipe is fairly simple, and quick to put together:

1. The oven needs to be preheated to 400°, and the butter must be spread on a cast-iron skillet for 2 minutes.
2. Next spread your fresh blueberries at the bottom of the pan.
3. Whisk milk, flour, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, and sugar and put the mixture into the blueberries. 
4. Keep baking it for 30 minutes until the centre area is puffed and the edges turn brown.
5. Let it cool off for 15 minutes before having the first bite. 

You better get used to this recipe since your kids will be asking for this sweet meal often. 

Impress Your Family

Who says you need to be a pro in the kitchen to impress family members during your next gathering? Recreate any or all of the meals mentioned in this article and let your family taste some of your best “creations.” These meals might be easy to prepare, but for sure, these don’t lack flavor!