If you're planning a graduation party, a barbecue, or family reunion, this collection of easy party food recipes for  is your guide to seamless entertaining. If you're serving a crowd, catering can get expensive very quickly. Take some inspiration from your favorite restaurants and recreate them at home with this collection of 26 Salads and Easy Side Dish Recipes.

Whether you're feeding a family of five or a group of 50, the best salad and side dish recipes are easy to make in large quantities without hurting your wallet at the grocery store. What are you waiting for!? For all of your summer party food needs, take a look and see what we have in store below.

26 Salads and Easy Side Dish Recipes to Feed a Crowd 

Table of Contents
Easy Side Dish Recipes
Salad Recipes for a Crowd
Bonus: Amazing Chicken Salad Recipes

Easy Side Dish Recipes

The key to any good party is featuring the best side dish recipes. Variety is the spice of life...why not surprise your guests with a wide variety of delicious restaurant copycat recipes? Share familiar savory dishes with your own personal touch.


Copycat Disney World Biergarten Macaroni Salad           Copycat Joe's Crab Shack Rice Pilaf
 

• Copycat Cafe Rio Cilantro Lime Rice

• Copycat Chipotle Mexican Grill Salsa

• Copycat Chipotle Mexican Grill Pico de Gallo

• Copycat Cafe Rio Black Bean Recipe

• Copycat Disney World Biergarten Macaroni Salad

• Copycat Joe's Crab Shack Rice Pilaf

• Copycat KFC Bean Salad

• Homemade Sweet Tomatoes Red, White, and Blue Potato Salad

• Copycat Cracker Barrel Baby Carrots

• Copycat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Cornbread Dressing

• Homemade Rice a Roni

• Homemade Version of KFC's Coleslaw

• Texas Style Rudy's Creamed Corn

Salad Recipes for a Crowd

There are so many great things about salad. They're healthy, inexpensive to make, don't require any cooking...we could go on and on. Salads are also one party food that is so simple to make for a large crowd. Sample the fresh ingredients of summertime with this list of easy salad recipes.


Red Robin's Apple Harvest Salad                               Copycat Panera's Asian Sesame Chicken Salad

• Southwestern Chopped Chicken Salad

• Copycat Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad

• Copycat CPK BBQ Chicken Chopped Salad

• Copycat Cheesecake Factory Luau Salad

• Copycat Chef Salad

• Copycat Olive Garden Salad

• Copycat Panera Asian Sesame Chicken Salad

• Bob Evan's Wildfire Chicken Salad Copycat

• Panera's Thai Chopped Chicken Salad Copycat

• Rumbi's-Inspired House Salad

• Red Robin's Apple Harvest Chicken Salad

Bonus: Amazing Chicken Salad Recipes

Chicken salad recipes are some of the best easy side dishes around. If you're looking for a top notch dish to serve your family, everyone will be satisfied with these top picked favorite recipes. Serve up something light and delicious with these simple, yet amazing chicken salad recipes.

Copycat Willow Tree Chicken Salad                                Neiman Marcus Chicken Salad


Copycat Willow Tree Chicken Salad

Neiman Marcus Chicken Salad
 

What's your favorite easy recipe to feed a crowd? Be sure to let us know in the comments.