Memorial Day Weekend: time to get up off your couch and bring your potluck A Game. Especially when you’re invited to a barbecue and you know your hosts are totally skilled at kicking out the party food jams. It’s a good thing you have this recipe for saffron orzo with shrimp, because it’s practically perfect for potluck parties in every way.

Since it’s a pasta salad, it’s just as delicious cold as it is hot. The saffron isn’t overwhelming, adding just the right amount of color and spice. The simple ingredients keep it really fresh and light (especially all the lemon: I add half an extra lemon than the recipe calls for, and it makes it even better). But with the shrimp, it’s as hardy as anything coming off the grill. Depending on the portion size, it can even make the jump from side dish to main. In my house on weeknights, it usually does.

But what if you overdid it the night before (it’s a three day weekend, it happens) and can barely manage to get yourself out of bed, much less work kitchen wizardry on the day of your potluck party? Lucky for you, the hardest part of this recipe is prepping the shrimp. So pull yourself together and let’s get cooking!

There is no reason in the world to not like lasagna. It’s a gooey, bubbly, chunky slice of piping hot comfort food heaven. Thanks to recent breakthroughs in alterna-cheese technology, even vegans and the lactose intolerant can get on board. Once scientists find a cure for tomato allergies, no one in the world will have an excuse.