Potato salad with eggs and a mayo dressing. Mine is light on the mayo because I augment with olive oil and lemon. And include chopped dill pickle.
Pork or chicken schnitzel.
Tortilla casserole with grilled chicken, refried beans, salsa verde, and plenty of pepper jack cheese.
Ice cream cake.
I was going to post exactly this menu.
And I was beaten to it by someone who claims to live in either Canada or Russia?
Something funny is going on here.
Nothing personal, I appreciate the tip, but that recipe calls for cottage cheese. I thought we were talking about lasagna. 
I used to frequent a farmer’s market which featured a guy who had turned a small flatbed trailer into an oversized barbeque grill by filling it with charcoal, and he made hot dogs wrapped in bacon and grilled until the bacon was crispy and so was the outside of the dog. Mmmmm.
Nothing wrapped in bacon? What is WRONG with you people?
Edit: slightly ninja’d
How come we never see French Onion dip anymore? Good old Lipton’s onion soup mix with ruffled potato chips.
Scrub four large baking potatoes, prick with a fork, and bake at 400[sup]o[/sup] for one hour. Cut in half, scoop out the potato, discard the skins (or top them with cheese and bacon and have loaded potato skins for later.)
Fry up 12 slices of bacon until crisp. Crumble into small pieces. Yes, you may lick your palms. Just wash your hands afterward.
Shred a cup of cheddar cheese. Then shred as much as you need. THEN, shred as much as you want.
Melt 2/3 cup of butter and stir in 2/3 cup of flour, stirring for one minute (you’re making a roux.)
Slowly add in 6 cups of milk, or if you’re especially naughty, 3 cups of milk and 3 cups of half and half, stirring constantly over medium to medium high heat until thick and bubbly.
Dump in the potatoes, most of the bacon, and most of the cheese. Stir until combined, then garnish with the remaining bacon and shredded cheese (sliced green onions too, if you want.)
Leftovers will not last long.
Funeral potatoes (erm, maybe don’t call them that in front of your friend?) I made them this Easter for the first time, and used french onion dip instead of sour cream, and Ritz Crackers instead of corn flakes.
Holy moly!
I maintain residences in both, but I’m originally from Minnesota. I guess my tastes remain embarrassingly Midwestern. 
Instead of ricotta? :dubious:
Spinach dip in a bread bowl.
LOL, we’ll call them ‘Avoiding-a-Funeral’ potatoes. 
So many terrific suggestions. I’ll have a hard time choosing which to recommend!
Periwinkle, someone brought a homemade cherry pie to a picnic I hosted over the weekend. That thing was epic, even without the vanilla ice cream. I’ll definitely suggest one if anyone asks.
Use ricotta if you prefer, but don’t knock the cottage cheese in it until you’ve tried it. It works.
I mean it’s lasagna made in a freaking crockpot. We’re not talking high-end authentic Italian cuisine here. Just delicious comfort food
fired chicken
creamed spinach
warm brownies
warm apple crisp with whipped cream
Irish cream bundt cake: https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/irish-cream-bundt-cake-20892?ftab=reviews
Bisquick sausage balls are salty, cheesy, sausage-y morsels of heaven - and only three ingredients. Many recipes available online, but here’s the tried and true, super-easy classic. Assign it to someone who doesn’t have the time or ability to cook; it’s hard to go wrong with these.
The problem I see that you are going to have to watch out for is that “comfort food” tends to occupy a very narrow range of flavors, textures, and colors. Most of the foods are salty and greasy. Quite a few are cheesy, and many are soft. Be sure you go for as much variety as possible - the eggs are good because they offer a little contrast. Likewise, go for a few sweet things and if there are dishes with mandarin oranges or other colorful comfort foods, include them.
And tell everyone to come STARVING, because it’s going to be easy to fill up fast on such heavy food.
(I’m reminded a little of when a friend had a dessert party. We all slaved over our most elegant, rich desserts. It sounds wonderful, and for a few minutes it was, but fairly soon it became cloying. We all went home with huge amounts of rich desserts, and anyone not blessed with a houseful of hungry teenagers to help polish them off ended up with lots of sweets getting progressively staler in the fridge.)
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Beef tips & rice
Extremely easy and inexpensive. It’s been a staple food at diners for a hundred years.
Most groceries will with packages of precut stew meat. If not, ask the butcher and to cut up a chuck roast into pieces.
You can bring it as two dishes. Or one pan with the Beef tips already on top of the rice. It’s easy to serve with a large cooking spoon.
Keg of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
pollo al ajillo. Fried chicken, but without batter and fried at the same time as one or two cloves of garlic (change the cloves as you go). You’re not supposed to eat the garlic.
Let me reword that mangled sentence. Stinking Edit time out got me.
Most groceries sell packages of precut stew meat. Sometimes it’s not available. Ask the butcher to cut up a chuck roast or inexpensive sirloin into stew meat.
You probably already know how to cook Beef Tips. There’s at least six videos on YouTube if you need a recipe.