Large batch recipes for feeding a crowd by Stephanie Longstreth
The Easiest Meal I Didn’t Have to Cook Today Sweet potato enchiladas are one of those recipes that makes you feel like a genius — especially when you pull them straight out of the freezer on a busy weeknight and dinner is done before you can even think about what to make. My friend Melissa…
The Dish That Makes the Rice Cook Itself and the Whole House Smell Like Dinner This chicken mushroom rice bake came to me as a new-to-me recipe and I am so glad I tried it. You stir the rice right into French onion soup and beef consommé, top it with butter and mushrooms and Parmesan,…
The One-Pot Meal That Feeds a Crowd and Makes the Whole House Smell Amazing This jambalaya recipe is one of my all-time personal favorites, and on crowd nights when I need to feed a lot of people, it is what I keep coming back to. I made two pots side by side — one shrimp…
Some Recipes Come With the Pan Included Mama’s best baked beans are the only baked beans on my table — and they came to me over 30 years ago from my mother-in-law, along with the pot. When I was first married, she made the best baked beans I had ever tasted in my life. I…
The Main Event Has Arrived — And It’s Wearing Pineapple Juice The easiest ham recipe for a crowd is the one I’ve been making for years, and it has never once let me down. Every single Easter, this ham is the centerpiece of my table. Three ingredients. Tight foil. About ten minutes per pound. That’s…
The Easter Dessert My Family Refuses to Let Me Skip This easiest most delicious coconut cake is the one my family asks for every single Easter — and if I ever showed up without it, I would hear about it for the rest of the year. I got this recipe from my best friend Michelle…
Sweet, Savory, and Gone Before the Main Course I know what you are thinking. Pineapple casserole with cheese? Trust me — this pineapple casserole is one of those recipes that sounds absolutely wrong and tastes absolutely right. It has been on our Easter table for as long as I can remember, and every single year…
The Make-Ahead Side Dish That Saved Sunday Dinner Creamy baked mashed potatoes are the Sunday dinner side dish that does the heavy lifting for me — I make them the night before, slide the pan in the fridge, and pop them in the oven before church. Five pounds of russet potatoes get whipped with butter,…
The Homemade Hot Pocket My Great-Grandma Would Be Proud Of Aunt Jane’s Homemade Hot Pockets are a three-generation family recipe — seasoned ground beef and cabbage cooked together, wrapped in crescent rolls, and baked until golden. My family has Bohemian roots, and my great-grandma used to make what she called krautburgers — cabbage and meat…
The Little Crescent Roll Pouches That Steal the Show Every Time Mexican Chicken Roll-Ups came straight out of my family cookbook — a recipe from my great-aunt Helen Hanavan — and the first time I made them for a party, they were gone in minutes. That was all I needed to know. I have been…
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