Large batch recipes for feeding a crowd by Stephanie Longstreth
One Pan Taco Casserole Looks Like You Tried — You Didn’t This one pan taco casserole is the dinner I pull out when I absolutely do not feel like cooking but I still need to feed my people. It looks like you tried. I promise you didn’t. Brown your ground beef with onions and garlic,…
Mama’s Apple Pie Is the One Everyone Asks Me to Bring Mama’s apple pie is the recipe I make every single time someone needs a homemade pie — and it never lasts long. The secret? Store-bought crust, no apologies. The filling is all from scratch, and that filling is what gets all the compliments. Granny…
The Pizza Crust I Make Just for Him — and Now the Whole Family Wants It Whole wheat pizza crust started as my husband’s thing. He’s been on the Mediterranean diet and pizza night was the one thing I didn’t want him to miss out on — so I started making this whole wheat crust…
Two Proteins, One Pot, Zero Complaints Thai coconut curry shrimp and chicken is what I made on a Thursday night when all my girls came home from college — and they brought friends. Fourteen people around my table and not a single complaint — only empty bowls and requests for the recipe. The trick? I…
The Meal That Makes My Baby Girl Come Running to the Table Classic beef stroganoff is one of those meals that never gets old in our house. My youngest asks for it by name — and when she hears me pulling out the egg noodles, she’s in the kitchen before I can even get the…
The Easiest Meal I Didn’t Have to Cook Today Sweet Potato, Corn & Black Bean 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…
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 When I was first married, my mother-in-law made the best baked beans I had ever tasted in my life. I asked her what the secret was. She said it was the pot. And then — just like that — she gave me one just like hers. That was…
The Main Event Has Arrived — And It’s Wearing Pineapple Juice Every single Easter, this easiest ham recipe is the centerpiece of my table — and it has never once let me down. I’ve been making ham this way for years, and the moment I tell people how simple it is, they don’t believe me….
