Large batch recipes for feeding a crowd by Stephanie Longstreth
The Make-Ahead Side Dish That Saved Sunday Dinner Sunday is our big family meal day, and after church everyone is hungry and dinner needs to be on the table fast. That’s why I reach for oven recipes on Sunday — I can get everything in before we leave and come home to a hot meal…
The Homemade Hot Pocket My Great-Grandma Would Be Proud Of My family has Bohemian roots, and my great-grandma used to make what she called krautburgers — cabbage and meat cooked together and wrapped in homemade dough. My Aunt Jane carried on that tradition and would also make her dough from scratch. I took the same…
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…
Dump It In the Crockpot and Thank Me Later Every Thursday night, our house fills up. Our college girls come home — and they bring friends. It started as a simple family dinner and somehow turned into this beautiful, loud, wonderful crowd of hungry college kids piling around our table. I love it so much….
What Do You Bring 30 Teachers for Breakfast Without Losing Your Mind? French Toast Casserole — that’s what! It was Teacher Appreciation Week at my kids’ school, and I needed something that would feed a crowd, feel special, and not have me up at 4 AM frantically cooking. This casserole is the answer to all…
Y’all, remember my freezer meal party a few weeks ago? My friend Melissa hosted the most fun afternoon — she bought all the ingredients, invited everyone over, and we each made several meals to bring home. It was such a great idea and I came home with a freezer full of dinners just waiting to…
The Recipe That Kept My Husband Happy as a New Wife No peek chicken is the recipe that kept my husband happy when I was a brand new wife, and 33 years later it is still on the table at our house on a regular basis. Jason grew up eating it — his mom made…
When the Crock-Pot Is Your Best Thursday Night Friend Every Thursday night, our front door opens and college students start showing up for dinner. It started as a small thing — just a few kids who needed a home-cooked meal — and now it’s one of my favorite nights of the week. We usually have…
Some Things Texas Does Right Texas sheet cake is my answer every single time I need to feed a crowd something chocolate and completely unforgettable. I made two of these last night — one to go to the school and the other will get split between two friends who have a hard week ahead of…
Minimum Effort, Maximum Delicious — That’s My Kind of Fish I am not a complicated cook. I never have been and I never will be, and I think that is exactly why people keep coming back to my kitchen. This Super Simple Baked Fish is the perfect example — a handful of ingredients, one broiler…
