Large Recipes for Large Groups
Freezing and defrosting your bread is the easiest thing you can do and you’ll have fresh-tasting bread anytime you need it. Whether it’s a freshly baked loaf of homemade bread or you have too much of that buy-one-get-one-free store-bought bread, freezing it is so easy. …
Why use an oven thermometer? Because your oven is off and you probably don’t even know it. Every kitchen that I have been in and every oven that I have ever used is off and I’m not going to bring someone in to recalibrate it, …
The best thing that I have in my kitchen are commercial-quality grade sheet pans, I have at least 150 of them in the commercial kitchen if not more and 8 at home, and I use them for everything, and I mean anything and everything. To …
You know that perfectly cooked bacon you get when you go out to a restaurant, I can 99% guarantee you it was made on a sheet pan. Now plenty of people will call this, “making bacon in the oven”, but in a commercial kitchen we …
How do you freeze casseroles or any type of food in aluminum pans? I’ve got the how-to!! You’ve made a meal and have leftovers, now you want to freeze food in a disposable aluminum pan? Head down to” how to wrap an aluminum pan for …
This No-Boil Lasagna for 12 is made in an aluminum steam table half-pan. After all the fuss of making the lasagna, just toss the pan! The portion is a medium to large size. One portion can be cut in half to feed a child. Cuts …
Looking for tips on how to carry disposable aluminum pans safely? In my post about freezing food in disposable aluminum pans, I mentioned that I would show how I carry disposable aluminum pans, also called aluminum steam table pans, and foil pans, safely. And the …
How to you use scales for weighing food? How do you set them to actually weigh just the food? In my “How Much Pasta to Make Per Person” post, I mentioned that I used kitchen scales for weighing food. In this pos,t I will show …
How many times have you tried to figure out how much pasta to make per person? Check out my charts below for pasta portions for 8, 25, 50 or 100 people. I’ve learned making pasta for a large group is not down to a specific …