One of the best parts of being a blogger is all the really nice bloggers you meet along the way. I attended my very first blogger conference a few years ago and one of the first people I met was Laura from Real Mom Kitchen. She was so friendly and kindly let me hang a [...]
Large Group Event Table Decor
September 28, 2010 By 9 Comments
Decorating the tables for an event in one of our church’s cultural halls is always a bit of a challenge. The cultural hall is a basically a gymnasium, really nothing cultural about it. It is a big huge space! I did my best. Fortunately our Relief Society (the woman’s organization at church) owns some beautiful [...]
Large Group Event Menu
September 27, 2010 By 8 Comments
The past couple of weeks I have shared a couple of recipes that I was testing out for a large group event we were having at church (approx. 200 women). I was in charge of choosing the menu – 4 sweet treats and 4 savory treats. This is the second year I have done the [...]
Family Reunion Food
July 19, 2010 By 16 Comments
I learned something this past week. It takes A LOT of food to feed 55 people 3 meals a day for 5 days! We filled 3 flat beds and 3 carts at Costco one evening and that was only HALF the food!! We were the only family that lived locally so a lot of the [...]
Big Batch Cinnamon Rolls
February 17, 2010 By 21 Comments
Last week I shared with you this pretty picture. It is a picture I took at my neighbor Carmen’s house. This is Carmen’s beautiful work!! Not only is it a pretty picture but it makes me drool just thinking about how yummy they are going to be and how good they will smell! Because [...]
Feeding a Crowd – Holiday Dinner, Part One
December 13, 2008 By 6 Comments
Last week I was in charge of organizing the holiday dinner for the women’s organization at church. I have done enough large group cooking that cooking for 100 doesn’t scare me any more. I have cooked for 400 before – now that’s scary! I have learned lots of great tips for feeding a crowd over [...]
Feeding a Crowd – Holiday Dinner, Part Two
December 13, 2008 By 5 Comments
This post contains the remaining recipes for the dishes served at our church’s women’s holiday dinner. One of my favorite meats to use for a large group dinner is pork tenderloin. It is easy to prepare and can be kept nice and moist. It doesn’t dry out like chicken does and it is not [...]
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu
November 18, 2008 By 10 Comments
Today I am sharing our Thanksgiving Menu . Isn’t it amazing how much time, effort and expense goes into one meal!!! The best part of Thanksgiving Dinner this year is that all my children will be home to enjoy it with us!!! Like many of you I have been planning our menu for a while now. [...]
A Crowd Pleaser – Spinach and Chicken Pasta Salad
May 21, 2008 By 16 Comments
Today’s recipe is a definite crowd pleaser – I know that because I have fixed this salad for a total of about 600 people!! Most recently, I fixed this salad for a luncheon I did for the American Mother’s State Convention this past Saturday. I have also served it to a church group of 450 [...]
Top Tips and Recipes for Feeding a Crowd
February 2, 2008 By 19 Comments
Yesterday, my friend Karen Morgan and I were the food chairs for a dinner and program at church. We planned and prepared dinner for 300 women! This is not the first time I have done this – you are probably wondering why I didn’t learn my lesson the first time and say no this time?! [...]
