#51: Holiday and Cooking and Recipes, Oh My!

Be it the holidays or just a casual evening that you'd like to dine in there are different places you can find recipes easily.

Not only that but let's say you were thinking about making food for you and your significant other when your family shows up unannounced. No need to panic let's just multiply the serving size to how many people you are going to feed. It uses a little math if you're up to it yourself but if you're in a hurry and just need figures to be spit out you can hop on the website:

http://www.thatsmyhome.com/recipes/converter.htm

You can also hop on www.foodnetwork.com or http://www.bonappetit.com/

It's a conversion chart that simplifies subtracting or adding serving size to your recipe.

The recipe I'm going to use today is the Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken. The usual serving size is 3-5 but let's say those services are just for one person (like me who eats alot). I want to make this meal for 12 (equals to 96 servings) people that have just crashed our apartment.

So to make the conversion I just multiply everything by 12 basically.

So here is the original recipe measurements:

• 1 pound dried penne
• 2 chicken cutlets, cut into fingers
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 3 cloves garlic, sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
• 2 lemons, juiced
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan

Using the conversion chart it'll be:

• 12 pound dried penne
• 24 chicken cutlets, cut into fingers
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 36 cloves garlic, sliced
• 1 Tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 2 1/4 cups olive oil
• 2 1/4 cups roughly chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
• 24 lemons, juiced
• 6 cup grated Parmesan

Give the recipe a try at:
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