Prepared Food Recipes
Prepared Food Focus: Spirited Cooking
Like salt, a small amount of alcohol highlights and brightens other flavors in a dish. Here are three recipes, using bourbon, rum and Grand Marnier, to liven up your menu.
Prepared Food Focus: Maximizing Leftovers
Leftovers are a fact of a prepared-food operator’s life. What you do with them, however, can make a significant difference in your bottom line. There are ways to rework surplus foods that, if not turning them into silk purses, at least revamp their flavors and ...
Sweet and Savory Phyllo Dishes
From appetizer to dessert, these three dishes highlighting versatile phyllo dough are great to prepare and sell for final cooking at home.
Asian Inspiration
Drawing from Chinese, Thai and Malaysian cuisines, these healthful, comforting soups are just the thing for a chilly winter day.
Filipino Discoveries
Add exotic flavors to your prepared foods with vegetable spring rolls in garlic-peanut sauce, oxtail stew and chicken and pork adobo.
Cost Sheet - Adobong Manok at Baboy
Adobong Manok at Baboy RecipeIngredientsCost1¾ pounds meaty chicken thighs$2.56-4.2612 ounces pork shoulder, cut into large cubes$.28-.48½ cup sukang paombong (Filipino vinegar) or 1/3 cup distilled white vinegar$.03-.052 bay leaves$.03-.041½ ounces crushed garlic, plus ½ ounce minced garlic$.43-.721 teaspoon salt½ teaspoon black peppercorns$.02-.032 chicken livers (about ...
Cost Sheet - Kare-Kare (Oxtail Stew) with Green Beans, Eggplant and Cabbage
Kare-Kare (Oxtail Stew) with Green Beans, Eggplant and Cabbage RecipeIngredientsCost4 (5½- to 6-ounce) pieces of oxtail, about 2 inches thick$7.76-12.931½ tablespoons uncooked rice$.01-.023 tablespoons vegetable oil$.07-.121 tablespoon annatto seeds$.06-.104 ounces sliced onion$.12-.20½ tablespoon minced garlic$.05-.092 ounces peanut butter$.17-.281 teaspoon saltPrices Vary10 ounces Japanese eggplant, trimmed, ...
America's Native Harvest
Draw on the rich tradition of Native American cuisine with this shrimp poscole, wild rice salad, and Indian corn pudding.
Rooting Around
Surprise customers with distinctive flavors of less-common root   vegetables such as salsify, parsnips and burdock.
Cost Sheet - Salsify and Shiitake Gratin
IngredientsCost 4 pounds trimmed salsify $6.55-11.05 3 ounces unsalted butter $.45-.75 10 ounces stemmed, wiped, sliced shiitake mushroom caps $5.87-9.78 3 ounces finely chopped shallots $.59-.99 1/3 cup all-purpose flour $.06-.10 3.75 pints half & half $5.83-9.71 1 ½ teaspoons salt   ½ teaspoon ground ...
Cost Sheet - Colorful Parsnip Soup
IngredientsCost 2 ounces canola oil $.15-.25 12 ounces chopped onions $.23-.39 6 ounces garlic, chopped $ 1.5 ounces finely chopped fresh ginger $.17-.29 3 tablespoons garam masala $.60-.99 2 ounces unsalted butter $.30-.50 4.5 pounds parsnips, peeled and coarsely chopped $5.37-8.96 3 quarts vegetable stock ...
Cost Sheet - Japanese Stir Fry Burdock and Carrots with Tofu
IngredientsCost 8 ounces mirin $1.13-1.88 4 ounces sugar $.15-.25 2 ounces sake $1.04-1.75 2 ounces Japanese soy sauce $.16-.27 1.5 pounds shiitake mushrooms, if possible, huagu  or “flower” variety $8.83-14.72 1 cup toasted sesame oil $.96-1.60 4 (16-ounce) packages frozen julienned burdock and carrots (do ...
Cost Sheet - Gluten Free Chocolate-Pecan Brownies REVISED
Click here to go back to the recipe page. IngredientsCost 12 ounces high quality bittersweet chocolate $4.95-9.24 8 large eggs $1.16-1.93 6 ounces buttermilk $.15-.24 1 pound granulated sugar $.60-1.00 12 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature $1.80-3.00 1.5 ounces unsweetened cocoa powder $.71-1.19 2 ...
Cost Sheet - Lemony-Blueberry Bulgur Breakfast Muffins
Click here to go back to the recipe page. IngredientsCost 5 ounces bulgur $.56-.93 3 ounces dried blueberries $1.91-3.19 2 ounces lemon juice, plus 2 tablespoon grated lemon zest $.30-.50 1 pint plain yogurt $.87-1.45 6 ounces canola oil $.45-.75 2 large eggs $.29-.48 13 ...
Prepared Food Focus: Spirited Cooking
Like salt, a small amount of alcohol highlights and brightens other flavors in a dish. Here are three recipes, using bourbon, rum and Grand Marnier, to liven up your menu.
Prepared Food Focus: Maximizing Leftovers
Leftovers are a fact of a prepared-food operator’s life. What you do with them, however, can make a significant difference in your bottom line. There are ways to rework surplus foods that, if not turning them into silk purses, at least revamp their flavors and ...
Sweet and Savory Phyllo Dishes
From appetizer to dessert, these three dishes highlighting versatile phyllo dough are great to prepare and sell for final cooking at home.
Asian Inspiration
Drawing from Chinese, Thai and Malaysian cuisines, these healthful, comforting soups are just the thing for a chilly winter day.
Filipino Discoveries
Add exotic flavors to your prepared foods with vegetable spring rolls in garlic-peanut sauce, oxtail stew and chicken and pork adobo.
Adobong Manok at Baboy RecipeIngredientsCost1¾ pounds meaty chicken thighs$2.56-4.2612 ounces pork shoulder, cut into large cubes$.28-.48½ cup sukang paombong (Filipino vinegar) or 1/3 cup distilled white vinegar$.03-.052 bay leaves$.03-.041½ ounces crushed garlic, plus ½ ounce minced garlic$.43-.721 teaspoon salt½ teaspoon black peppercorns$.02-.032 chicken livers (about ...
Kare-Kare (Oxtail Stew) with Green Beans, Eggplant and Cabbage RecipeIngredientsCost4 (5½- to 6-ounce) pieces of oxtail, about 2 inches thick$7.76-12.931½ tablespoons uncooked rice$.01-.023 tablespoons vegetable oil$.07-.121 tablespoon annatto seeds$.06-.104 ounces sliced onion$.12-.20½ tablespoon minced garlic$.05-.092 ounces peanut butter$.17-.281 teaspoon saltPrices Vary10 ounces Japanese eggplant, trimmed, ...
America's Native Harvest
Draw on the rich tradition of Native American cuisine with this shrimp poscole, wild rice salad, and Indian corn pudding.
Rooting Around
Surprise customers with distinctive flavors of less-common root   vegetables such as salsify, parsnips and burdock.
Cost Sheet - Salsify and Shiitake Gratin
IngredientsCost 4 pounds trimmed salsify $6.55-11.05 3 ounces unsalted butter $.45-.75 10 ounces stemmed, wiped, sliced shiitake mushroom caps $5.87-9.78 3 ounces finely chopped shallots $.59-.99 1/3 cup all-purpose flour $.06-.10 3.75 pints half & half $5.83-9.71 1 ½ teaspoons salt   ½ teaspoon ground ...
Cost Sheet - Colorful Parsnip Soup
IngredientsCost 2 ounces canola oil $.15-.25 12 ounces chopped onions $.23-.39 6 ounces garlic, chopped $ 1.5 ounces finely chopped fresh ginger $.17-.29 3 tablespoons garam masala $.60-.99 2 ounces unsalted butter $.30-.50 4.5 pounds parsnips, peeled and coarsely chopped $5.37-8.96 3 quarts vegetable stock ...
Cost Sheet - Japanese Stir Fry Burdock and Carrots with Tofu
IngredientsCost 8 ounces mirin $1.13-1.88 4 ounces sugar $.15-.25 2 ounces sake $1.04-1.75 2 ounces Japanese soy sauce $.16-.27 1.5 pounds shiitake mushrooms, if possible, huagu  or “flower” variety $8.83-14.72 1 cup toasted sesame oil $.96-1.60 4 (16-ounce) packages frozen julienned burdock and carrots (do ...
Cost Sheet - Gluten Free Chocolate-Pecan Brownies REVISED
Click here to go back to the recipe page. IngredientsCost 12 ounces high quality bittersweet chocolate $4.95-9.24 8 large eggs $1.16-1.93 6 ounces buttermilk $.15-.24 1 pound granulated sugar $.60-1.00 12 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature $1.80-3.00 1.5 ounces unsweetened cocoa powder $.71-1.19 2 ...
Cost Sheet - Lemony-Blueberry Bulgur Breakfast Muffins
Click here to go back to the recipe page. IngredientsCost 5 ounces bulgur $.56-.93 3 ounces dried blueberries $1.91-3.19 2 ounces lemon juice, plus 2 tablespoon grated lemon zest $.30-.50 1 pint plain yogurt $.87-1.45 6 ounces canola oil $.45-.75 2 large eggs $.29-.48 13 ...

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