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Enough Food For Your Cookout Crowd (and How to Enjoy the Leftovers)

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It’s cookout season! If your family is like mine, I never know how many are truly coming until the food starts cooking and the surprise hungry ones arrive.

I am of the school of thought that says too much food is better than not enough. But you can only eat so much leftover salad, whether it’s potato, macaroni or coleslaw. Through trial and error, I have found some ideas that really work and my family is none the wiser that they are eating leftovers. Here’s my secret: I make extra of the “base” ingredients ahead of time. Your base ingredients may be different, but they will still work in the same way. Also, some of these amounts may sound like a lot, but you can easily adjust them for your family’s size.

With extra “base” ingredients ready to go, I can easily whip up another batch of salad if our cookout buffet is starting to run out. Plus, this way exposes only what is needed to the heat, so there’s less chance of food-borne illness.

Enough Food For Your Cookout Crowd (and How to Enjoy the Leftovers)

It’s cookout season! If your family is like mine, I never know how many are truly coming until the food starts cooking and the surprise hungry ones arrive.I am of the school of thought that says too much food is better than not enough. But you can...

Author: Lehman's

Ingredients

5–10 pounds potatoes, skin on or peeled, boiled until fork-tender, cooled, and cut into quarters
3 dozen eggs, boiled, cooled, and peeled
1 cup fresh parsley, chopped
Cover and refrigerate the remaining potatoes, eggs, and parsley.
2 – 3 boxes of elbow macaroni, cooked to al-dente, drained well.
4 bags of whole carrots, trimmed, skin on and shredded (save out some for coleslaw)

Directions

Separate out the potatoes, eggs, and parsley needed for your first batch of potato salad.
Cover and refrigerate the remaining potatoes, eggs, and parsley.
Separate the amount needed for first batch of salad; toss it with mayonnaise amount from the salad recipe you are using. Toss remaining macaroni with a little olive oil to keep it from sticking together. Cover and refrigerate.