Unlock the Potential of Your Kitchen: Recipes for Everyday Cooking!

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Discussion Overview

This thread centers around sharing recipes and ideas for using a roasting pan, with participants discussing their personal experiences and favorite dishes to prepare. Various recipes and cooking methods are highlighted, along with some practical tips related to the use of the pan.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant, identifying as a consultant, expresses a desire to use the roasting pan more frequently to recommend it effectively.
  • Another participant shares a comprehensive list of dishes that can be made in the roasting pan, including scalloped potatoes, lasagna, and BBQ ribs.
  • Several users mention their experiences with caramel corn, with one participant providing a detailed recipe and others expressing their enjoyment of it.
  • One participant discusses the versatility of the roasting pan, noting its use for making salsa and other dishes.
  • Another participant shares a flyer they use for promoting the roasting pan, while another points out a spelling error in it.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ on the specific uses of the roasting pan, with no clear consensus on the best recipes or methods, although there is a shared enthusiasm for the caramel corn recipe.

Contextual Notes

Participants share personal anecdotes and recipes, reflecting their individual cooking experiences with the roasting pan.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants and home cooks interested in exploring new recipes and ideas for using a roasting pan may find the shared experiences valuable.

janezapchef
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Does anyone have some great recipes for this? I'd like to use it a lot more than I do so I can recommend it more.
TIA,
Jane :)
 
Not a recipes, but here are a list of ideas:

Scalloped potatoes for a crowd
Big pan of lasagna
Dressing
Big pot of soup
Use with Springform Pan to form a water bath
Triple or quadruple batch of Oven Stew (from Stoneware Sensations Cookbook)
8+ lbs browned ground beef
Baked ham
Cabbage rolls
BBQ ribs
Macaroni & cheese for a crowd
Baked Ziti for a crowd
Shepard’s pie
3 small roasting chickens (using rack)
Turkey
Beef Roast
Pork Roast
Double batch of Molten Chocolate Skillet Brownie
Roast or chicken w/potatoes, carrots, etc.
Double batch of pineapple upside down cake



I have a great recipe for caramel corn in the roaster, but I need to find it!
 
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So, you use it on the stovetop too? I guess that's where I never thought to use it.
 
My roomate asked if our cooling rack could be put in the oven b/c we wanted the fat to drain away from the meatballs ... I said no b/c of the rubber feet. So we ended up using an old, inferior rack with no feet inside one of my old, ancient sheet pans I haven't chucked yet. A pan with a rack would have come in handy!
 
Oven Caramel Corn

2 Cups brown sugar
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup white corn syrup
6 qts popped corn (exactly what the large stainless steel bowl holds. 24 cups)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Boil brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt for 5 minutes in large Roasting pan. Remove from heat and add vanilla and soda. Pour over the popped corn and stir well. ( may add 1-2 cups of nuts at this time also!) Pour mixture back into Roasting Pan (if using another pan, make sure you butter it very well!- but no need to butter with Roasting Pan!). Place in a 200 degree oven for 1 hour. Stir about every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Store in covered containers to keep crisp.
 
I was just going to suggest the caramel corn, Shana! That's probably what I've made most in mine.
You can make a great snack mix by mixing the cooled caramel corn with candy corn and salted nuts (I like cashews). Then you add a salty element (nuts) and a chewy element (candy corn) to the sweet crunchy corn.
 
that caramel corn is SOOO good!
 
Besides some of the above mentioned I use it for:
chex mix
enchiladas
chili
pork loins
cornish hens
chicken spaghetti casserole
spaghetti sauce
 
ShanaSmith said:
Oven Caramel Corn

2 Cups brown sugar
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup white corn syrup
6 qts popped corn (exactly what the large stainless steel bowl holds. 24 cups)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Boil brown sugar, butter, syrup and salt for 5 minutes in large Roasting pan. Remove from heat and add vanilla and soda. Pour over the popped corn and stir well. ( may add 1-2 cups of nuts at this time also!) Pour mixture back into Roasting Pan (if using another pan, make sure you butter it very well!- but no need to butter with Roasting Pan!). Place in a 200 degree oven for 1 hour. Stir about every 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Store in covered containers to keep crisp.

Oven Caramel Corn! That's why I couldn't find it!:rolleyes: I was looking in my files under C for caramel, and R for Roaster....going crazy because I couldn't find it!


This is a great recipe! Bring some to your shows and people will be dying to get the roaster! You start it on the stove, and finish it in the oven - all in the same pan!:thumbup:


Another thing I have been using mine for the last few weeks is for Salsa! I put up big batches of salsa, and this is the BEST pan for preparing it for the freezer or canner!
 
Here's a flyer I use in my binder and give a copy to whoever purchases the Roasting Pan and rack.
Deb:)
 

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Thanks for sharing the flyer, Deb. You might want to check it, though. It looks to me like consultant is misspelled at the bottom.
 
zmom58 said:
Here's a flyer I use in my binder and give a copy to whoever purchases the Roasting Pan and rack.
Deb:)

Can't open this but would love to have it. Anyone able to help out? TIA!
 
nice flyer! I'm going to give it to my host who just ordered the roaster off her show, she'll be excited! :) thank you thank you thank you !
 

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