Kitchen Calculators
Practical tools for the part of cooking nobody enjoys: figuring out how much to make. Each calculator works on any device, with no sign-up.
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Build My Soul Food Feast
Planning Sunday dinner, a holiday feast, or a family gathering? Choose your favorite dishes, tell us how many people are coming, and let Heritage Kitchen help you plan a generous meal with less guesswork.
Step 1 of 3: How many are coming?
Next, choose the dishes you'd like to serve.
Tap a dish to add or remove it from your menu.
Appetizers
Main Dishes
Vegetables & Sides
Breads
Desserts
Drinks
Your quantities and shopping list will update below.
Step 3 of 3: Your feast plan
12 guests · A Little Extra · 0 dishes
Choose at least one dish to see your plan.
Shopping quantities are estimates. Adjust for your family's preferences, appetites, and the recipes you choose.
Choose a dish to start your shopping list.
How these estimates are calculated
- Each recipe dish uses the ingredient amounts and serving count from its published Heritage Kitchen recipe.
- Servings needed = guests × leftovers setting (×1.0, ×1.15 or ×1.3).
- Drinks use a 1-cup planning portion. Piece portions come from each published recipe’s piece yield divided by its servings; cakes are cut into the published number of servings. These portions receive the same leftovers and course adjustments.
- With 2 or more main dishes, each main is reduced (25% less with 2, 40% less with 3, 50% less with 4+), since guests take some of each.
- With 3 or more dishes in any other course, each one gets a smaller portion (5% less at 3, down to 25% less at 9+), because guests take a little of everything.
- Batches are rounded up to the nearest half batch, then every ingredient is multiplied by that number.
- Ingredients are combined only when they are the same item in convertible units (teaspoons, tablespoons and cups; ounces and pounds). Recipe measurements are kept as written — no guessed package sizes.
- Items the recipe lists without an amount, such as frying oil or salt to taste, are shown as “as needed”.
- Turkey is a purchase-weight planning estimate only. The glazed ham dish uses the published recipe, with a per-guest ham-weight estimate noted under the batch. Follow package or USDA guidance for thawing and cooking.
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