Welcome to Extra Thyme!
Extra Thyme Catering is a corporate catering company that proudly serves the St. Louis, Missouri Metro Area. We offer drop-off catering for corporate events and meetings. Our goal is to provide fresh, delicious food with flexible, hassle-free ordering and service so that you can get on with your day.
Recent News & Events
What do you know about Protein other than you need some? There are so many different diets and theories that get tossed around it's difficult to know what you are really supposed to eat. Here is a great page from UCLA that breaks down everything you need to know about Protein; how much you need, where to get it and how much is too much. The UCLA page is very easy to read and contains none of the boring diet-calculus that most writers make you slog through. Hope this is helpful. Bon Apetit!
Arbor Day is Friday, April 27th. I don't know how you are going to celebrate, but we're eating cake and planting trees. C'mon... go hug a tree; you know you want to!!
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Check out our updated catering menu! It took me awhile, but I've finally got everything from appetizers to hot buffets listed in one place.
Don't forget that we can customize a menu for you. Use the menu as a starting point and remember that I have a truckload of recipes and ideas for other things you might not see on the menu.
We've all been there. You spend 1/2 the day at the grocery store only to get home and realize you are out of a spice you need for that new recipe. Don't panic and don't run back to the store! Here are some substitutions you can make with items you may already have in your pantry.
Instead of….
Use…..
1 tsp Apple Pie Spice
½ tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg, 1/8 tsp ground allspice and a dash of ground cloves or ginger (in a pinch you could use just cinnamon and any one of the others listed)
Ground Allspice
Ground cinnamon, nutmeg or cloves
Ground Cardamom
Ground Ginger
Chili Powder
Dash bottled hot pepper sauce, plus equal measures of ground oregano and cumin
Ground Cinnamon
Ground nutmeg or allspice (use only ¼ of amount called for in the recipe)
Ground Cumin
Garlic, 1 clove
1/8 tsp garlic powder or granulated garlic
Ground Mace
Ground allspice, cinnamon, ginger or nutmeg
1 teaspoon powdered mustard
1 Tablespoon prepared mustard
Ground Red pepper
Hot pepper Sauce
1 whole Vanilla Bean
2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
