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Tuesday 4/29 in the kitchen

Posted on April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 by Craig Parshall

IN THE REFRIGERATOR

Cabbage roll soup
Cinnamon rolls
Orange bars
Oreo Truffles
Lasagna
Beef Stroganoff
Chicken Tetrazzini
Peach Cobbler
Turtle Parfait Cups
Sausage egg and cheddar biscuit GF
Breakfast wraps
Working on shepherds pie and meatloaf ready by 2
Banana Bread Cake w/ cream cheese
Blueberry almond cake
Twix brownies
Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
Rice Kripsy treats
Blueberry muffin tops
Lemon cake
Salted Carmel Krispy treats
Peanut butter brownies
Strawberry and cream cookies
Peanut butter cup cookies
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
Sticky pecan buns

IN THE FREEZER

Chicken noodle soup
Sloppy joes
Pot pies
Minestrone
Mac and cheese
Lasagna
Baked ziti with Italian sausage
Meatloaf
Baked chicken Parmesan
Cheesecakes
Frozen pizzas
Greek chicken and potatos

Happy chicken salad day! 5/22 in the kitchen

Posted on May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 by Craig Parshall

**IN THE REFRIGERATOR**
48 containers of Chicken salad
Grilled chicken salads
Potato salad w/ bacon
Potato salad
Beef Stroganoff
Meatball sandwiches
Lasagna
Birria Ramen
Cream of chicken and rice soup
Chicken noodle soup
lemon blueberry bars
Cherry cobbler
Peach cobbler
Stuffed peppers
Italian pasta salad
Baked ziti with Italian sausage
Meatloaf
Sloppy Joe sliders
Meatballs and marinara

Cherry chip cake
Honey cake w/ almond buttercream
Turtle brownies
salted Carmel rice krispy treats
Cap n crunch all berry treat
Chocolate rice krispy treat
M&m chocolate chip cookies

**In the freezer**
Beef barley
Minestrone
Cream of chicken and rice
Brocolli cheddar soup
Cabbage roll soup
Shepherds pie
Baked ziti
Macaroni and cheese
Ham and cheese casserole
Meatball subs
Chicken tetrazzini
Spinach and mushroom egg casserole
Loaded mashed potatoes
Lasagna
Roast beef and mashed potato’s
meatloaf
Cheesecakes
GF crepes
GF pizzas
meatballs and marinara
Pulled pork

Hive Kitchen Catering

Posted on May 5, 2024May 7, 2024 by Craig Parshall

We are now offering some options for event and brown bag lunch catering. Visit our Catering page for the full menus!

Welcome Not Another Pizza Joint

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 by Craig Parshall

You’ve had the The Hive Kitchen frozen pizza, now try our hot take-out pizza with Not Another Pizza Joint! Current hours are Wednesday and Thursday 4-9pm, Friday and Saturday 4-10pm — call 815-828-5298 to place an order. For latest information, follow on Facebook or visit our website.

Space Available!

Posted on May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 by Craig Parshall

This is a rare occasion, but we will have some daytime kitchen space available for rent beginning in May! If you have a food business and you are looking for a kitchen to work from, send us a message and we can set up a day and time to arrange a tour!

2022 Channahon Business of the Year!

Posted on April 14, 2022April 28, 2022 by Craig Parshall

Thank you to those who nominated us and to all our kitchen renters and customers for making this happen!

Help Wanted!

Posted on January 18, 2022February 16, 2022 by Craig Parshall

UPDATE: Our positions have been filled!

Looking for part time 20 hours per week food prep helper! Hours would be flexible between 10am-6pm Tuesday-Friday, ideally 3 days a week. Starting pay is $16/hr and for every hour worked, you receive 15 minutes of free kitchen use (Every 20 hours worked gets 5 hours of free kitchen time), which you can use to make your own items to sell in the kitchen store or farmer’s markets etc. So if you are wanting to start up a small food business, this would be an ideal place to start!

Letters to Santa

Posted on December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 by Craig Parshall

It’s back! Our Letters to Santa mailbox is back at the kitchen, and we will be taking letters until December 18th! Everyone who gets their letter to us by that date will receive a letter back before Christmas from Santa himself! There is no purchase necessary and no stamped envelope is needed. Just make sure the return address is legible and if there are any special instructions you would like for Santa to include in the return letter, feel free to send a message to the kitchen page and we will pass the info along.

Saturday 10-9

Posted on October 9, 2021October 10, 2021 by Craig Parshall

Today we have giant breakfast burritos, bacon egg and cheese or ham egg and cheese breakfast buns, pumpkin muffins with cream cheese glaze, cinnamon rolls, pumpkin roll slices and 4 full sized pumpkin cake rolls, cream of chicken and rice soup, chicken soup with cheese tortellini, gluten free strawberry cream cheese crepes, beef bacon and sausage chili, Kung pao chicken and rice, chicken stir Fry with pineapple and bell peppers and peanuts, keto breakfast wraps, Waldorf chicken salad, chicken tetrazzini, baked ziti with Italian sausage, baked chicken parmigiana and gluten free pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.
IN THE FREEZER
Meatloaf, meatballs and marinara sauce, beef birria ramen, Salisbury steak with veggies, chicken devil soup, Mediterranean chicken soup, steak fajita filling, broccoli cheddar soup, chicken in mushroom sauce, pasta with meat sauce, and a few cheesecakes. Open until 11am today!

TGIF 10-8

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 by Craig Parshall

Country Grill is putting their chicken wraps on special today for $5! while supplies last!
We have baked chicken parmigiana, baked ziti with Italian sausage, chicken tetrazzini, cream of chicken and rice soup, chicken soup with cheese tortellini, beef bacon and sausage chili, ham egg and cheese or bacon egg and cheese breakfast buns, stuffed peppers, banana cream cheesecake with peanut butter cookie crust, jalapeño popper chicken salad, antipasto pasta salad, keto breakfast wraps, Waldorf chicken salad, Kung pao chicken, creamy chicken lemon pasta with peas and basil, and gluten free strawberry with cream cheese French crepes!
IN THE FREEZER
Chicken devil soup, corn chowder, Mediterranean chicken soup, meatloaf, meatballs and marinara sauce, Salisbury steak with veggies, broccoli cheddar soup steak fajita filling, beef birria ramen, amd some cheesecakes!
Working on pumpkin muffins with cream
Cheese glaze which will be ready after 2pm!
Open until 6pm.