â Salt and pepper. â Meat spice rub, dried ground cumin, ground sage, or ground mustard (optional) 1. Heat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (it will take at least 20 minutes to warm up). Let the pork chops rest at room temperature while you are heating the oven.
The USDA My Plate campaign offers different ways to envision a serving of meat: 1  Picture slightly less than one-quarter of your dinner plate as the meat serving.  Limit your meat serving to 3 ounces, or the approximate size of a deck of cards and the palm of your hand. This serving size allows you to get 2 more ounces of other protein, such as eggs, nuts or beans.
The per person cost will vary, depending upon the items selected. For meat portions, usually we figure 1/3 - 1/2 lb of meat per person. Thus, for 25 people you would order between 8-12 lbs. meat, total (not of each meat), depending upon the appetites of your group. For side dishes usually figure a total of one gallon per 12 people. This is a total amount of side dishes, not amount for each side dish. Thus, for 25 people, you would order 2 gallons total side dishes.