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Jane Goodwin | March 21, 2013
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Easter Sunday is March 31st – Make Those Breakfast Eggs Texas-Style!

Easter is coming up faster than we realize – it’s March 31 this year. It’s traditional to give the gift of a filled basket on Easter, and Texas Pepper Jelly has several different kinds of baskets filled with an assortment of pepper jellies that would be the PERFECT Easter basket gift for a friend, neighbor, or grown-up family member. While the children in your home might prefer a basket filled with chocolate bunnies and peanut butter eggs, the older family members would be ecstatic to find a basket for them, and filled with their favorite pepper jellies. We have several different shapes and sizes of spicy-filled goodness to choose from, too!

Here’s something awesome that makes Texas Pepper Jelly assortments different – and BETTER – than the assortments you can order from almost every other company: YOU get to choose your flavors. When you order an assortment of any kind from most companies, you’re limited. The baskets are pre-made, and often you are stuck with one or two flavors that nobody likes, and they go to waste, and so did part of your money.

Texas Pepper Jelly doesn’t do that to its customers. When you order an assortment from us, YOU are in charge of telling us which flavors you want. Often, people order several assortment baskets or tins and each one is different.

Order all one flavor if you wish. Order one of each. Order two of one and two of another. It’s up to you.

You tell us what kind of pepper jelly you want in your star-shaped basket, or your round basket, or your tin, and we’ll make it up fresh for you and send it right out.

Texas Pepper Jelly is proud to say that our shipping is really fast, too.

P.S. On Easter morning, when people traditionally have eggs, be sure to set out some pepper jelly to mix with the scrambled eggs, dip the boiled eggs into, spread onto your toast or biscuit or bagel, or eat with a spoon. Hey, people do that all the time. It’s great on French toast, too. And nothing jazzes up a grilled cheese sandwich like our Loco Cheese Dip and pepper jelly on whole wheat!

It’s also awesome stirred into your cocoa or coffee. And your wine, but that’s for later in the day.

Next week: Spice up that traditional Easter baked ham!

Category: Easter ideas, Feast of Fridays, holiday gifts, Loco Cheese Dip, Spicy breakfasts, Texas breakfast recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Holiday Recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Recipes | Tags: assortments, baskets, cocoa, coffee, dipping eggs, Easter, easter baskets, eggs, French toast, Loco Cheese Dip, spicy assortments, Texas Easter baskets, Texas Pepper Jelly, tins, toast, wine
Jane Goodwin | March 8, 2013
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Texas Style Armadillo Eggs!

There are many ways to make “Armadillo Eggs,” but we think (and my kids agree) that Texas Pepper Jelly’s recipe is by far the blue ribbon WINNER!

Texas Style Armadillo Eggs are a perfect snack or party food. They’re easy to make, your whole house will smell wonderful, they’re nutritious, and your family will LOVE THEM!

Ingredients:

4 ounces of room-temperature cream cheese (I use Neufchatel)
1/4 cup Loco Cheese Dip (It’s on sale, too!)
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon finely-chopped cilantro
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Salt to taste (I don’t use any salt because the spices are enough)
6 medium-size jalapenos
2 pounds bulk sausage
1 tablespoon Butcher BBQ marinade
Shake & Bake (if desired) (I use it on half the batch, as my husband loves it)

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 375. Lightly grease a baking or cookie sheet

In a large bowl, mix together the cream cheese, Loco Cheese Dip, garlic, cumin, and cilantro. Blend well. Add a little salt if you think you need it.

Remove the stems from the jalapenos, cut in half lengthwise, scoop out ALL of the seeds, and cut the sliced jalapenos in half, horizontally. (You’ll end up with jalapeno quarters.)

Put about a teaspoon of the cheesy filling in each jalapeno quarter.

Pat the sausage into as many 3-inch circles as you have jalapeno quarters.

Place a stuffed jalapeno in the center of each sausage circle.

Wrap the sausage around the jalapenos, completely, and form into an egg shape.

Brush the “eggs” with the Butcher BBQ marinade. Roll in Shake & Bake, if you desire.

Put the “eggs” on the baking sheet, and bake for about 20 minutes. Watch carefully; when the sausage is cooked, they’re done. If you want them to be a little browner, put the sheet under the broiler for a few minutes.

You can also cook Texas Pepper Jelly’s Armadillo Eggs on the grill.

Serve with various dressings and dips. My daughter uses Ranch dressing, my husband uses salsa, and my son dips them in everything. As for me, I like to dip mine in Loco Cheese Dip.

I mean, has anybody ever really had enough cheese?

Category: BBQ, Feast of Fridays, grilling, Loco Cheese Dip, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas BBQ rubs, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly grilling glazes, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Rubs and Spices | Tags: armadillo eggs, Butcher BBQ marinade, dressings, Loco Cheese Dip, pepper jelly, Shake and Bake, spicy snacks, stuffed jalapenos, Texas Pepper Jelly, TV food
Jane Goodwin | March 1, 2013
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Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad

Whatever the weather outside, there's nothing like some good potato salad inside. Inside the house, and inside the stomach!

Texas Pepper Jelly has posted several awesome potato salad recipes, but this one, which uses Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, is my favorite so far. Potato salad is supposed to have a little kick to it; well, ours has a BIG kick to it! Big kick - bit hit!

Ingredients:

4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed, boiled
4 large potatoes skin-on and cubed, boiled
1/2 cup diced green pepper
1/2 cup diced red pepper
1/4 cup pimento
1/2 cup diced onion
2 boiled eggs, diced
1/2 cup Pineapple Sweet Fire pickles, diced
2 tablespoons yellow mustard
1 cup mayonnaise or Miracle Whip (I use Miracle Whip)
dash salt
dash pepper
dash paprika

What to do:

In a large bowl, mix all of the above ingredients except the paprika thoroughly. Be careful that you don’t mash the boiled potatoes. The skin on the unpeeled potatoes will probably slip off; this is okay. Just mix it in along with everything else.

Put the thoroughly mixed ingredients in a nice serving bowl, if you’re eating soon, or in a Tupperware-type bowl with a sealing lid, if you’re making your potato salad well ahead of time. Sprinkle the paprika over the top of the salad, cover, and refrigerate. Try to get the salad good and cold before you serve it; I usually make it a day ahead so the flavors and textures have time and opportunity to blend well.

Our Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad is the perfect accompaniment to some good BBQ or grilled chicken or pork, and of course the best grilled meat will be covered with Texas Pepper Jelly’s Rib Candy or rubs.

Add to these some baked beans and maybe some corn (on the cob, in season) and you’ve got my all-time favorite meal of all time.

Category: Feast of Fridays, grilling, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly on Pinterest, Texas Pepper Jelly on Twitter, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Rubs and Spices, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, Uncategorized | Tags: baked beans, corn on the cob, goes out like a lion, in season, March comes in like a lamb, perfect meal, perfect potato salad, snow, spicy salad, Texas Pepper Jelly bbq, Texas Pepper Jelly rubs, Texas Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, Texas Pineapple Sweet Fire Potato Salad
Jane Goodwin | January 31, 2013
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SuperBowl Food – Texas Style! SuperBowl Sliders!

Texas pepper Jelly super bowl food

Looking for the best SuperBowl food? You’re at the right place! Texas Pepper Jelly’s recipes are almost ALL well-suited for your couch football fans, and our favorites are featured right here!

Click that link up there and you won’t need to search anywhere else for awesomely good, spicy football food.

And while we’re talking about SuperBowl food, let’s just add this to the list of sure-fire couch-pleasers:

SuperBowl Sliders! (YOu know – miniature cheeseburgers!)

Ingredients:

4 pounds ground beef
5 large onions, cut into rings
1 jar Loco Cheese Dip
Two packages of dinner rolls, approximately 2 dozen rolls
Condiments as desired

What to do:

Form the ground beef into small patties, about 3 inches in diameter
In a large frying pan, lay the onion circles in the pan, and put the hamburger patties on top of the onions. Don’t worry about making them even. Fry the hamburger patties on medium-low heat, turning several times to insure doneness but not burning. The onions will carmelize and “share their wealth” with the hamburger. When the burgers are done, scoop them up, along with the onions, and put one patty on the bottom half of a split dinner roll. Generously spread Loco Cheese Dip over the burger, and replace the top bun. Put the cooked onions in a bowl- they’ll be a condiment. Each time you take up a batch of burgers, replace the cooked onions with fresh-cut.

football food, Loco Cheese slidersWhen you’ve got a huge platter of Loco Cheese Dip-covered mini-burgers-on-a-dinner-roll, bring it into the TV room, put it on the coffee table along with whatever condiments (don’t forget the onions!) your crew wants.

Then, stand back. Or take your place on the couch and grab a slider yourself. Football isn’t only for the guys, you know.

My husband refers to SuperBowl Sliders as “a man’s hors d’oeuvres,” and he just might be right!

He also wanted me to tell you that you can’t fix too many of these. However many you make, they’ll devour.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Loco Cheese Dip, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Pepper Jelly, Uncategorized | Tags: cheeseburgers, condiments, football food, football sliders, hamburgers, Loco Cheese Sauce, platter of sliders, Superbowl Food, SuperBowl Sliders, SuperBowl snacks, Texas Pepper Jelly superbowl
Jane Goodwin | January 25, 2013
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Strawberry Habanero Cake! A Superbowl Specialty!

Texas Pepper Jelly cake It’s still winter, of course, but it won’t be all that long until spring, and with the spring come the strawberries!

Our Strawberry Habanero cake will turn your simple dinner dessert into a real party! And did I mention that it’s unbelievably delicious?!

You can, of course, make the cake completely from scratch, but our version is a lot easier!

Ingredients:

1 strawberry cake mix
2 eggs
1/8 cup oil
1/4 cup Strawberry Habanero pepper jellyTexas Pepper Jelly Strawberry Habanero
1/4 cup water
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 can strawberry icing, or make your own.

What to do:

In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except the sliced strawberries and icing, and mix well. Pour into two buttered layer cake pans, and bake for approximately 32 minutes. When your toothpick comes out clean, your cake is done.

Let the cakes cool. Turn one layer upside-down onto a plate and frost thickly. Turn the other layer right-side-up on top of the first layer, and frost completely. Cover frosting with sliced strawberries.

I usually let the cake chill in the refrigerator for an hour or two before I serve it. It’s great with ice cream! I also like to mix a tablespoon of Strawberry Habanero pepper jelly in the icing before I start frosting the cake. Your call.

Strawberry Habanero Cake is a perfect Superbowl Party food!

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: Spicy desserts, strawberry habanero, Superbowl Food, superbowl recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas strawberry cake
Jane Goodwin | January 18, 2013
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Spicy Peach Pie – Texas Style!

spicy desserts, spicy peach pie IF you read our newsletter – and you really should because it’s full of information, deals, codes, and recipes – you’ll know that we’ve got Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce right now! You can do so much with our grilling sauces; they’re very versatile and great for grilling (naturally) and a zillion other things, too!

Spicy Texas Style Peach Pie is one of my family’s favorites.

Ingredients:spicy peach grilling sauce peach pie

five cups thinly sliced peaches (or two large cans drained peaches)
1 cup sugar (I use Splenda)
1/2 cup Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon butter
1 tablespoon flour or cornstarch (not both! Choose one.)
Uncooked pie crust – top and bottom

What to do:

In a large bowl, mix together the peaches, sugar, grilling sauce, cinnamon, and butter. Pour into uncooked pie shell.

Sprinkle the cinnamon on top of the peach mixture, and put the butter in the middle. Cover with top crust in whatever style or pattern you wish. Crimp the edges wekk. Poke a few holes in the top crust.

Bake in 450 oven for 20 minutes, then lower oven temperature to 326 and bake for another half hour. When the crush looks nice and done, poke with a toothpick to see if the peaches are done. If you’re using fresh peaches, you’ll probably have to bake another 10 or so minutes.

Remove from oven and let it “set” for about an hour. If you slice it too soon, it’ll run all over the plate.

Got any ice cream? Good. Serve your pie with that.

Store the opened Spicy Peach Grilling Sauce in the refrigerator.

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Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Newsletter, TPJ Recipes | Tags: ice cream, newsletter, Spicy desserts, Texas Style Spicy Peach Pie, TPJ desserts, TPJ Newsletter
Jane Goodwin | December 27, 2012
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Texas Jalapeno Passion Dip

Merry Christmas from Texas Pepper Jelly

Merry Christmas from Texas Pepper Jelly!

Many people are snowed in right now, thanks to the 2012 Christmas blizzards covering the midwest with snow. This is a good time for families to put a holiday movie in the DVD player, put some Texas Jalapeno Passion Dip and some crackers on the coffee table, and snuggle up together on the couch! Our jalapeno dip will warm everyone through and through!

Ingredients:

Dip:

6 strips of crispy, diced bacon
2 8-oz packages of softened cream cheese (Neufchatel works, too.)
1/2 cup mayonnaise (I use Miracle Whip, but there is a slight difference. Try both and see which you like better.)
1/2 cup Texas Passion Jalapeno Pepper Jelly
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup finely diced green onion

Topping:

1 cup finely crushed Ritz crackers
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 stick melted butter or margarine (not whipped)

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 350, and get out a large casserole dish.

Combine all of the dip ingredients in a large bowl, and mix well.

Transfer these ingredients to your casserole dish. If you want a thick (tall) dip, use a deeper, smaller dish.

Combine all the topping ingredients and sprinkle over the top of the dip.

Bake in that 350 oven for about 25 minutes. After 15 minutes, check regularly, for when the topping starts to bubble, it’s ready to remove from the oven.

Let the dip “set” for about a half hour before diving into it with the assorted crackers. Remember, it’s really hot at first, so keep an eye on the smaller children.

Texas Jalapeno Passion Dip will become one of your family’s Texas Pepper Jelly winter dip, jalapeno, passion pepper jellyfavorite snacks after tonight. Seriously.

Oh, it’s great with breadsticks and cut vegetables, too. Just remember, it’s jalapeno, and that means hot, with more than just the oven heat!

Category: Christmas in Texas, Feast of Fridays, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Christmas, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Holiday Recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks | Tags: breadsticks, Christmas in Texas, crackers, cut vegetables, dips, family on couch, holiday DVD, jalapeno dip, passion pepper jelly, snow, spicy football snacks, Texas Christmas, Texas Pepper Jelly, winter snacks
Jane Goodwin | September 7, 2012
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Spicy Grilled Taters

pepper jelly, feast, fridays, spicy goodness Oh my gosh, these grilled potato wedges are SO GOOD! They’re easy, too, especially if you’ve already fired up the grill for the meat.

Put a sheet of foil on part of your grill, as potatoes tend to fall through, and you won’t want to waste a single wedge.

Wash and slice (don’t peel!) several large potatoes of any kind – I’ve used red, white, and even blue potatoes, although the blue ones weren’t as popular with my kids. (It was a Fourth of July whimsy, but you never know until you try, right?)

Brush the potato wedges with various kinds of Texas Pepper Jelly and roast until tender. Times will vary, because grills vary, so turn the wedges a time or two and keep checking for tenderness.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Grilled Taters are the perfect side dish for any cookout, whether you’re grilling chicken, ribs, steaks, or whatever!

Spicy Grilled Taters are also good when brushed with Rib Candy.

When we’re ready to eat, I put the bottles of pepper jelly and Rib Candy on the picnic table and everybody pours some in their plates to dip both the potatoes and the meat. I do not use salt when I cook, but with Texas Pepper Jelly products, we really don’t miss it.

My kids stir Rib Candy into sour cream for dipping purposes. It’s great!

Category: BBQ, Feast of Fridays, grilling, Spicy side dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sauces and Salsas | Tags: dipping, Feast of Fridays, grilled chicken, grilled meat, grilled potatoes, grilled ribs, grilled steak, grilling, pepper jelly, potatoes, Rib Candy, Rib Candy and sour cream dip, Spicy Grilled Taters, Texas Pepper Jelly
Jane Goodwin | August 24, 2012
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Loco Cheese Biscuits

pepper jelly, feast, fridays, spicy goodness Red Lobster has their famous Cheddar Bay Biscuits, and people love them. It’s no wonder, either, because they’re delicious! Texas Pepper Jelly has Loco Cheese Biscuits, and you’re going to love them even more! Our cheese biscuits have a “kick” to them that you’ll not find anywhere else.

This recipe has only a few ingredients, and uses Bisquick, which means it’s a shortcut. You can, of course, make your biscuits from scratch before adapting them with the Loco Cheese Dip, but when you can make them so easily, it’s not really worth the extra effort to make them in any other way!

Ingredients:

2 cups Bisquick baking mix
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup Loco Cheese Dip
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

What to do:

Mix the Bisquick, milk, and Loco Cheese Dip until soft dough forms. Beat vigorously for about a minute. Drop the dough by spoonfulls onto a buttered cookie sheet.

Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Mix the butter and garlic powder, and brush over the warm biscuits before removing them from the cookie sheet. Serve warm.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Loco Cheese Dip, New Texas Pepper Jelly product, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: baking mix, biscuits, Bisquick, Cheddar Bay Biscuits, easy appetizer, easy loco cheese dip recipes, Loco Cheese Biscuits, Loco Cheese Dip, Red Lobster, scratch biscuits, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Recipes
Jane Goodwin | July 6, 2012
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Texas Cinnamon Tortilla Chips

pepper jelly, feast, fridays, spicy goodness Okay, fans, here’s what you’ve been waiting for – the perfect dippin’ chip to go with dessert or fruit-type dips! It’s so easy, too, and only takes about ten minutes to fix ‘em.

Ingredients:

10 flour tortillas
1/2 cup of melted butter (I use butter-flavored spray)
1 cup white sugar (I use Splenda)
2 tablespoons of cinnamon

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 350.

Spread or spray one side of each tortilla with butter, and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Using a pizza cutter or knife (pizza cutter is so much easier!) divide each tortilla into fourths. (cut in half both ways)

Arrange the tortilla wedges on a large buttered baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes, and let them cool for at least a half hour before serving.

Your entire house will smell WONDERFUL.

Serve with Wednesday’s Spicy Fruit Salsa, or with any kind of fruit or dessert salsa or dip. They’re also good to each by the handful, like potato chips. These chips are best when eaten the same day they’re made.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy desserts, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes | Tags: chips, cinnamon chips, dessert dip chips, fruit dip, fruit dip chips, pepper jelly, salsa, spicy fruit dip, Texas Pepper Jelly
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