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Jane Goodwin | December 10, 2012

Christmas in Texas: Gift Packages!

There are many differences between a Texas Pepper Jelly gift package and everybody else’s gift packages, and all of these differences are positive!

First of all, our gift packages are quite affordable – you’ll get more than your money’s worth.

Next, our gift packages are delicious, nutritious, colorful, and unique. Your gift will be the recipient’s favorite, no holds barred.

Finally, we are the only company – that we know of – that allows our customers to, well, customize any and all of our gift packages. Most companies want to sell you a pre-packed gift box with flavors, etc, chosen for the convenience of the business.

Texas Pepper Jelly wants to send you a gift box packed with the flavors of your own choosing. That’s right – your gift box will be personalized by YOU, not by us. Choose a variety of flavors, choose all one flavor, choose any kind of mix you want. Key word: YOU.

Texas Pepper Jelly has several awesome gift packages, awaiting your choice of flavors. Order by December 18 and you’ll get your package before Christmas.

Category: Christmas in Texas, Monday Munchies, Texas Christmas, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Gifts, TPJ Sampler Tins | Tags: Christmas gift packages, customer choice, gift box, gift tins, holiday tins, Texas Pepper Jelly

Jane Goodwin | October 15, 2012

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Spicy Supreme Meatloaf of the Gods

Meatloaf lovers, rejoice, for the weather is starting to chill and it’s fast becoming perfect meatloaf time!

Speaking of perfect meatloaf. . . Texas Pepper Jelly has it. Seriously. Our meat loaf will challenge you mom’s meatloaf and WIN.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups chopped onion
1 tablespoon garlic powder
3 large eggs
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1/4 cup Apple Habanero pepper jelly
1/4 cup finely chopped apple, or applesauce
1/4 cup diced green pepper
1 pound extra lean ground beef
1 pound sausage
1 1/2 cups bread crumbs or ground-up soda crackers
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup Apple Habanero Rib Candy
1/4 cup brown sugar
dash salt
dash black pepper
dash marjoram
1 tablespoon cider vinegar

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 350.

In a large mixing bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, mustard, apples, green pepper, and pepper jelly. Add the salt, pepper, and marjoram. Blend thoroughly. Add the meats, bread crumbs, milk, and onions. Use your hands to mix it up well.

In a small bowl, stir together the ketchup, Rib Candy, sugar, and vinegar.

Transfer the meat mixture to a large loaf pan. Brush the meat, all over, with the Rib Candy/ketchup/sugar/vinegar mixture. Use about half the marinade mixture.

Bake for about 45 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with more glaze. Return to oven and bake another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with remaining glaze. Return to oven for approximately 10 more minutes, or however long it takes for that final glaze to “set.”

Let the meat loaf settle before slicing.

It’s so good. I want some RIGHT NOW.

Category: Monday Munchies, Spicy main dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes | Tags: better than your mom's meat loaf, chilly meatloaf weather, glazed meat loaf, meat loaf of the gods, perfect meat loaf, spicy meat loaf, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | September 24, 2012

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Spicy Holiday Apple-Cranberry Sauce

Autumn is officially here, and it’s time to start thinking about holiday recipes for all those company and family dinners we’ll be cooking soon.

Spicy Holiday Apple-Cranberry Sauce is a perfect accompaniment or side dish for a holiday dinner or for a leisurely family dinner. It’s easy to make, nutritious, and packs a little wallop that will make your guests or family beg for more!

Ingredients:

6 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced (don’t use sweet apples!)
1 package (12 oz) fresh cranberries (don’t use frozen)
1 lemon, seeded and sliced very thin
1/4 cup Pomegranate Cranberry Habanero Rib Candy
1/4 cup Apple Habanero Pepper Jelly
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/ cup water
1 cup sweetened dried cranberries (sometimes called “craisins.”)

What to do:

In a large saucepan, bring the apples, cranberries, lemon, sugar, water, and Rib Candy to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly.

Reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. When the cranberries pop, remove from the heat and add the pepper jelly and craisins. Keep stirring; don’t let the mixture stick.

Cool and chill until ready to serve. This dish can be stored in the refrigerator for 2 weeks or more, and in the freezer for a year or more.

Don’t count on any leftovers.

This recipe contains several “strong” ingredients. You might want to make it several times, modifying amounts, etc, for “practice” before Thanksgiving. Some people don’t like the lemon in it, but my family loves it.

This recipe is awesome on ice cream. I might have experimented with cake, too. And maybe a bagel.

Oh my gosh, the bagels were outstanding with this stuff on them. . . .

Category: Monday Munchies, Spicy desserts, Spicy side dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Holiday Recipes, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: craisins, Cranberries, Granny Smith apples, holiday recipes, holiday side dishes, lemon, Spicy holiday apple-cranberry sauce, Spicy side dishes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | September 16, 2012

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Zesty Texas-Style Crockpot Sloppy Joes

Who doesn’t love sloppy joes? I tend to sing the Adam Sandler song about sloppy joes as I put this recipe together, but I’ve always been classy like that. This sloppy joe recipe will become your family’s favorite sloppy joe recipe after one meal – it happened that way at my house!

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef, crumbled, cooked, and WELL DRAINED
1 teaspoon garlic powder
one large onion, finely chopped
one green bell pepper, finely chopped
1 raw carrot, finely chopped
1/4 cup Texas Pepper Jelly’s Candied Jalapenos, chopped fine
1 can black beans, drained and mashed
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
dash cumin
dash black pepper
dash chili powder

What to do:

Put everything in your crockpot and stir well. Set dial to “low” and forget about it for 6 hours or so.

Set out the bun, chips, and tossed salad, and you’ve got a nutritious, delicious meal. All those vegetables in the mixture make these sloppy joes into a dinner, not merely a lunch. This isn’t junk food, parents – it’s GOOD for your kids!

Sometimes I use mashed refried beans instead of black beans; my kids like it that way, too, but they prefer the black beans.

I also break the crockpot rules and will occasionally remove the lid and give the mixture a stir. If it seems dry, add a little – VERY little – water.

Texas-style Zesty Sloppy Joes are a perfect football-fan food, too!

Category: crockpot meals, Monday Munchies, New Texas Pepper Jelly product, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Spicy sandwiches, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Recipes, Uncategorized | Tags: candied habaneros, crockpot food, delicious sloppy joes, football food, nutritious sloppy joes, sloppy joes, slow-cooker meals, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas-style sloppy joes, zesty sloppy joes

Jane Goodwin | August 20, 2012

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Texas Round Steak

Texas Round Steak: It’s like Swiss steak, only for people who like it spicy! Chock full of vegetables and flavor, Texas Round Steak will become one of your family’s favorites! Add to the fun – it can be made in your crockpot OR on your stovetop OR in your oven, depending on the season and the weather!

Another timesaver: you don’t have to brown the steak before adding all the rest of the ingredients!

Ingredients:

1 lbs. round steak, well trimmed
1 tbs. salt
dash of black pepper
1 green pepper, sliced in rings
1 red pepper, sliced in rings
2 carrots, sliced in coins
1 large apple, peeled and cubed (I use Granny Smith)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
1 large onion, sliced in rings
1 large tomato, diced (or 1/2 cup canned diced tomato)
1 cup Apple Habanero Rib Candy
1 cup water

What to do:

Place the round steak in a large oven dish (if you’re using the oven) or a Dutch oven (if you’re using the stovetop) or a slow cooker (if you’re using your crockpot) and cover with all the other ingredients. Cover and bake 2 hours in a 350 oven, or 2 hours on stovetop low heat, or 8 hours on low in your crockpot.

If you make gravy with the liquid after removing the meat and all the trimmings, your family will thank you for it.

One more thing: this dish, while cooking, will make your entire house smell wonderful. The neighbors will probably show up at your door, begging for a plate.

Category: crockpot meals, Monday Munchies, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Spicy main dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes | Tags: crockpot, oven, Rib Candy, slow cooker, spicy main dish, steak, stovetop, tender meat, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Round Steak, vegetables

Jane Goodwin | August 13, 2012

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Pineapple Habanero Frozen Delight

Okay, this recipe combines some rather diverse flavors, but the result is AWESOME! You’ll find yourself thinking about this wonderful frozen salad all day, anticipating getting home where you can indulge yourself!

Ingredients:

2 (3oz) packages black cherry Jell-O
1/2 cup sugar (I use Splenda)
1 #2 can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup Pineapple Habanero pepper jelly
1 can Milnot (chilled)
1 8oz package of cream cheese (I use Neufchatel)
1/2 cup pecans

What to do:

Heat the Jell-O, pineapple, pepper jelly, and sugar until dissolved, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool.

Cream the cheese, and add to the cooled Jell-O mixture. Whip the chilled Milnot until stiff and fold into the Jell-O mixure.

Let the mixture “set” in the refrigerator overnight, and then place it in the freezer until ready to serve.

I often put this mixture into popsicle molds for my kids. If you don’t have molds, put the mixture in ice cube trays, with a plastic spoon or wooden stirring stick in each space. Or, pour it all into a pan and slice it with a knife.

Any way you cut it, Pineapple Habanero Frozen Delight is, well, a DELIGHT.

Category: Monday Munchies, Spicy desserts, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks | Tags: cream cheese, Frozen Delight, Jell-O, Milnot, Monday Munchies, pineapple, Pineapple Habanero, spicy dessert, Splenda

Jane Goodwin | August 5, 2012

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Texas Chicken Wraps

Texas Chicken Wraps are a quick, nutritious meal, and you can use up several leftovers in the making!

Ingredients:

6 flour tortillas (soft)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
dash of black pepper
12 oz. of skinless, boneless chicken breast strips (sliced VERY thin)
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 cups shredded broccoli or broccoli slaw mix
1 medium onion, cut into very thin wedges
Texas Pepper Jelly, any flavor
Texas Rib Candy, any flavor

What to do:

In a medium mixing bowl, combine the chicken, garlic powder, and pepper, tossing to coat evenly.

In a large skillet, heat the oil. Cook and stir seasoned chicken for 2-3 minutes or until no longer pink and raw-looking. Add the broccoli and onion to the skillet; cook and stir for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat.

Now for the assembly – your family might want to help with this part! Spread each tortilla with a tablespoon of pepper jelly OR Rib Candy; alternate so there will be CHOICES!

Top with chicken strips and vegetable mixture. Roll up each tortilla, securing with a toothpick. If desired, heat in microwave for just a minute or two.

Serve immediately, with pepper jelly and rib candy. Everybody will need a spoon.

You can use almost any shredded vegetable with this recipe; I’ve used green beans, corn, peas, okra. . . really, whatever leftovers you’ve got in the refrigerator will work, and using different vegetables makes this recipe into a different experience each time! Using different pepper jelly flavors makes this meal an adventure, too.

You’ll need a good sharp knife for all this vegetable and chicken shredding. Why not get one of our fantastic Messermeister knives; they’re guaranteed to do a wonderful job!

Also? YUMMMMMMMMMMY.

Category: Messermeister cutlery, Monday Munchies, Spicy leftovers, Spicy main dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, TPJ Recipes | Tags: chicken, leftovers, olive oil, pepper jelly, Rib Candy, stir-frying, Texas Chicken Wraps, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, tortillas, TPJ recipe

Jane Goodwin | July 2, 2012

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Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip

There’s nothing like a delicious hot dip to start the week off right, and since this is a holiday week, and since the holiday is Independence Day, and since Independence Day is traditionally filled with hot stuff like fireworks and bottle rockets, it’s even more appropriate to begin said week with a fantastic hot dip! Your family will love our Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip. Just set it on the table along with crackers, chips, Fritos, raw veggies, breadsticks, or anything else you think your family might like to dip or spread with Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip.

Ingredients:

1/2 pound lump crabmeat (fake will work, too)
1 8-ounce package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup mayonnaise (Miracle Whip just doesn’t work here)
1/4 cup Loco Cheese Dip
3 tablespoons minced onion
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 325.

Combine all of the above ingredients in a large bowl and GENTLY mix. Put mixture in a buttered casserole dish and bake for 35 minutes until lightly golden on top. Serve hot.

You might put the rest of the Loco Cheese Dip on the table with it, in case someone wants a little more kick to his/her portion.

Don’t count on any leftovers; there seldom are leftovers with Texas Pepper Jelly recipes.

P.S. Speaking of hot stuff, please be careful with any fireworks you might want to set off. Most parts of the country are suffering from terrible drought, and you don’t want to start a fire in the dry grass. If your community has cancelled its fireworks display because of the dryness, please don’t put on your own pyrotechnic show and run the risk of irreversible harm to your home and other people’s as well. Stay safe this Fourth of July!

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Monday Munchies, Spicy side dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks | Tags: banned pyrotechnics, breadsticks, cancelled fireworks, chips, crackers, danger, dip, drought, dry grass, fireworks, Loco Cheese Dip, Monday Munchies, spicy appetizer, Texas Appetizer, Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip, Texas Pepper Jelly, veggies

Jane Goodwin | May 26, 2012

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Spicy Texas Doughnut Muffins

Oh, this recipe is SO SIMPLE, and yet you and your family are going to be crazy about it! I predict a routine family favorite for the rest of your natural lives!

Ingredients:

1 roll of refrigerator biscuits – I use the extremely inexpensive kind.
Texas Pepper Jelly of your choice
butter spray

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 400.

Use the butter spray on your muffin tin. Be generous.

Now, crack open the roll of biscuits and “pull” a hole in the middle of each one. Make it look like a doughnut.

Put the “doughnuts” in the muffin tin. Spoon a dollop (to your own taste!) of Texas Pepper Jelly in the middle. Don’t cover up the pepper jelly.

Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes, and then continue to check progress. When the biscuits are nicely browned to your family’s taste (everybody’s different when it comes to biscuits) remove and serve warm. Do NOT serve straight from the oven because jelly boils and is still hot even when the bread part is just warm. The dough will have risen and engulfed the pepper jelly, and once you’re cooled these down just a bit, every bite will be infused with pepper jelly.

My family doesn’t use any condiments with these; the pepper jelly is enough for them. My sister spread a little butter on hers when she joined us. These Spicy Texas Doughnut Muffins are great for breakfast or snack or any time, really.

Did I mention how easy this recipe is? I’m sure you noticed, but hey. EASY RECIPE!

And so, so amazingly delicious!

Category: Monday Munchies, Spicy breakfasts, Spicy condiments, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas breakfast recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: pepper jelly, refrigerator biscuit dough, spicy breakfast, spicy doughnuts, spicy muffins, Spicy Texas Doughnut Muffins, Texas Pepper Jelly

Jane Goodwin | May 14, 2012

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Texas Pepper Jelly’s Hot & Spicy Chicken Dip

Before you even start making this dip, be sure you’ve got plenty of raw veggies, chips, and anything else your family and friends like to dip into the dip.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Chicken Dip is nutritious and filling enough to be the meal, not merely the snack or the appetizer!

Plus, it’s easy to make, makes your whole house smell wonderful, and is absolutely delicious.

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts, skinned, boned, cooked and shredded
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened (I use Neufchatel)
1/2 cup milk (skim works, too)
1/2 cup mayonnaise (Miracle Whip works, too)
1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
1/2 cup Candied Jalapenos
2 tablespoons lemon juice (fresh, not bottled)
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt (don’t leave out the salt)
3/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (8-ounce) package shredded pepper-jack cheese

What to do:

In a large bowl, combine everything except the sour cream. Blend thoroughly.

Pour mixture into large buttered oven-safe casserole dish, and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Mixture will be VERY hot, so pace yourselves and let it cool a bit before you start devouring it.

Category: Monday Munchies, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Snacks | Tags: Candied Jalapenos, cream cheese, hot and spicy chicken dip, Hot Chicken Dip, Jack cheese, Miracle Whip, Spicy Chicken Dip, Texas Pepper Jelly

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Zesty Texas-Style Crockpot Sloppy Joes

Texas Round Steak

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Texas Gulf Coast Crab Dip

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