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Jane Goodwin | September 16, 2012

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 31, 2012

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Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles: A Strom’s Best Friend!

My husband’s favorite sandwich is a Strom, loaded with half a salad bar, plus tomato sauce. He used to like a local restaurant’s Strom best, but those days are over.

Now, he likes the Stroms I make for him at home. There are several reasons for this.

Firstly, I use fresh ingredients. The sausage, cheeses, vegetables, etc, are all market fresh.

Secondly, I use Texas Pepper Jelly’s Rib Candy instead of tomato or spaghetti sauce.

Now, a person can’t eat a Strom without bread-and-butter pickles, and my husband used to like the regular ones that he got at the restaurants.

He doesn’t like those much any more, because he’s used to eating Texas Pepper Jelly’s Pineapple Sweet Fire bread-and-butter pickles with his stroms. I know why, too.

Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles are just simply the most delicious pickles any of us have ever experienced, and we’re BIG pickle-lovers here.

Try them yourself. Texas Pepper Jelly’s Pineapple Sweet Fire pickles are the most awesome bread-and-butter pickles you’ll ever experience. No exaggeration, either.

I eat them straight out of the jar, but my husband prefers them with a sandwich, and preferably the sandwich will be a Strom. Stroms are, technically, an Italian sandwich, but they’re still way better with Rib Candy and Pineapple Sweet Fire than the usual way.

Honest.

Category: New Texas Pepper Jelly product, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Spicy sandwiches, Superbowl Food, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes | Tags: bread and butter pickles, pickles, Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, sandwiches, stromboli sandwich, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips

Jane Goodwin | January 31, 2012

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Super Bowl Meatloaf: Stop Laughing & Have A Sandwich!

Oh hush. You know you love a good meatloaf sandwich, and Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy SuperBowl Meatloaf is the best EVER.

This recipe makes awesome meatloaf – fit for your family dinner table – but this weekend it will be easier to just slice it up and turn it into the kind of sandwich that will bring all the neighbors to your sofa.

Ingredients:

3 pounds hamburger
1 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs ( cracker crumbs work, too; that’s what I use)
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
3/4 cup nonfat dry milk
1/2 cup Texas Rib Candy
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup ketchup
4 large eggs
1 tablespoon garlic powder (not garlic salt!)
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt (if you use cracker crumbs, omit the salt)

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 375.

In a large bowl, combine all but 2 tablespoons of the ketchup, and mix thoroughly – use your hands. Divide the mixture into two “loaves,” and place in ungreased baking pan. Don’t use a flat cookie-type pan; your pan must have sides. Cover the tops of both loaves with the remaining ketchup.

Bake for approximately an hour. When your timer goes off, check to make sure your loaves do NOT have pink centers.

Let the loaves stand for at least a half hour before slicing. In fact, if you make them the day before, they slice a lot better cold.

Most people do not need any condiments with these sandwiches, but since a few will, set out some ketchup, mustard, pickles, etc. Eat ‘em up.

Category: Spicy sandwiches, Superbowl Food, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Snacks | Tags: awesome meatloaf, delicious meatloaf sandwich, easy football sandwich, football food, meat loaf, spicy meat loaf, Super Bowl sandwiches, Superbowl Food, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | December 19, 2011

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Christmas in Texas: Like A Bowlful of Jelly

Santa, according to the poem, had a belly that shook like a bowlful of jelly when he laughed. Whenever I hear or read that, it’s not regular jelly that comes to my mind any more.

It’s Texas Pepper Jelly.

My family have gotten into the habit of using pepper jelly on something at almost every meal now. So, I’ve gotten into the habit of putting a bowlful of pepper jelly on the table for all three meals.

I’ve caught them all licking the spoon, too.

We put pepper jelly in coffee, sangria, tea, cocoa, and water. We freeze pepper jelly in ice cube trays and drop ‘em in lemonade and punch. We put pepper jelly on mashed potatoes, and toast, and biscuits. We use pepper jelly in baked beans, and salads of all kinds. We marinade chicken, and pork, and fish in pepper jelly. Pepper jelly has replaced butter on our table. My kids put pepper jelly on pancakes and waffles and French toast. My husband makes a peanut butter-and-pepper jelly sandwich when he gets home from school. We stir it into soup. We use it instead of salad dressing. We spread it on most sandwiches.

Really, I can’t think of a single pepper jelly “experiment” that flopped. The stuff is just so good.

About that sangria with pepper jelly. . . . I highly recommend that one. I mean, it’s fruit, right?

Be sure you set out a bowlful of pepper jelly on your holiday table. Santa’s watching you.

Category: Christmas in Texas, holiday gifts, Monday Munchies, Spicy breakfasts, Spicy condiments, Spicy desserts, Spicy drinks, Spicy leftovers, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Spicy sandwiches, Spicy side dishes, Spicy soups |

Jane Goodwin | August 16, 2011

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Apricot Habanero Sweet & Sour Meatballs!

I have always used apricot jam added to bottled barbecue sauce when I made sweet and sour meatballs to take to parties and family reunions. Now that Texas Pepper Jelly has Apricot Habanero Pepper Jelly, however, I’ve changed my recipe.

Now I’ll be taking sweet, sour, and hot meatballs to parties and family reunions.

If you thought sweet & sour barbecue sauce was good, just wait until you wrap your taste buds around that same simple recipe made with Apricot Habanero pepper jelly instead of plain ordinary apricot jam!

Just add about 1/2 cup of Apricot Habanero to one average-sized jar of bottled barbecue sauce, pour it over a baking dish full of meatballs – make your own or buy a package of frozen – bake until the sauce is bubbly, and set it on the table with a big spoon in it.

Then stand back.

I put a box of toothpicks on the table for people who like to spear their meatballs instead of forking them.

I’m a forker, myself.

This recipe makes a dish that will make your entire house smell so wonderful, strangers will come to the door and beg for a taste.

This is also a GREAT recipe for your crockpot. These hot summer days, in fact, I recommend putting the mixture in your crockpot. That way, your oven won’t be heating up your whole house.

Did I mention that however you choose to make this recipe, your house will smell like a dream? I did? Well, I’m mentioning it again. Mmmmm, barbecue. . . .

Category: BBQ, crockpot meals, Slow cooker delights, slow-cooker meals, Spicy sandwiches, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, What's Cookin' Wednesday |

Jane Goodwin | July 26, 2011

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Texas Sandwich Spread

jalapenos Who wants to cook in triple-digit weather? It’s been so hot here, even the outdoor grill puts out too much heat to bear up under.

On hot, humid summer days, a cold lunch is the best lunch. Texas Pepper Jelly’s sandwich spread is delicious, easy, economical, and nutritious. Why not mix some up, spread it on bread or dip raw veggies into it, slice a peach, brew some ice cold tea, and have the perfect summer meal?

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups minced cooked ham
1/4 cup Texas Rib Candy (any flavor)
2 tablespoons dill pickle relish
Worcestershire sauce to taste (I use 1/2 teaspoon)
2 to 3 tablespoons mayonnaise (Start small and add until it’s the consistency you want)

What to do:

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl and put it in the refrigerator. When the mixture is cold, spread it on bread, or dip your garden produce in it.

I like to mix some hard grated cheese in mine, but my kids prefer it without.

Category: grilling, Spicy main dishes, Spicy sandwiches, Ten Minute Meals, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, What's Cookin' Wednesday |

Jane Goodwin | May 3, 2011

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Barbecue Season Approaches!

Does anybody really believe that the best recipes are the complicated recipes? At Texas Pepper Jelly, sure, we have some complicated recipes, and they’re awesomely deliciousl

However, we also maintain that our simple recipes are some of the best. You don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen to come out with a tasty treat for your family or friends. All you have to do is pour a jar of Texas Pepper Jelly over cream cheese, or spread some pepper jelly on your bread or crackers or toast. Any meat marinated in pepper jelly will melt in your mouth, and if I started nomming about Texas Pepper Jelly products and your grill, we’d be here all night.

But I will remind you that whatever you cook on your outdoor grill will be 100% better if you slather it in pepper jelly or Rib Candy.

It’s soon-to-be-summer. Stock up!

Category: BBQ, Spicy breakfasts, Spicy desserts, Spicy drinks, Spicy leftovers, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Spicy sandwiches, Spicy side dishes, Spicy soups, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas grilling sauces, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Customer service, TPJ Gifts, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, TPJ Snacks | Tags: barbecue season, pepper jelly and bread, pepper jelly and crackers, pepper jelly appetizers, pepper jelly grilling, pepper jelly over cream cheese, simple barbecue, simple recipes, simple spicy recipes, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy

Jane Goodwin | March 20, 2011

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Good Friends and Mandarin Orange Habanero Pepper Jelly

mondaymunchies We want you to click over to our good friend Molly Werner-Gaza’s blog. She has posted an excellent and yummy recipe for Mandarin Orange Habanero Marmalade Chicken, and it’s well worth trying!! Your family will love it!

Thank you, Molly, for using Texas Pepper Jelly in your recipe, and for linking to us from your very excellent blog, When the Dinner Bell Rings.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Mandarin Orange Habanero pepper jelly is wonderful for use in recipes. Give a look at our Spicy Mandarin Orange Cornish Hens, or our Zippy Sweet Potatoes, for example.

Whether we’re talking about breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, snacks, desserts, sandwiches, salads, soups, brunch, appetizers, or whatever, there is always an opportunity to jazz up your recipes by adding some Texas Pepper Jelly to them. Just check out our fantastic eCookbook; you’ll see!

Category: Craig Sharry, eCookbook, Ethnic recipes, Monday Munchies, Spicy breakfasts, Spicy desserts, Spicy drinks, Spicy leftovers, Spicy main dishes, Spicy salads, Spicy sandwiches, Spicy side dishes, Spicy soups, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Appetizers, TPJ Recipes | Tags: Craig Sharry, easy appetizers, easy recipes, easy suppers, eCookbook, Mandarin Orange Habanero Marmalade Chicken, Molly Werner-Gaza, Monday Munchies, pepper jelly, pepper jelly recipes, quick and easy recipes, spicy appetizers, spicy breakfast, spicy brunch, Spicy desserts, spicy dinner, spicy lunch, Spicy Mandarin Orange Cornish Hens, Spicy salads, spicy snacks, Spicy soups, spicy supper, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly Mandarin Orange Habanero pepper jelly, When the dinner Bell rings, Zippy Sweet Potatoes

Jane Goodwin | February 10, 2011

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Meatloaf Again? AWESOME, If Texas Rib Candy Is In It!

Meatloaf gets a lot of bad rap, but if the meatloaf is made with Texas Rib Candy, your family will greet the dinner table with cries of joy, not complaints. Sure there are some pretty awful meat loaf recipes, but you won’t find any of those here. Our Texas Rib Candy meatloaf recipe is the best you’ll ever find.

On these snowy winter days, there’s just nothing finer than a hot oven meal. Comfort food at its best!

Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds hamburger
2 eggs
3/4 cup crushed soda crackers
1/2 cup Texas Rib Candy
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup diced green pepper
1/4 cup diced red pepper
1/4 cup diced onion
dash Worcestershire sauce
dash black pepper

What to do:

Set your oven for 350.

Get out a large bowl and put ALL of the ingredients in it. WITH YOUR HANDS, get it all thoroughly mixed together.

Put the mixture in a baking dish large enough so you can leave a space; this makes it easier to pour off the grease when the meatloaf is done. Squiggle some Texas Rib Candy and ketchup over the top of the loaf, and place the dish in your oven. Bake for 50 minutes, or until the edges of the meatloaf start to look “blackish.”

When it’s done, remove from the oven and let it “set” on the top of your stove for about 15 minutes; this will let you slice it more easily.

If there’s any Rib Candy left, put it on the table so people who want MORE can use it on their slice of meatloaf.

Advice: Don’t add any salt to your meatloaf mixture; the crushed crackers will supply all the salt you’ll need for flavoring.

More Advice: Some people prefer BBQ sauce to the ketchup. Your call.

P.S. Meatloaf is even better the next day, if you have any left over, which you probably won’t. It makes a great sandwich, too.

Category: Feast of Fridays, Spicy main dishes, Spicy sandwiches, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, What's Cookin' Wednesday |

Jane Goodwin | February 6, 2011

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Superbowl Special: Spicy Sloppy Joes

While the game is at its peak (like right this minute!) take a little time to tiptoe to the kitchen and throw together some Spicy Sloppy Joes for your Superbowl Couch Guests! It’s so easy and only takes a few minutes, even if you’re starting with raw hamburger!

Ingredients:

2 pounds hamburger, and you need to cook it up if you haven’t already
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup Texas Rib Candy
1/8 cup shredded onion
1/8 cup shredded green pepper
1 tbsp. chili powder
Dash salt, if you must
Dash pepper

What to do:

Drain the ground beef well, and then add all the other ingredients to the pan the stir. Let ingredients cook together for a few minutes, and then pile it onto buns.

If you put it on hamburger buns, you can call it Spanish Hamburger, and if you pile it on hot dog buns, on the hot dot, you can call it a Coney.

Now, back to the game!

Category: News Flash!, Spicy main dishes, Spicy sandwiches, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food, Ten Minute Meals, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, Texas Tips, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, TPJ Snacks | Tags: Superbowl Food, Superbowl special, Superbowl spicy sloppy joes, Texas Pepper Jelly

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Archive for Spicy sandwiches

Zesty Texas-Style Crockpot Sloppy Joes

Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles: A Strom’s Best Friend!

Super Bowl Meatloaf: Stop Laughing & Have A Sandwich!

Christmas in Texas: Like A Bowlful of Jelly

Apricot Habanero Sweet & Sour Meatballs!

Texas Sandwich Spread

Barbecue Season Approaches!

Good Friends and Mandarin Orange Habanero Pepper Jelly

Meatloaf Again? AWESOME, If Texas Rib Candy Is In It!

Superbowl Special: Spicy Sloppy Joes

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