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Jane Goodwin | April 19, 2013

You Need A Texas Pepper Jelly T-Shirt!

Texas Pepper Jelly has the perfect t-shirt for your summer grilling – our awesome shirts come in all sizes from Large to 5X, and in three bright colors: pink, red, and sport grey!

Most licensed t-shirts are expensive, but Texas Pepper Jelly’s t-shirts are only $15.00, and they’re made of 100% pre-shrunk cotton. Throw them into the dryer – they’ll be the same size when they come back out! We accept several payment types, including PayPal!

Our t-shirts are so popular that sometimes a particular size/color combo is out of stock, but if you get that message, please try again in a few days. We WANT you to have one of our awesome T-shirts, and we’ll have your size later, if we don’t have it right now.

Mine is pink.

I wear it whenever we grill out in the summer, and I’ve already worn it twice this spring. This weekend it’s going to freeze again, but where I live, the seasons change every five minutes, and in a few days it’ll be warm again.

My Texas Pepper Jelly shirt is my favorite t-shirt, and just seeing it makes me think of the awesome products I’ve stocked my pantry with in preparation for official grilling-out season.

I’ve got several flavors of pepper jelly, two jars of Loco Cheese Dip, three bottles of Rib Candy, and a jar of Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, so far, and I’m not done ordering yet. Besides, I can’t keep any of Texas Pepper Jelly’s products IN my pantry for more than a few days, because my family is crazy about them and when everybody’s home, things mysteriously disappear.

P.S. Those Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles are really good. They’re also on sale right now.

P.P.S. Did I mention that those pickles are really good? Holy cow, SO GOOD!

P.P.P.S. The Loco Cheese Dip is on sale, too. I might need to order some more of that right now – my son is here and I spotted him eating something an hour or so ago, and I suspect that he found my Loco Cheese Dip. . .

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Pineapple Sweet Fire, Spicy condiments, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Rib Candy, TPJ Rubs and Spices, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, TPJ T-shirt | Tags: 5X t-shirt, awesome pickles, bright t-shirts, colored t-shirts, grilling season, Loco Cheese Dip, on sale, perfect t-shirt, Pineapple Sweet Fire Pickles, products on sale, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly T-shirts, Texas Rib Candy

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 | February 1, 2013

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SuperBowl Food: Spicy Pepperoni Crescents!

We can’t ever put enough SuperBowl food on the coffee table, can we! They’ll devour everything we put before them, so why not put as many nutritious snacks on that SuperBowl buffet as we can!

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Pepperoni Crescents are so easy to make, so delicious, and not all that bad for ya!

Ingredients:

2 tubes of crescent rolls
2 packages sliced pepperoni
Mozzarella cheese
Garlic powder
Pepper Jelly, any flavor (why not put an assortment of flavors on the table?)
Loco Cheese Dip

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 375. Get out a large cookie or pizza pan.

Unroll the crescent rolls, and on each one, put 8 or so pieces of pepperoni. Cover the pepperoni with Mozzarella, and roll the crescents up. Dust with garlic powder, and bake for about 8-10 minutes, or until golden.

Pile the crescents on a big tray or platter, and serve with Texas Pepper Jelly and Loco Cheese Dip for dippin’ purposes.

Texas Pepper Jelly’s Spicy Pepperoni Crescents will be a huge hit at your SuperBowl party!

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Super Easy Party Recipes, Superbowl Food | Tags: easy SuperBowl snacks, Loco Cheese Dip, nutritious SuperBowl food, party snacks, Superbowl Food, SuperBowl snacks, Texas Pepper Jelly

Jane Goodwin | January 31, 2013

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SuperBowl Food – Texas Style! SuperBowl Sliders!

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.

When 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 | August 24, 2012

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Loco Cheese Biscuits

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 | August 22, 2012

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Texas Quiche

Texas Quiche is easy, delicious, and maybe a little fattening. It’s great for a family supper or a company dinner.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups finely diced cooked ham
1 cup Loco Cheese Dip
1 1/2 cup heavy cream
3 beaten eggs
dash salt
dash pepper
dash nutmeg
1 unbaked 9-inch pie shell

What to do:

Preheat your oven to 350. Combine all of the above ingredients and pour into the unbaked pie shell. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes, until golden brown on top and “set” in the center. The toothpick test works.

Let the quiche “set up” for 10 or so minutes before cutting into it.

This is an attractive as well as delicious dish.

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Spicy main dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Tips, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes, TPJ Sauces and Salsas, What's Cookin' Wednesday | Tags: company dinner, cream, eggs, family supper, ham, Loco Cheese Dip, pie shell, Texas Quiche, What's Cookin' Wednesday

Jane Goodwin | August 17, 2012

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Loco Macaroni and Cheese

I’m going to say this again, but it won’t be the last time: Often, the best recipes are also the simplest.

Everybody loves macaroni and cheese, and Texas Pepper Jelly’s Loco Macaroni and Cheese is the best you’ll ever eat!

It’s also the easiest to make – even easier than a mix.

Ingredients:

2 cups macaroni (or any kind of pasta, actually)
1 cup Loco Cheese Dip

What to do:

Cook the macaroni according to the package directions. Add the Loco Cheese Dip, and mix thoroughly.

That’s all there is to it.

Serve hot!

If you’re feeding children, use regular macaroni. If you’re including Loco Macaroni and Cheese as a company side dish, use a fancy pasta.

You know the power of words: Macaroni and Cheese is a simple children’s delight, while Pasta Au Gratin is a fancy adult side dish.

You can giggle about this in the kitchen.

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, Spicy side dishes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, TPJ Recipes | Tags: au gratin pasta, delicious macaroni and cheese, Loco Cheese Dip, macaroni and cheese, simple supper, spicy side dish

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 | March 28, 2012

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Spicy, Cheesy Chicken Lasagna!

Oh, you’re definitely going to be printing this recipe out and sticking it on your refrigerator door! Your family will LOVE IT!

Ingredients:

2 12-oz cans evaporated milk (not the fat-free kind)
1 1-oz package of dry Ranch Dressing mix
3 cups of skinned, cooked, cubed chicken
dash of pepper
2 cups Texas Pepper Jelly’s Loco Cheese Dip
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
1 box of lasagna noodles

What to do:

Cook the noodles, drain, and set aside. Cook the chicken and rinse in cold water. Set aside to cool. When cool enough, cut into small cubes.

In a large saucepan, combine the milk and Ranch dressing. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly until the dry ingredients are dissolved. Stir in the chicken and pepper.

In a WELL-BUTTERED 9×13 pan, layer half of the noodles, sauce & chicken, and cheeses. Repeat layers.

Bake at 350 for approximately 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let it rest for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.

Throw a tossed salad together with this and you’ve got dinner.

Stand back; your family will go nuts over this dish. Don’t count on any leftovers, either.

Category: Loco Cheese Dip, New Texas Pepper Jelly product, Pinterest, Spicy main dishes, Super Easy Party Recipes, Texas Cookin' Tips, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas Pepper Jelly on Pinterest, TPJ Company dinners, TPJ Recipes | Tags: chicken, lasagna, loco dip, noodles, pepper jelly, quick and easy meals, ranch dressing, spicy cheesy chicken lasagna, Texas food, Texas meals, Texas Pepper Jelly, Texas recipes

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