Every New Year’s Eve, I bring the same dish to the party: sweet and sour meatballs.  Before I discovered Texas Pepper Jelly, there were always leftovers, but after I started using Texas Pepper Jelly in the recipe, there have been no leftovers whatsoever.  I don’t think it’s a coincidence: I think the recipe is just that much better now!

Oh, and by the way?  There is NO added salt in this recipe.  All the flavor anyone could possibly need comes from the pepper jelly and the spices.

Ingredients:

1 bag of frozen meatballs – about a pound- and you don’t even have to thaw them first!  Dump them in a big baking dish.  (You can make your own meatballs if you wish.)

1 bottle of barbecue sauce – any brand will do; just get the kind you like best

3/4 cup Texas Pepper Jelly – any flavor!

Dash cinnamon

Dash allspice

Dash ground cloves

Dash nutmeg

Dash black pepper

What to do:

Mix it all up in a big bowl, and pour over the meatballs.  Put in 350 degree oven for about a half hour- 45 minutes.  Check to make sure meatballs are no longer frozen!  Set the baking dish on the table, stick toothpicks in the meatballs, and stand back.  These are GOOD, friends. 

This same mixture also works for those tiny sausages and hot dogs.  Turns the simplest things into fantastic party food!  People will think you LABORED over this stuff!

You can also make this recipe using your crockpot; if you do, do it at night so you can smell the meatballs cooking in your sleep.  They smell wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

Happy Holidays from everyone here at Texas Pepper Jelly!

We hope you all drive carefully, arrive safely, and bring a Texas Pepper Jelly cracker tray to your family reunion today.  (Just pour some pepper jelly over a brick of cream cheese and go crazy with the crackers!)

Your Texas Pepper Jelly cracker tray will be the hit of the party.  Don’t plan on taking home any leftovers; there are never any leftovers when a recipe includes Texas Pepper Jelly.

Merry Christmas, y’all.

Everybody loves to get a gift certificate!  A gift certificate is the PERFECT GIFT!

Gift certificates are always a wonderful present to give someone; you get         to choose the ‘category’ but the recipient gets to choose the ’specifics!’

Texas Pepper Jelly now has gift certificates! YES, you can now give the gift of choice to those you love, with a Texas Pepper Jelly gift certificate.

You can purchase your certificate in either $25, $50, $75 or $100 amounts. Our certificates do not have an expiration date. After your purchase we will mail you an actual certificate. All you will have to do is enter the gift certificate number during checkout. If the complete amount is not used, that’s ok. Our fancy shopping cart keeps up with what you spend and any remaining balance can be used on future purchases.

Don’t be nervous about shopping online, either.  Remember: Texas Pepper Jelly has buySafe!

Our customers can also use their PayPal accounts here; it’s easy as can be to shop at Texas Pepper Jelly – all the more reason to do all of your holiday shopping with us!

This is one of my husband’s favorite rainy-day meals.  Be sure to buy brown rice; you can make this with white rice, but it’s so much better with the brown rice.  That’s what HE says, anyway!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup chopped onion

1/3 cup chopped green pepper

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1/2 cup Texas Habanero Salsa

3 cups cooked (or canned) kidney beans, well-drained  

One 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, and keep all the juice

One and 1/2 cups water

Salt and pepper to taste – I don’t use the salt but other people do.

3 cups cooked brown rice

What to do:

Throw everything but the brown rice into your crockpot, cover, and turn the dial to “low.”

6-8 hours later, turn off the crockpot and set the table.  Just before you serve, add the brown rice.

This, and some good bread and butter, make a perfect wet-weather supper.

Here’s a quick and easy snack for anyone of any age!

Just put a little Apple Cinnamon Grilling and Finishing Sauce in your applesauce, and you’ve turned an ordinary snack into a real treat.

There’s no measuring; just add the sauce according to your taste.  For small children, go easy on the spicy sauce, but for you and other adults, go crazy with that spicy sauce! 

The combination of plain applesauce and Texas Pepper Jelly’s Apple Cinnamon Grilling and Finishing Sauce is indescribably delicious.  In fact, I think I’ll stir some up right now.

Back off.  Go stir up your own!

Texas Pepper Jelly’s 5 Jar Bamboo Star sampler basket is truly unique: not only is the bamboo star basket beautiful and completely recyclable/reusable, it also contains more pepper jelly than any of our other sampler packs!

In our fantastic 5-Jar Bamboo Star sampler pack, you will get five 5-ounce jars of ANY kind or combination of pepper jelly you want.  Most companies merely want to sell you already-made-up gift combos, but here at Texas Pepper Jelly, we don’t even make your jelly until you order it, let alone pre-pack your gift samplers!  Every product you order from Texas Pepper Jelly is absolutely fresh; no other company can promise you that.

The Texas Pepper Jelly 5-Jar Bamboo Star gift assortment will delight everyone lucky enough to get this gift from you.  Don’t forget to order one for yourself, as well!

It’s only $28.97! Order yours today!

The 5-Jar Bamboo Star makes a great thank-you gift if you’re invited out for Thanksgiving.

Oh, and did you notice that its name is a poem? 5-JAR Bamboo STAR. We’re just clever like that!

If you want to give someone a Christmas gift that is absolutely unique, and that he/she will not only like, but will also use and want more, I would have to suggest one of our Texas Pepper Jelly sampler tins.

Our sampler tins are beautiful and their contents are DELICIOUS! The tins themselves are, of course, completely recyclable. After you’ve devoured the pepper jelly within, fill the tin with fudge and take it to work. Tell everybody about the original contents, and watch the interest light up their faces!

Texas Pepper Jelly holiday tins contain six 2-ounce jars of assorted pepper jelly. In fact, you get to choose what kind of pepper jelly that will be in your tin: get any kind of assortment you want, or choose the one kind of pepper jelly that is your favorite! Since I like ALL kinds of pepper jelly, I’d have to get one of each, but you can pick and choose whatever kind you want.

Our Texas Pepper Jelly holiday tins are only $22.97. Where else can you get a quality sampler assortment for a price like that?

When I make Texas Pepper Jelly’s Texas Style Nacho Dip, it lasts MAYBE a half hour. My son, all by himself, can finish off an entire batch in one night. Your family will love this fantastic spicy dip, too.

Before you start mixing things together, get out your crockpot.  Yes, this is another Texas Pepper Jelly Slow-Cooker Delight!

Ingredients:

1 pound of cooked hamburger, well-drained                

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 12-ounce jars of Texas Habanero salsa

15-ounce can of refried beans

1 1/2 cups sour cream

3 cups shredded cheese, whatever kind your family likes (I use sharp cheddar)

Several bags of assorted chips – my son prefers tortilla chips

What to do:

Throw everything except the one cup of the cheese and the chips into your crockpot, cover, and turn the dial to “low.”  Let it cook for about two hours.

Just before serving, sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese over it.

Open the bags of chips and stand back.  Don’t count on any leftovers.

Everybody in your family will love Big Bean Blast – even the little kids! The cook in your home will love it, too, and not just because it’s simple, inexpensive, and very nutritious.

It’s also one of Texas Pepper Jelly’s extremely easy Crock Pot Meals!

Ingredients:                                                   

1 cup chopped onion

1 minced garlic clove

3 cups cooked (or canned) large lima or butter beans – or both – drained and rinsed

1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes, plus all of the juice

1 bottle of Texas Pepper Jelly’s Sweet Ginger Garlic Habanero Hot Sauce

salt and pepper to personal taste

What to do:

Dump it all into your crockpot and set the dial to “low.” Go to work, or to the mall, or just take a nap. The point is, you don’t have to hang around the kitchen; let the crockpot do all of the work and worry about dinner.

When everybody comes home from work or school, dip up a bowl of Big Bean Blast for each and stand back.

Eating this is a blast. You’ll really understand the name of this dish later that night, though.

Totally worth it. TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Fix a big pan of cornbread to go with the Big Bean Blast, and you’ve got a MEAL.