Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Sloppy James' Nachos

Okay all you pickle peep fans!!! Have we got a party nacho for you! Our last posts have provided you with a pickle soup with our sweet and spicy delights to make your bowl party SOUPER… we’ve provided you with a BLT dip that will definitely score on Super Bowl day… and drum roll please…
here’s James’ own special nacho recipe that will have your guests rockin’ with splendiferous delight… 



So, whether your partyin’ like a big dog,

Angus, he's more of a college sports fan...


 




or loungin’ like a lizard… 





while you catch the latest Super Bowl commercials and rootin’ for your team…

here it is the RECIPE FOR THE WEEK…



SLOPPY JAMES’ NACHOS…  

INGREDIENTS:
Thick ridged potato chips

Your fav Sloppy Joe recipe (see Rachel Ray’s below)

Shredded cheese

Iap Original sweet & spicy pickles, chopped





PREPARATION:

Place a layer of thick ridged potato chips (We used Lays) on a plate

Add as a second layer the Sloppy Joe mixture

Sprinkle with shredded cheese and

Top with chopped iap Original sweet & spicy pickles.

GO TEAM!

RACHEL RAY’S SLOPPY JOES

1 TBLS extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan

1 ¼ pounds ground beef sirloin

¼ cup brown sugar

2 tsp to 1 TBLS steak seasoning blend (like McCormick brand Montreal Seasoning)

1 med. Onion, chopped

1 small red bell pepper, chopped

1 TBLS red wine vinegar

1 TBLS Worchestershire sauce

2 cups tomato sauce

2 TBLS tomato paste

Heat large skillet to medium high heat and add olive oil.

Add meat and combine brown sugar, and steak seasoning, add mixture to meat and stir. When meat has browned add onion and red peppers to the skillet, reduce heat to med and add wine vinegar and Worchestershire …stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add tomato sauce and paste, reduce heat and simmer. Cool slightly and pour over chips.

GO TEAM!!!

Don't forget to drop by and say, "hey" at our upcoming venues...

Saturday, April 13 at The Dallas Flea .... 9am - 4pm

and

mark your calendars, April 26-28 at Austin Food and Wine Festival.... 
in a pickle will be there.











Monday, January 21, 2013

BLT dip countdown to Super Bowl

As February 3rd gets closer and Karen laments that she'll have to find another favorite for the Super Bowl since her Cowboys flinched and didn't go the home stretch... Hmmmm the 49ers or the Ravens?... and the question that first comes to mind AFTER choosing a team to root for will be what to serve for the annual Super Bowl Party? If you read our last blog-  pickle soup might a party hit but if you are sticking to simple dips and chips... our BLT dip is sure to be a slam dunk... Oops wrong athletic event... But truly ... this dip is a crowd pleaser no matter what sport!

BLT in a pickle Dip
1 - 16 oz sour cream
1 - lb bacon, fried/baked until crispy and crumbled
1 - cup mayonnaise
1/2 jar of in a pickle tomato jam

In a medium bowl, mix all ingredients and serve with corn chips, potato chips or your favorite veggie platter!

Don't forget to drop by and say, "hey" at our upcoming venues...
this Saturday, in Dallas at the Green Grocer grand opening festivities,
Saturday, April 13 at The Dallas Flea .... 9am - 4pm
and
mark your calendars, April 26-28 at Austin Food and Wine Festival.... in a pickle will be there!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Super Bowl Countdown ... Pickle Soup?

Having a few folks over for the Super Bowl?  How 'bout an in a pickle Souper Bowl Party?

Yep we're putting our best products on the 50 yard line and serving them up for our fans.

This week you'll find a recipe that we found called Pickle Soup.  Our test kitchen hasn't tried it out yet but we're going to... so if you dare... punt and try this recipe... go ahead... Let us know if you do!  AND we'll let you know when we serve it up too ... the in a pickle way with our sweet and spicy Originals and our Bread and Butter chunks!  I mean pickle soup... we hear it's a Polish delight.  Any Polish Pickle Peeps out there???

in a pickle Souper Bowl
Ingredients:
3 pork chops on the bone
5 large red potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 carrots, peeled and chunked
2 jars of in a pickle Originals or Bread and Butter chunks, drained (reserve pickle juice)
1 tsp of dried parsley
3 bay leaves
1 tsp sea salt
1 can chicken broth
cream


Boil pork chops in large soup pot until meat falls off the bone, skimming the fat periodically.  When the meat is fully cooked remove the meat and bone and set aside.  Strain the broth removing any remaining fat.  Add the can of chicken broth, potatoes, carrots and pickles and bring to a boil.  Add the dried parsley, bay leaves and sea salt.  Simmer until the potatoes and carrots are tender - Separate the meat into small portions and reintroduce into the soup along with a small amount of pickle juice to taste and enough cream to slightly thicken the mixture.  Bon appetit pickle peeps!


Check out our newest venue in Dallas at the new neighborhood market the Green Grocer.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Season's Greetings

To all of our dedicated in a pickle peeps, we hope you have a splendiferous holiday... if you haven't yet tried our inspiring pickle chips or our artisan jams and jellies ... just remember that life's greatest moments start ...in a pickle.

From all of us to you...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Sweet and spicy and everything nicey...

We are serving up our sweet and spicy to the good folks in Dallas/Addison at the Colonnade today and tomorrow.   It's a foodie party at our booths.  Sample some goodness and shop for holiday gifts.  So much fun meeting and greeting and making new pickle peeps!  We are also at Brinker Foods today.  The holidays are a perfect time to share our love for food!  For us it comes in the form of our sweet and spicy Original pickles and Tomato jam.  Those are usually LOVE at first bite...

But for others... It's the Apple Bourban Cinnamon or Tipsy Cranberry Orange jams...that really makes their holiday.  But we never know.... from our Bread and Butter chunks to our Lemon Pear Vanilla Bean and our Orangey Fig jam --- our customers' palate is as wide as the day is long!

If you are in our neighborhood this week, stop by and say "hey" and if not... drop by online we're getting ready for the holidays in a pickle style... It's cyber shop all week long!
Whether it's cyber or real time... Remember, life's greatest moments start IN A PICKLE!


Monday, November 19, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving

Hey Pickle Peeps!  Hope you all have a wonderful, splendiferous Thanksgiving.

You can pick up our ZINGING products locally in Arlington at Gene Allen's or Mansfield at Wine Styles... in Fort Worth?  You can grab some in a pickle deliciousness at Vending Nut Company, Danette's Urban Oasis and Feastivities... in Dallas drop in at Celebration Market, Empire Baking, Bolsa Mercado, Jimmy's Food Store, Coffee Company, and St. Michael's Women's Exchange.  AND if you want our product brought to you - check out Greenling ... if you find yourself in a pickle CALL US, James will have it to you in no time.

Here's a fall recipe that will sure to make your Thanksgiving great!


Cinnamon Apple Bourbon Pancakes     

1 cup of in a pickle Cinnamon Apple Bourbon jam
1 cup of Cool Whip
1/4 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups baking mix
2/3 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1 TBL sugar
1 1/2 tsp. apple pie spice
1 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup egg whites

Combine in a pickle cinnamon apple bourbon jam and Cool Whip, fold in raisins.  Cover and refrigerate.  Prepare pancakes by combining baking mix, milk powder, walnuts, sugar and apple pie spice.  Add water, vanilla extract and egg whites.  Mix well.  Pour batter onto a greased hot griddle - Cook over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.  Top your pancakes with the apple mixture.... Enjoy!
James will be sampling November 20 from 6-8pm at Wine Styles in Mansfield and

look for us in Arlington at Gene Allen's store on Randol Mill Road for sampling on Saturday!
P.S.
Coming up for the holidays!!!! in a pickle's figgy syrup!!! ONLY at special Holiday Markets!!!  Put it on your list because when it's gone... it's gone!!!!


Sunday, November 4, 2012

in a pickle mornin'

    James was getting up early one morning to head to the kitchen when he had a hankering for a biscuit sandwich... you know the type, like your momma use to make - not a Breakfast Mac or a Breakfast Burrito but an honest to goodness, mouth-watering, incredible - splendiferous BREAKFAST EXPERIENCE...    Here's what he did...

He whipped up some bisquit batter... and baked 'em


Mama's Fav Biscuits
Mix...
1 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
Cut in...
3 TBLS Crisco
Add...
3/4 cups of buttermilk
Stir well, and roll out cutting with biscuit cutter.  Place biscuits in well oiled pan, add a pat of butter on top of each biscuit.  Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.



He fried an egg...


He fried a Jimmy Dean sausage patty...


He slathered in a pickle peach and cinnamon jam on the hot split biscuit

added the egg... 

added the sausage patty...  left it on the counter... to go get Karen ....

and....

and....

MAC ate it.....   WOOOOOO HEEEEEE..... BAD DOG MAC!!!!

SERIOUSLY???  Naw... just jokin' ...  but you too can make yourself a SERIOUSLY, SPLENDIFEROUS in a pickle mornin' sandwich - it'll make your day full of sunshine!  

AND remember don't let it sit on the counter for long... 

in a pickle will be at White Rock Local Market this Saturday and offering some seriously, splendiferous samples at Jean Allen's Gifts in Arlington at their Little Road location on Sunday!

Come see us Pickle Peeps!