Wonderful Waffles
Today is National Waffle Day and we’re excited to break out our best waffle recipes! This classic food is versatile and can be used creatively enough to expand well beyond the boundaries of breakfast. So, although we love our breakfast waffles, we dig some dessert and lunch/dinner recipes as well. Check out some of our favorites, but be warned, you might find yourself waffling over which to make first!
Breakfast Waffle Tacos: Breakfast Waffle Tacos are packed with cheesy scrambled eggs and topped with sausage, guac, salsa, grated cheese, cilantro, jalapeño pesto, and pickled red onions. An epic flavor adventure.
Ham and Cheese Waffles with an Egg: Crack an egg into your waffle iron for perfectly cooked, in-tact sunny-side up eggs. Add some Gruyere and ham for a simple, but delicious breakfast.
Air Fryer Chicken and Waffles: Chicken and waffles are a classic dish. One of the best combinations in the food game. Take advantage of your air fryer for easy, crispy Chicken and Waffles, you can’t go wrong.
Waffled Biscuits and Gravy: Have you ever tired waffling a biscuit? You should! With perfect nooks and crevices for sausage gravy to pool into, you’ll have a more flavorful experience than ever before.
Margherita Pizza Waffles: Easy, cheesy Margherita Pizza Waffles are an excellent way to throw a twist into pizza night.
Hatch Chile & Cheese Cornbread Waffles: Give your waffles a kick with these Hatch Chile & Cheese Cornbread Waffles. Delicious!
Falafel Waffles: Falafels? Waffles? Toss some Mediterranean Salad on your waffles for a flavor experience like never before.
Cinnamon Waffles with Apple Pecan Topping: We love these Cinnamon Waffles with Apple Pecan Topping, especially during the upcoming Fall season. They make for a great dessert!
Waffles and Caramelized Bananas: Caramelized banana topped waffles with a bit of whip cream and plenty of syrup. Yum!
Chocolate Waffles: Chocolate waffles are a wonderful dessert option. Rich, chocolaty, and delicious whip these up for a decadent after dinner treat.
Sweet Potato Waffles with Marshmallows: Try sweet potato waffles topped with mini marshmallows for a yummy, cozy flavor combination. Top with maple syrup to finish it off.
Break out the waffle iron and celebrate National Waffle Day the right way. We are going to get cooking a few of these awesome recipes, and we hope you do too! For all your waffling needs visit your local Price Chopper & Market 32 or shop with us online!
KCC Light Mexican Street Corn
by Jodie Fitz
3 ears fresh sweet corn
1/2 lime
2 tablespoons PICS canola oil
1 teaspoon PICS onion powder
1/2 teaspoon PICS sea salt
1/4 teaspoon PICS garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon PICS chili powder
4 oz. Cotija cheese
Fresh Cilantro
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Remove any loose pieces from the husk and place the corn, in the remaining husk, directly in the oven on the rack.
Bake the corn for 40 minutes.
While the corn is cooking, squeeze the juice from the lime into a bowl. Add the canola oil, onion powder, sea salt, garlic powder and chili powder and stir together.
Finely shred the Cotija cheese and set aside.
Finely chop the cilantro using herb scissors or a knife and cutting board.
Once the corn has finished cooking, remove from the oven with an oven mitt and let cool until warm. Peel the husk back.
Baste all sides of the corn with the spiced lime mixture. Sprinkle one side with cheese and cilantro.
Cotija cheese: You can find Cotija cheese in the specialty cheese section near the deli at your local Price Chopper/Market 32.
Fresh Cilantro: Fresh cilantro can be found in the produce area, typically near the bell peppers at your local Price Chopper/Market 32.
Traditional Mexican Street Corn: Traditional Mexican street corn typically involves corn buttered and rolled in a spiced sour cream, and sometimes mayonnaise mixture, and topped with Cotija cheese and fresh cilantro.
Little fingers: Remember young children can help cut softer items like the cilantro with a plastic knife.
Cooking with Kids: Every recipe is filled with life skills that encourage a child’s confidence in the kitchen. Here are a few to focus on when making this recipe:
- Cooking corn
- Baking and oven safety
- Extracting juice
- Chopping and knife safety
- Stirring
- Basting
- Shredding and grater safety
- Measuring ingredients
- Following directions
Back to School with Price Chopper & Market 32!
At Price Chopper & Market 32 we are ready for the upcoming school year! We know there is a ton to prepare for, that’s why we make it as convenient and easy as possible to find everything you need. Check out our in-store or online aisles and you’ll find everything from pencils and notebooks to yummy snack and lunch options. This year, make us your one stop shop for all things back to school!
It’s important for young learners to have healthy and balanced options in order to stay sharp for the long school day. However, it can be a challenge to find meals and prepare them each week. But don’t worry, our YouTube channel features a ton of inspiration!
Build-A-Bento Box: This recipe features a few sandwich roll-up ideas – honey mustard, turkey, cheese, and apple slices, peanut butter, jelly, and banana, and hummus carrots and celery. All in the same place.
Mac & Cheese Bites: These Mac & Cheese Bites are quick and easy to make. They serve perfectly as an after-school snack idea.
Breakfast Sandwich Cups: Serve up these Breakfast Sandwich Cups in the morning or take them with as a school day snack. Either way, they hit the spot.
Healthy Back-to-School Snacks: Peanut butter and banana bites, fruit and yogurt bites, grapes with a touch of sugar, kiwi and pineapple skewers topped with honey, and pureed watermelon all make for excellent healthy back to school snack ideas.
We always have you covered at the lunch table, but did you know we can help out in the classroom as well? Check out our Simply Done line of school supplies featuring erasers, push pins, and everything in between. We also offer calculators, notebooks, writing utensils, and everything you need to be prepared for class. We make it simple so you can focus on success at school!
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But as many parents know, the challenge isn’t over when class is dismissed. It’s onto the next meal. We offer a number of different meal solutions for quick and easy dinner options such as Market 32 Rotisserie Chicken, Grab n Go Dinners, and Take & Bake pizzas. Easy answers to the nightly dinner question, in order for you to sit back and spend more time with the family.
For more inspiration, check out our Back to School YouTube Playlist
Watermelon Granita
by Jodie Fitz
3 cups diced watermelon
1 cup pitted fresh cherries
1 navel orange
2 tablespoons PICS honey
1 teaspoon PICS vanilla extract
Place the diced watermelon and pitted cherries in a blender.
Cut the navel orange in half and squeeze the juice from both halves into the blender. Add in the honey and vanilla extract. Blend all ingredients together until mixed well.
Pour the mixture into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish and freeze overnight.
Before serving, shave the iced mixture with a large serving fork, moving in different directions. Scoop and serve frozen.
Watermelon: You can save time and purchase pre-cut watermelon in the produce section of your local Price Chopper/Market 32.
Little hands: Young children can dice the watermelon using a plastic knife- a great way to help develop and strengthen motor skills, control and knife safety.
Pitting the Cherries: It’s simplest to pit cherries with a cherry pitter, but if you don’t have one, you can remove the stem and poke the pit through using a chopstick, toothpick, straw or even a thin pastry tip.
Leftovers: Store frozen fruit shavings in an airtight freezer container.
Alternative: Granita is a perfect, fruit-packed afternoon snack and great alternative to a traditional snow cone.
Cooking with Kids: Every recipe is filled with life skills that encourage a child’s confidence in the kitchen. Here are a few to focus on when making this recipe:
- Dicing and knife safety
- Pitting cherries
- Extracting juice
- Measuring ingredients
- Following directions
- Blending and blender safety
- Freezing
New Items: Kodiak Cakes Chewy Crunchy Granola
Afternoon snack cravings are a feeling we all know too well and don’t always know what to do with. You’ve already eaten lunch, but it seems like forever until dinner —so you know you need something to eat in-between. The only problem is, nothing sounds satisfying. Finding smart snacks to satisfy your cravings can be difficult sometimes, but luckily you don’t have to sacrifice great taste for healthier options
Kodiak is here to make it easier, with their NEW Chewy and Crunchy Granola Bars. Made with 100% whole grain ingredients, protein and fiber to help satisfy your hunger and keep you full until dinnertime. Kodiak Chewy bars offer 7 grams of protein per serving, and if crunchy is your preference you can get 10 grams of protein per serving.
Two nutritional components to look for when it comes to smart snacking are protein and whole grains. Protein helps our bodies build and repair muscle tissue and helps you feel fuller, longer. This is partly because protein reduces your body’s level of the hunger hormone, ghrelin, and boosts levels ofpeptide YY, a hormone that makes you feel full.
Whole grains are important because they contain all three parts of a grain: the bran, endosperm, and the germ. Among the many nutritional benefits of eating a whole grain snack is increased amounts of fiber. Fiber is not only important for keeping your digestive system clean but can also help increase that full, satisfying feeling you want from eating a snack. These Kodiak bars offer up a chewy, or crunchy, delicious and balanced option when it comes to snacks for hungry folks of all ages.
Better Tasting Chicken Dishes Start with Better Chicken!
Our Market 32 FREE FROM Chicken is produced by Springer Mountain Farms, whose chickens are raised on family farms that are run by second, and even third-generation farmers. They believe in doing things the right way. Springer Mountain Farms believes the right way is controlling the process every step of the way, from hatching their own chicks, raising them in humane houses to reduce stress for better flock health, and processing them in their own USDA-supervised facilities. This commitment also extends to the farmers that raise the crops for their feed, and allows them to raise their chickens on all-natural, Non-GMO Project Verified feed.
All of their farmers choose to work harder, meet higher quality standards and provide a level of care that’s above and beyond acceptable industry practices. Springer Mountain Farms was the first poultry producer in the world to be certified by the American Humane Association, the oldest and most trusted advocate of animal welfare. If you ask their farmers why they go the extra mile, they’ll tell you it’s just the right thing to do…to provide a better quality of life for theanimals and a better quality product for consumers. We agree, and there’s no doubt about it: great care means great taste.
Pick up a pack or two of Market 32 FREE FROM Chicken from Springer Mountain Farms to taste the difference, and visit SpringerMTN.com for recipe inspiration for easy school night family dinners, like Sheet Pan Greek Chicken and Vegetables!
Sweet Summertime Cherries
At Price Chopper & Market 32 we recognize cherries as one of our favorite summertime fruits! Perfect for both sweet and savory dishes, they are a wonderful complement to many summer meals. Add them to your plate of chicken or pork off the grill for a refreshing splash of flavor. They are also excellent tossed in salads or enjoyed as a light snack to keep you satisfied all day long.
Check out some of our go-to summertime cherry recipes!
Fresh Cherry Salsa: Cherries make a tasty addition to salsa. Two summertime hits collide for one ultimate splash. The sweetness of cherries compliments the heat of jalapenos for an awesome salsa.
Cherry Fennel Mostarda: This Mostarda is a tangy and sweet Italian-style fruit mustard featuring cherries and fennel. A great way to elevate any burger off the grill, this condiment is a creative way to implement more cherries into your summertime diet.
Cherry, Bacon, & Blue Cheese Salad: This awesome summertime salad is a wonderful balance of flavor. Refreshing and light for hot summer days!
Bourbon Cherry Smash: Cherries aren’t just excellent in food, they are also popular in drinks, especially during the summertime. If you’re looking for a new cocktail recipe, this Bourbon Cherry Smash is an excellent way to relax.
Chilled Cherry Dessert: Dessert in a glass! This Chilled Cherry Dessert recipe will have you feeling cool as a cherry.
Broiled Flank Steak with Cherry Barbeque Sauce: Give your barbeque sauce a twist of cherry! Use it to elevate your steak and your summers may never be the same again.
Everyone loves to snack on a nice of bowl of cherries. But there are a ton of creative ways to implement more cherries into your diet, especially when the weather is warm. No matter how you choose to enjoy cherries, we’ve got you covered at Price Chopper & Market 32!
Check out cherries on sale in our ad this week $1.99 lb. with AdvantEdge card.
New Items: HERDEZ® Avocado Hot Sauce
Bring a taste of Mexico to your kitchen with the authentic flavors found in HERDEZ® salsas—where bold, flavorful ingredients come with a side of attitude and traditional Mexican culture inspires the most delicious modern Mexican cuisine.
Now, set the table for something truly special! A hot sauce as creamy and smooth as it is tangy and exciting. Finally, avocado found its fire in HERDEZ® Avocado Hot Sauce.
Discover two treasures in one: the creamy finish of real avocado and the fiery kick of jalepenos. Perfect for ALL your favorite dishes. Embolden your chicken, pork and beef recipes with the unique, piquant flavor you’ve been craving. Set breakfast hashbrowns and eggs ablaze with a serving of smooth avocado and a spark of spice. Top your fish tacos, burritos and tortas with a well-balanced taste that brings out the best in every bite or breathe new life into your wings, burgers and fries! The possibilities are endlessly delicious.
For the heat seekers out there, you’ll find that the mild to medium heat builds with intensity the more you add, so load up by the spoonful for refreshing avocado with a little extra attitude. Even so, HERDEZ® Avocado Hot Sauce doesn’t compete with your food’s flavors—it enhances them, complementing a variety of cuisines and transforming dull into dang that’s good. The creamy, smooth consistency works great for dollops and drizzles, dipping, pouring and even mixing into other sauces—or wherever your taste buds take you.
So if you’re ready to grab life by the avocados, then you’d better grab a bottle of HERDEZ® Avocado Hot Sauce. It’s our new favorite secret weapon for every dish.
Taste the bold Mexican difference with HERDEZ®.
National Hot Dog Day: Over the Top Toppings
Today we celebrate a summertime, cookout classic – the hot dog! It’s National Hot Dog Day and we are cooking up ways to get creative with toppings. Of course, you have the classic ketchup, mustard, and/or relish, but there’s endless options outside of the staples. Check out some of our favorite, out-of-the-box hot dog toppings.
L.A. Street Dogs: These LA Street Dogs encompass all the flavorful qualities of a Los Angeles style dog. Turkey franks accompanied by an adventurous team of bacon, pico de gallo, salsa con queso, and pinto beans. What’s not to love?
The Chicago Dog: A Chicago-style hot dog, or simply Chicago Dog, features a 100% beef frankfurter with a poppyseed bun. Topped with yellow mustard, chopped onion, fresh tomatoes, green relish, pickled sport peppers, celery salt and a whole dill pickle spear. It’s busy but absolutely delicious.
Chipotle Chili Dog: Turn up the heat a notch with a Chipotle Chili Dog. Add a little ground beef, chopped onion, garlic, tomato sauce, and minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Don’t forget to finish It off with some shredded cheddar cheese and green onions.
Nacho Tater Tot Dog: Try this combination with a veggie dog. Tater tots, nacho cheese, and pickled jalapenos, great flavor and easy to put together.
Thai-Style Dog: This Thai-inspired recipe features cabbage, cucumber, and grated carrots in a sweet vinaigrette. Use turkey dogs, topped with the veggie mixture, a spicy Asian aioli, and chopped peanuts for a Thai food experience unlike any other.
Macaroni & Cheese Dogs: Next time you have a cookout put out some mac & cheese and have your guests put it on their hot dogs. Excellent comfort food!
Pulled Pork & Coleslaw Dog: If you’re feeling extra adventurous throw some pulled pork on top of your hot dog. Add some coleslaw for a creamy compliment. Make them as a great menu enhancer for summer get togethers.
Basil Pesto Dogs: With bunches of basil, pesto is easy to make. Spread some onto your hot dog for a simple yet refreshing choice of condiment.
Buffalo Dog: A buffalo dog? Yes, please. Buffalo wing sauce, a little ranch, crumbled blue cheese, chives, scallions, and refreshing celery. This is a great option if you like your dogs a bit hotter.
BLT Dog: BLT’s are a classic sandwich. We think they are a classic hot dog as well. Shredded lettuce, chopped tomatoes bacon, and a drizzle ranch, all coming together for one delicious dog.
Hot dogs are one of the most versatile options in the food game. How adventurous you choose to get is up to you and your palate. Whether you prefer the classic ketchup, mustard, and relish or choose to go more outside the box, Price Chopper & Market 32 is your one stop shop for all things hot dog! You can even shop with us online.
Summer Camping Spots in the Northeast
One of the best ways to enjoy the summer weather is by connecting with nature at one of the many breathtaking camping spots the Northeast has to offer. We are proud to call this area home, with each state in our region offering amazing getaway opportunities. To help you with your summer fun we put together a list of some of our favorite camping spots in the area!
Lake Waramug State Park (New Preston, CT): In an area full of scenic lakes, Lake Waramug is wrapped with 77 campsites along its edges. You can even choose between overlooking the water or staying hidden in the trees. Either way you can enjoy fishing, picnic areas, swimming, and boating facilities with kayak and canoe rentals.
Savoy Mountain State Forest (Florida, MA): Tucked away in the beauty of the Berkshires, those who camp at Savoy Mountain State Forest are guaranteed to enjoy a lovely experience with nature. Featuring 46 campsites, and some of the best hiking in New England, campers can enjoy various outdoor adventures. Find floating bog islands, climb overlooks, and discover gorgeous waterfalls all at Savoy Mountain.
Chocorua Camping Village (Tamworth, NH): In the New Hampshire White Mountains sits Chocorua Camping Village, an all-inclusive, resort-style, family camping and hiking destination. You’ll be surrounded by beautiful lakes and giant pine trees. With access to resort amenities like a game room, movie theatre, swimming pool, and treasure hunts.
Moosalamoo Campground (Salisbury, VT): If you’re looking for a backwoods getaway experience that isn’t totally the backwoods, Moosalamoo is the place for you. Featuring 16 miles of hiking trails, the campground also offers drive-in tent camping, toilet facilities, accessible drinking water and trash disposal.
Glimmerglass State Park (Cooperstown, NY): Overlooking Otsego Lake, Glimmerglass State Park offers camping and hiking, biking, fishing, and picnicking. The campground offers a concession stand, nature trail, pavilions, picnic tables, showers, grills, volleyball courts, and even fire rings. Campfire wood is also sold at the park.
Watkins Glen State Park (Watkins Glen, NY): Watkins Glen is considered the most famous of the Finger Lakes state parks. Offering 305 campsites with restrooms, dumping stations, showers, and firewood for sale. The park also features concession stands, a gift shop, picnic tables, and grills. And for entertainment, playing fields, an Olympic sized swimming pool, a kiddie pool, playgrounds, and 19 waterfalls. The park also offers fishing in Seneca Lake or Catherine Creek and hunting in designated areas.
Greater Reading Campgrounds (Reading, PA): Camping in Reading exposes you to the natural beauty of the area. With the Appalachian Trail to the north and Amish Country to the southwest, the area offers several different terrains and adventures. Popular campgrounds include Sun Valley Campground in Bowmansville, Appalachian RV Resort in Shartlesville, and Mountain Springs Camping Resort in Hamburg.
Whether you are an experienced camper or new to it, these spots all offer awesome summer fun. Check them out if you haven’t yet. And don’t forget to stop by your local Price Chopper/Market 32 for all of your camping necessities!