Serving Up Summer Seafood
Seafood is always a great meal option, but in the summertime it just tastes better. Sitting on the deck or the patio, near water if possible, with a plate of yummy seafood is peak summer. With this in mind, we decided to put together some of our favorite summer seafood recipes for you to try this year!
Grilled Scallops with Lemon Herb Salsa: If you ask us, good scallops never need additional flavor enhancers, but this Lemon Herb Salsa elevates this recipe to the top of our seafood favorites.
Classic Lobster Roll: There’s nothing quite like a lobster roll in the summer. On a lightly toasted bun, with a mix of fresh toppings. It’s a party in your mouth.
Crab Cake Sliders: These Crab Cake Sliders will become a favorite in your seafood repertoire. Fresh, light crab cakes in slider form with the bold, invigorating flavors of Buffalo wing dipping sauce. These are perfect for any get together.
Grilled Garlic-Herb Salmon with Cannellini Bean & Chèvre Purée: Salmon with goat cheese? Delicious! The purée combined with salmon and peppers makes for a refreshing meal, perfect for summer.
Harissa Cedar Plank Salmon with Herb Yogurt Sauce: Sticking with salmon, this playful recipe will take your tastebuds on the ultimate adventure. Bold harissa flavor, tamed by yummy herb yogurt sauce, all makes for the perfect compliment to your summertime salmon.
Creamy White Wine & Garlic Mussels: When we think of seafood appetizers, mussels are the first thing that pops into our mind. These Creamy White Wine & Garlic Mussels are an easy one pot recipe, with mouthwatering results.
Shrimp Scampi Over Rice: Shrimp is a major player in the seafood game. This easy to prepare Shrimp Scampi is complimented beautifully by tasty rice. A dish guaranteed to conquer your seafood cravings.
Tuscan Tuna, White Bean, and Avocado Salad: Looking for something light? This Tuscan Tuna Salad is just what you need. A quick, easy to eat salad full of refreshing flavor. We bet you’ll come back for more!
Spicy Baked Shrimp Banh Mi: Banh Mi is always a fun summertime meal, full of bold flavors that create a real adventure of taste. Add some spice and some shrimp and you can’t lose!
Salmon Burgers with Avocado and Asian Slaw: Burgers are always a big hit in the summer, even when we’re talking seafood. These salmon burgers will rock your cookout world! Toss on some avocado and Asian slaw, you’re backyard may never be the same.
Grilled Fish Tacos with Cauliflower Tortillas: We’ll end our journey with a classic. Fish tacos! In this case, tilapia is combined with a Mexican blend for epic seasonal flavor. Wrapped up in a cauliflower tortilla to keep these things light and satisfying.
When it comes to summertime seafood, we could be here for days listing off different recipes. But we feel this list features something for every seafood lover. Get out there and try something new this year, and remember, Price Chopper/Market 32 is your one stop shop for all things seafood. Visit your local store or shop with us online!s
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Different Ways to Deviled Egg
Deviled Eggs are one of the best summertime appetizers and side dishes. Served cold, they are made to satisfy in the warm weather. The best part about these wonderful snacks is that you can get creative and prepare them almost any way you desire. Check out some of our favorite deviled egg recipes!
Start with a dozen hard-cooked large egg yolks. Mash them together in a bowl and add ½ cup of mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives, ½ teaspoon ground mustard, ½ teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon white pepper. To create different variants, divide the yolk mixture into smaller bowls. Each bowl for a different flavor combination.
Italiano: Stir in pesto, add sundried tomato, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, and parsley.
BLT: Stir in bacon, add lettuce, tomato, and sprinkle some more bacon crumbles on top.
Cubano: Stir in ham and Swiss cheese, add pickle, stone ground mustard, and banana pepper. Sprinkle some ham crumbles on top.
Lucky Irish: Stir in corned beef and Swiss cheese, add Russian dressing and scallions. Sprinkle some corned beef crumbles on top.
Curried: Stir in curry powder, add some toasted pecans and chives. Sprinkle some curry powder on top.
Crabby: Stir in lump crab meat, add cocktail sauce, fresh jalapeño, and lemon zest. Sprinkle some lump crab meat on top.
Taco: Stir in guacamole, add pickled jalapeño, taco sauce, cilantro, and lime zest.
Asian: Stir in chili garlic sauce, add snap peas, sauteed shiitakes, and sesame seeds.
If you are a fan of deviled eggs, we highly recommend checking out all of these awesome varieties. Stop by your local store or shop with us online for everything you need!
Take advantage of Eggland’s Best Large White Eggs on sale for $2.99 this week!
KCC Red, White and Blue Freeze Pops
by Jodie Fitz
4 PICS paper coated 5 oz. cups
4 Wooden craft sticks
10-12 fresh strawberries, medium to large, washed
1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed
4 tablespoons PICS honey
1 teaspoon PICS vanilla extract
10 oz. PICS Greek vanilla yogurt
Cut the greens off the strawberries, and place into a mini chopper or food processor, along with 2 tablespoons of honey and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract. Puree. Evenly distribute the strawberry mixture into four paper coated cups. Place the cups in the freezer for 1 hour.
Remove the cups from the freezer and evenly cover the strawberry puree with 10 oz. Greek vanilla yogurt. Add a wooden stick to the center of each cup. Return to the freezer for an additional hour.
Combine the blueberries, 2 tablespoons honey and ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract in a mini chopper or food processor and puree.
Evenly add the blueberry puree to each cup. Return cups to the freezer for several hours or overnight before serving.
Note: This recipe makes 4 freeze pops.
Cups and Craft Sticks: You can locate the 5 oz. coated paper cups in the paper aisle, and the craft sticks in the school supply aisle at your local Price Chopper/Market 32.
Cooking with Kids: Every recipe is filled with life skills that encourage children’s confidence in the kitchen. Here are a few to focus on when making this recipe:
- Following directions
- Mini chopper/food processor use and safety
- Cutting and knife safety
- Pureeing
- Layering
- Freezing
Creative Ways to Enjoy Potato Chips
Potato chips are the ultimate snack, side dish, and salty treat. These days you can find limitless varieties. Bold, fiery flavors for the adventurous snackers or more tame, original flavors for the classic chip lover. However, we like to take it further. Taking potato chips to new heights with these creative ways to enjoy potato chips.
Chocolate Covered Potato Chips: Let’s start with dessert! Chocolate covered potato chips are becoming a new wave, and we suggest you hop on before it passes by. The salty chip compliments the sweet chocolate beautifully, leading to an addicting treat.
Mac N’ Cheese with Potato Chips: Enhance your classic mac n’ cheese with potato chips! The chips add an element of crunch to the dish that makes a delicious recipe even more enticing.
Snoop Dogg’s Potato Chip Fried Chicken Wings: You probably know Snoop Dogg as a talented rapper, but did you know he is a culinary mastermind? Check out Snoop’s Potato Chips Wings recipe and see for yourself.
Gametime Sliders Topped with Potato Chips: You know that go-to slider recipe you have for gamedays? Add some crushed up potato chips to it. The crunch of the chips adds a big-time boost. And if you don’t have a good slider recipe handy, check out our Ultimate Ham and Cheese Sliders!
Chili and Chips: Last but certainly not least, the next time you sit down for a bowl of chili sprinkle some crushed potato chips on top. Works great in Turkey Chili!
We are just scratching the surface of the endless amounts of ways to incorporate more potato chips into your cooking. But these ideas are some of our favorites! Try them out for yourself or pick up some potato chips for an idea of your own. If nothing else, you can always go with the classic chips on your sandwich strategy.
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Create Jerk Chicken Sliders with King's Hawaiian
Now Available in the Deli/Bakery. Whether you’re cooking for a block party crowd or a special meal with close friends and family, new KING’S HAWAIIAN® Sweet Slider Buns are pre-sliced and slightly larger than our traditional dinner rolls, making them the perfect fit to bring together the flavors of your favorite recipes, from pulled pork and mini-burgers to BBQ chicken.
Try this recipe for irresistible Jerk Chicken Sliders made with KING’S HAWAIIAN® Sweet Slider Buns:
Prep Time: 15 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- 4 (2 ounce) Chicken cutlets
- 4 Pineapple rings
- 4 ounces Jerk chicken seasoning
- 4 ounces Jerk chicken sauce
- 8 ounces Coleslaw
Preparation:
- Step 1: Rub raw chicken with Seasoning or Rub
- Step 2: Grill chicken while basting with Jerk Chicken Sauce until done
- Step 3: Grill Pineapple Rings
- Step 4: Make or Purchase Coleslaw
- Step 5: To assemble the sliders, place slider buns on plate with both sides open faced
- Step 6: Place Jerk Chicken on the Heel Bun, then top Jerk Chicken with Coleslaw
- Step 7: Place Grilled Pineapple slice on top of Coleslaw
- Step 8: Place Crown Bun on top of Pineapple
by Jodie Fitz
30 mini Reese’s peanut butter cups
½ cup peanut butter M&M’s
6 PICS graham crackers
¼ cup PICS chocolate syrup
48 oz. PICS Heavenly Hash Ice Cream
1 cup PICS mini marshmallows
24 oz. PICS Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
PICS canned whipped topping
Frosting:
1 cup PICS butter (2 sticks), room temperature
7.5 oz. jar of Marshmallow Fluff
2 – 3 cups PICS confectioners sugar
2 teaspoons PICS vanilla extract
Remove the heavenly hash ice cream from the freezer and let it slightly soften.
Cut the peanut butter cups into quarters.
Chop the peanut butter M&M’s in a mini chopper or food processor.
Break the graham crackers into quarters, and grind them into crumbs in a mini chopper or food processor.
In a bowl, stir the graham cracker crumbs and chocolate syrup together.
Spread the softened heavenly hash ice cream into an eight-inch spring form pan, filling it almost half way.
Remove the vanilla ice cream from the freezer to let it soften.
Create a center of the cake by adding half of the graham cracker mixture, ½ cup of mini marshmallows, half of the chopped peanut butter M&M’s and half of the Reese’s peanut butter cups. Pack the center ingredients gently into the ice cream, using a spatula or the back of a large spoon.
Fill the remainder of the pan with vanilla ice cream, and smooth the top with a spatula, spoon or butter knife.
Place the cake in the freezer for approximately 3 hours.
Before removing the cake from the freezer, make the frosting by whipping together the butter, fluff, confectioners sugar and vanilla extract with an electric mixer.
Once the cake has frozen, remove from the freezer and using a wet knife, loosen from the edges of the pan before releasing the spring and removing.
Frost the cake with the frosting. Add the remaining graham cracker crumb mixture, M&M’s, Reese’s peanut butter cups and mini marshmallows on top. Create a decorative edge with the canned whipped cream to help keep the candy topping in place.
Freeze the cake for at least an hour before serving.
Make Ahead: You can make this cake one to two days before serving.
Leftovers: Leftovers can be cut into slices and stored in an airtight container in the freezer.
Ice cream: You can use any combo of chocolate and vanilla based ice cream that complement the candies. There’s a wide variety of PICS brand ice cream at Price Chopper/Market 32.
Cooking with Kids: Every recipe is filled with life skills that encourage children’s confidence in the kitchen. Here are a few to focus on when making this recipe:
- Following directions
- Chopping and chopper safety
- Cutting and knife safety
- Stirring
- Layering
- Freezing
- Mixing and mixer safety
- Spreading
- Food storage
Health & Wellness with Tylenol
Eugene Kupiec, PharmD
Tylenol is the #1 doctor recommended brand for pain relief and fever reduction. This drug has been used for almost 70 years and millions of Americans trust Tylenol to get the job done every week! Tylenol can be used for nearly everyone ranging from infants to the elderly. Tylenol is NOT an NSAID like aspirin or ibuprofen, it works differently. It does not have the same blood “thinning” action as many NSAIDs do making Tylenol a great option for those already on blood thinners, those with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding, and anyone else who cannot take NSAIDs.
Pain hits fast and Tylenol is prepared to provide fast relief. Tylenol is available in caplets, liquids, and even in Rapid Release Gels. TYLENOL® Rapid Release Gels have laser drilled holes for release that helps the medication act fast for fast pain relief with the convenience of a capsule. Tylenol also has extended-release tablets for those with around the clock pain! Whether it’s a headache, fever, aches, or pains, Tylenol has been proven effective, but what about safety?
Safety
Tylenol is also called acetaminophen, paracetamol, or is sometimes abbreviated as “APAP”. It has been clinically proven to be safe and effective when taken as directed. It is important to read the box when taking Tylenol and follow the dosing instructions carefully. The maximum safe daily dose of Tylenol to be taken orally is 4000mg or 4g daily. That would be two extra strength tablets every 6 hours for 24 hours.
This dosing threshold is so important because Tylenol in larger doses than 4g per day can cause serious liver damage. For this reason, it is also important to look out for other medications that may have acetaminophen in them. Some branded medications that contain acetaminophen are Excedrin, Nyquil, Sudafed, Theraflu, Percocet, Fioricet, Ultracet, and Vicodin to name a few! If you are taking Tylenol, always check the label of a new medication to ensure you are not exceeding the 4g/day threshold. Now head over to your local Price Chopper or Market 32 and find the Tylenol product that is right for you! If you are unsure about a product or about safety, you can always ask your pharmacist or doctor.
Dairy Does More
Ellie Wilson
MS, RDN, CDN, Manager, Lifestyles and Wellnes
June is Dairy Month! At Price Chopper and Market 32, we celebrate the many ways dairy foods bring flavor and fun to our favorite foods, and essential nutrients to cup and plate to help us grow and thrive. Dairy farmers and processors throughout the states we serve work so hard to bring delicious, sustainable and economically important dairy foods to our stores and communities – we are glad to partner with them for PICS products and community food and nutrition security programs.
So, what is so good about dairy? Begin at the beginning – with milk! Milk provides 13 essential nutrients, including calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A, vitamin D (in fortified products), riboflavin, vitamin B12, protein, potassium, zinc, pantothenic acid, niacin, iodine and selenium. The term “essential” has a specific meaning when we talk about nutrition – it means we need to get these nutrients from foods. Our bodies can make some nutrients, like Vitamin D is made in skin when exposed to sunshine, but not quite enough to meet health needs – that is part of why Vitamin D is fortified in dairy products. Adults and children in America are not getting enough dairy, fruits or vegetables, calcium, potassium, Vitamin D or fiber – just one or two more servings of milk per day can close some nutrient gaps and support overall better nutrition. Check out the 2020 Advisory Committee Report.
Dairy foods are so diverse, and ongoing research shows that diversity may be key when it comes to how dairy components and nutrients impact health. The April 2021 Tufts Nutrition Newsletter highlighted some of the research showing how different dairy foods deliver benefits. Bottom line? Focus on low-fat and fat-free dairy to manage saturated fat, and power-pair appetizing low-fat dairy foods with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes to energize eating well. Check out these dairy + plant power-pair ideas for some inspiration!
Dairy farmers, like grocery store workers, have been essential to ensuring fresh milk and dairy foods have been available to shoppers and food insecurity programs throughout the country during this challenging year. Shoppers can partner with Price Chopper and Market 32 to support ongoing efforts in New York and Pennsylvania to be sure families have better access to milk and other nutritious foods by rounding up change at the register during May and June to “Fill a Glass with Hope and a Plate with Promise”. Milk is the most requested item at food pantries and the least donated – each $5 donated equals ½ gallon of milk, or eight glasses of milk! The need has never been greater, it is a great investment in community health. Make June your month to power up delicious dairy and reap the benefits!
Fresh cherries and yogurt – Yum! Chilled Cherry Dessert
Peaches are in season – Brown Sugar Peach Parfait
Great grilling! Grilled Fruit Pizza
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Create Your Own Delicious Masterpiece with Heinz!
We all love a good burger.
As Heinz sees it, burgers are a blank canvas, which makes Heinz ketchup and sauces the perfect medium. Heinz is encouraging shoppers to unleash their inner burger artist and treat every burger as a work of art.
If you’re like us, you love a good opportunity to make a masterpiece out of your culinary creation. This is a perfect opportunity. Whether we’re talking beef burgers, salmon burgers, plant-based or anywhere in between: make the cookout your canvas and show Heinz your skills this season!
Full details, including official rules: www.heinzartoftheburger.com
Any time is a good time to find ways to add fruits and vegetables to the plate. Picnic season is just one more opportunity to find creative ways to bring these delicious bites to the table.
While Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, it has also become the unofficial beginning of picnic season and summer gatherings. This month we are adding fruits and veggies to the menu plan with simple combinations that the entire family will love. At the Price Chopper/Market 32 Kids Cooking Club we had fun building Salad Stuffed Cars, making Sandwich Skewers, putting together Fruit Kabobs and preparing Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries.
These are all easy recipes that the kids can have fun making and enjoy serving to family and friends.
Fruits and Veggies Picnic Fun
by Jodie Fitz
Salad Stuffed Cars
2 Cubanelle peppers
3 cups salad greens
2 tablespoons Craisins®
2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons avocado ranch dressing
8 cucumber slices
PICS vegetable cream cheese
4 candy eyes (optional)
Cut the top off of two washed Cubanelle peppers and remove the seeds and insides of the pepper.
Place the salad greens, Craisins®, sunflower seeds and avocado ranch dressing into a mini chopper. Chop the ingredients.
Fill the hollowed peppers with the chopped salad and place them on their side on a plate or tray.
Using cream cheese as edible food glue, attach 4 cucumber slices to each of the peppers to create car wheels.
Optional: Add two candy eyes on top of each car using the vegetable cream cheese to hold them in place. You can find candy eyes in the baking aisle of your Price Chopper and Market 32 Supermarkets.
The Dressing: You can locate the avocado ranch dressing in the produce area coolers of your Price Chopper and Market 32 Supermarkets.
You can use your favorite ranch dressing as an alternative.
Sandwich Skewers
4 skewers
1 bagel
4 ounces PICS Colby Jack Cheese
8 grape tomatoes
8 slices of cucumber
4 slices of your favorite lunchmeat
Lettuce leaves
Cut the bagel in half. Then dice both pieces of bagel into large bite size pieces. You will need twelve pieces to make four skewers.
Cut the Colby jack cheese into bite size squares. You will need eight pieces for four skewers.
Cut the lunchmeat pieces in half to create eight pieces. Fold each one twice before skewing.
Add everything to the skewers by creating a pattern; bagel piece, folded piece of lunchmeat, lettuce pieces, cube of cheese, slice of cucumber, a grape tomato and then another piece of bagel. Repeat so that you have two pattern sequences on each skewer.
Cheese: You can use one of your other favorites of PICS cheeses if desired; Muenster, pepper jack, Vermont sharp, cheddar, mozzarella, etc.
Fruit Kabobs
4 skewers
Watermelon, seedless
Blueberries
Slice your watermelon into large circle slices. Use a small heart shaped cookie cutter or large fondant cutter to create watermelon star shapes. You will need twelve stars for four skewers.
Wash the blueberries.
Add the fruit to the skewers by creating a pattern; two blueberries, a watermelon star and repeat that pattern three times on each skewer finishing it off with two additional blueberries. The blueberries help to keep the watermelon pieces securely in place on the skewer.
Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
12 strawberries
12 blueberries
½ cup PICS cream cheese
¼ cup PICS confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon PICS vanilla extract
Wash the strawberries and the blueberries.
Cut off the greens of the strawberries to create a flat edge. Set the strawberries on that flat edge.
Using a sharp knife cut into each strawberry on four sides, at a slant, to remove the top and hollow the center.
Mix the cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar and vanilla together with an electric mixer.
Place the cheesecake-flavored cream cheese into a quart sized snap and seal bag. Clip one corner. Pipe the mixture into each strawberry to fill it. Place a blueberry on top.
Cooking with Kids: Every recipe is filled with life skills that help to encourage children’s confidence in the kitchen. Here are a few to focus on when making this recipe:
- Measuring ingredients
- Following directions
- Mixer safety
- Preparing fruits and vegetables
- Cutting skills and knife safety
- Piping
- Skewing and skewer safety