Recipes from the Breakroom

April 2024
This month’s featured recipe, a unique Asian-Mexican dish, was submitted by Melissa’s own corporate chef, Tom Fraker.

April 2023
In her recipe, Dani Aquino, Melissa’s in-house photographer, slices the stemmed tops off four plump bell peppers, hollows out the large interior cavity, which she then fills with a very tasty stuffing that could be a standalone side dish in itself.

February 2023
According to a culinary dictionary, the French Dip is a hot sandwich of tender, thin slices of beef usually layered on a long French roll, often with melted cheese...

January 2020
Here’s the perfect one-pot cold weather meal that will warm away the edges of the chilliest of January days.

August 2018
Viviana Fernandez, a member of Melissa’s National Sales Team, contributed this month’s recipe celebrating the current Hatch Chile season. The dish is Viviana’s twist on a traditional Rajas using the flavorful pepper, roasted for even more flavor.

July 2018
Here’s a deliciously simple recipe that is a favorite high-energy dish of Anthony Bruce, a member of the Melissa’s Sales Team.

March 2018
This month’s featured dish is a deliciously hearty cacciatore recipe from the cutting board of Chef Miki Hackney, a member of Melissa’s Corporate Chefs team.

January 2018
The French began using the word canapés to describe a favorite finger food in the late 18th century.

December 2017
No time during the busy holiday season to take a whole day to make that traditional batch of tamales?