Recipes from the Breakroom

May 2017
Here’s a tasty dish just in time to add to your Cinco de Mayo menu, appropriately submitted by Melissa’s representative in the Southwest, Adam Aquilar.

April 2017
Several members of the Melissa’s staff are already familiar with this month’s recipe, submitted by Danny Mermingez, of the company’s Inventory Management Team.

March 2017
This month’s Guest recipe was submitted by Peter Blake, one of the newest members of the Melissa’s team. Aji de gallina is a Peruvian chicken dish with a spicy cream sauce...

February 2017
Befitting this month’s hearts and flowers tradition, here’s a special occasion dinner-for-two created by Melissa’s own Chef de Cuisine, Tom Fraker.

January 2017
Are January’s frigid temps generating thoughts of palm trees in a warm sun, but you just cannot get away?

December 2016
Just in time for the myriad of college football bowl games that are about to monopolize TV broadcast schedules for most of this month, comes a very easy to make and scrumptiously delicious chip dip from the desk of Mark Smith...

November 2016
Here’s a fun-to-make, creative appetizer just in time for the holiday entertainment season, submitted by Kelly Rowe, Melissa’s always-inventive Art Director.

September 2016
Just in time to help take the chill off September’s seasonal changeover from summer to fall, Carlos Preciado, a member of Melissa’s Business Development team...

August 2016
Here’s the PERFECT summertime side dish to accompany grilled pork chops or maybe that special secret sauce BBQ chicken that was submitted by Nick Quintero of Melissa’s Social Media Department.