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About Passanante's Home Food Service

Since 1916, Passanante's Home Food Service has provided families like yours with an incredible variety of healthy, safe and delicious foods. Today we're bringing our savory foods and decades of experience to your neighborhood with our Home Food Service. Our reorder base is over 95% because of our Quality, Convenience and Time Saved in shopping.

Planning Your Holiday Menus

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Happy Holidays

With Thanksgiving just barely behind us it’s hard to imagine in a matter of weeks Christmas and Hanukkah will be upon us!

The holidays bring more time with family and loved ones, more traditions, more memories, and of course… more food! If you’re still stuffed from the stuffing and if that turkey-tired hasn’t quite worn off, you may be considering ways to make the next month as painless on the waistline as possible. The bad news is – candy & cookies are never going to be calorie-free, but the good news is that there are tons of better-for-you options to pick from as you set your holiday menu.

Nibblers: Instead of Spinach Artichoke Dip which has 9 grams of fat and 100 calories per 2-tbs serving, reach for the salsa with 0 fat and just 10 calories per serving.

Sides: Sweet potato casserole is delicious, but with 11 grams of fat and 379 calories per 3/4 cup serving it might be worth passing on and replacing with garlic mashed potatoes for just 4 grams of fat and 170 calories per serving.

The Main Event: Everyone loves a good Prime Rib (including and especially us!), but if you want to keep your Spinach Artichoke Dip and Sweet Potatoes, swapping it for Skinless Smoked Turkey will save you 53.5 grams of fat and 444 calories per 6-ounce serving.

The Sweet Stuff: Can’t decide if you should cut a piece of Pecan, Pumpkin or both?? Pumpkin pie has 1/3 the fat of pecan and 60% less calories — WOW! You could almost have TWO pieces of pumpkin! (We won’t tell!)

Still need a gift for the neighbors? Whip up a batch of homemade Baileys Irish Cream and voila!

  • 1 2/3 Cups good Irish whiskey  (Jameson is a nice pick)
  • 1 Cup heavy cream
  • 1 (14 oz.) Can fat free sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 Tablespoons Hershey’s chocolate syrup
  • 2 Teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 Tablespoons cold coffee

 Place all ingredients in a blender or high for 20 seconds and transfer to airtight containers. Kerr canning jars from Walmart with a bow around the neck make for a festive presentation.

This makes 4 pints and will keep in the fridge for up to two months! Never be empty handed when a neighbor pops over again — this is too easy!

Happy Holidays!

Recipes: Bacon ‘N Bleu Potato Casserole, Quick Butterscotch Ice Cream Pie

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Fall Favoritess

As we approach Thanksgiving and the holiday season we will be sharing more and more of our favorite cold weather recipes with our blog and newsletter subscribers. Keep reading for two of our all-time favorites — one savory and one sweet!

Bacon N Bleu Potato CasseroleBacon ‘N Bleu Potato Casserole

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. and coat a casserole dish with cooking spray.
  2. Heat 1/4 cup butter in a medium pot until melted. Whisk in 6 tablespoons flour, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. Then whisk in 1.5 cups milk. Continue whisking until thickened.
  3. Stir 1.25 cups crumbled bleu cheese into mixture and stir until cheese has melted and combined.
  4. Peel and slice 12 large new potatoes into 1/8-inch slices and place in layers in casserole dish.
  5. Top with 1 pound cooked and chopped bacon and 1 16-ounce bag frozen broccoli then pour cheese sauce overtop.
  6. Cover casserole with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour.
  7. Remove casserole and uncover. Sprinkle 1/4 cup breadcrumbs overtop then bake another 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes before serving.

Butterscotch Ice Cream PieQuick Butterscotch Ice Cream Pie

  1. In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup pecans, 1 cup graham cracker crumbs and 1/3 cup butter. Mix well and press into a 9 inch pie plate and set aside.
  2. In a small saucepan combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water over medium heat. Bring to a boil and let boil for 3 minutes before removing from the heat.
  3. Combine 1 cup butterscotch morsels and sugar mixture in a blender and blend on high for 30 seconds. Add 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg and blend on high for 1 minute. Cool to room temperature.
  4. Fold into 1 3/4 cups heavy cream. Spoon 1/2 of the filling onto the crust  and sprinkle 1/2 cup pecans on top. Spoon remaining filling on top. Garnish with 1/2 cup pecans and freeze for several hours before serving.

Recipe: Apple & Pear Galette with Walnut Streusel

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Get your palates ready! The holiday season, and all of the incredible food that comes with it, is around right the corner. From turkey to prime rib, cranberry sauce to sweet potatoes, the holiday season features delicious foods everyone can enjoy.

Stay tuned to our social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest) and newsletters for some out-of-this world recipes you’ll surely want to include in your celebration menus. Have a particular flavor in mind? Shoot us a message and we will be happy to whip up a great recommendation recipe for you!

Apple & Pear Galette

Recipe: Apple & Pear Galette with Walnut Streusel
Just as tasty as a traditional pie but without all the fuss, this galette is a delicious substitute and the crunchy streusel on top makes it totally irresistible.
Get the recipe here>

How to Carve a Turkey Video

Video: How to Carve a Turkey
Every year the bird is the star of the show on Thanksgiving, so don’t let a crummy cutting job lessen it’s luster! This quick video featuring Food Network’s Alton Brown shows us how to get the job done and make the most of your turkey.
Watch it on YouTube>

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Update: ACS Donation
Thank you to everyone who helped us raise donation funds in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This was our biggest year yet (by far) and we’re thrilled to be donating $5,550 to the American Cancer Society!

Warm Up With Salsa Verde Chicken

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There’s almost nothing better than coming home to a house filled with the irresistible aroma of a hot meal, which is why we absolutely love crockpot creations. This week we’re featuring a recipe for delicious crockpot Roasted Salsa Verde Chicken with homemade salsa verde. You can, of course, use your favorite store-bought salsa verde, but this recipe is simple and really makes the difference — we’re confident that once you try it you won’t go back. Just toss a few of your Passanante boneless chicken breasts in the crockpot and enjoy this tasty meal for days!

Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 10 tomatillos, husk removed and washed
  • 1-2 serrano peppers (1 serrano for medium, 2 for spicy)
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro, chopped
  • 1/2 white onion, cut into fourths
  • 2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1 tbsp. distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt

Method:
1. Turn oven on broil.
2. Line a cooking sheet with foil. Place tomatillos, onion, and serrano pepper(s) on the cooking sheet. Place in oven and broil for 15-20 minutes, or until they are slightly charred and the tomatillos are very soft, squishy and oozing.
3. Add the roasted tomatillos, onions and serranos to a food processor with the lime juice, minced garlic and chopped cilantro. Puree. Serve immediately if you want it served warm, or place in a storage container and store for up to 1 week.

Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken

Rinse and pat dry chicken breasts. Season with salt, pepper and cumin. Place 1/2 red onion, sliced, in bottom of crockpot. Layer seasoned chicken breasts on top of the onions. Stir together 1/2 cup of chicken broth and 1/2 cup homemade roasted salsa verde and pour salsa mixture over chicken. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours then shred using two forks. Throw on top of a salad, make some tacos or stuff and roast a poblano pepper!

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we are so excited to be raising funds to donate to the American Cancer Society for the 3rd year in a row!
2015 Donation Goal: $6,000
2014 Donation: $2,500
2013 Donation: $1,228
Last year we pledged to donate $3 for every free food sample we gave away and $1 for each new Facebook fan. After 750 free samples and 250 new fans we donated $2,500.
This year we have 1,000 pink cooler bags for our free food sample deliveries and cannot wait to blow last year’s numbers out of the park!
Direct your friends and family here to request a free gourmet food sample. For each free food sample* we deliver in October we will donate $5.
Share our page on Facebook! For every new Facebook fan we get during October we will donate $1.
Our goal is to distribute all 1,000 pink bags and gain 1,000 new fans which would bring our donation to $6,000.
Refer a couple friends and be a part of something incredible this October – help us support the American Cancer Society!