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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.

Best Thing I Ever Ate

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Best Thing I Ever Ate

Looking to enjoy some tasty local foods now that the weather’s nice? You may not know, but TONS of restaurants in our area have been featured on popular TV shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, America’s Best, Best Thing I Ever Ate, Meat and Potatoes, Man vs Food, and even Throwdown with Bobby Flay! This month’s newsletter highlights a handful of restaurants people travel from near and far to visit that are right in our backyard.

The Pit 

Location: Raleigh, NC
Famous For: BBQ Pork and Baked Beans
Featured On: America’s Best, Man vs Food, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Unique Eats
What People Are Saying: “Some of the best BBQ I’ve had in my life. The baby back ribs with sweet potato fries and fried okra were ridiculously delicious.”

Davis’ Pub 

Location: Annapolis, MD
Famous For: Chipotle Habanero Barbecue Pork Sandwich & Crab Pretzel
Featured On: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
What People Are Saying: “We had sausage gumbo, a crab cake sandwich (opted for fried, loved the extra crunch,) and a hot dog topped with crab dip, cheese and bacon…wowza.”

Sweet Lucy’s Smokehouse 

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Famous For: BBQ – Smoked Pulled Chicken
Featured On: Best Thing I Ever Ate
What People Are Saying: “This place is absolutely amazing! It was the best Southern food out of the south we had ever had!”

Columbia Firehouse

Location: Alexandria, VA
Famous For: Bison Short Rib Stroganoff
Featured On: Meat And Potatoes
What People Are Saying: “The food is consistently good. The braised pork shank is spectacular. They also have three different preparations of mussels that are all wonderful.”

Stuff Yer Face

Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Famous For: Gigantic ‘Bolis (Strombolis) weighing up to 2 pounds!
Featured On: Man vs Food
What People Are Saying: “Love Stuff Yer Face! Man Vs Food boli is my favorite. The sauce they use in it is one of the best sauces of any kind I’ve ever had.”

 

Webers Way to GrillWith grilling season almost here, it may be time to brush up on your spring and summer cooking techniques and maybe add a few new recipes to the repertoire. Weber’s Way To Grill is an amazing resource packed with great recipes, photos and a bunch of interesting cooking/preparation tips. Less than $20 on Amazon!

Announcement: 6 New Products Now Available!

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Product Announcement

April is going to be BIG month for us and our customers – we’ve got some great things coming up!

First, we are so excited to introduce the 6 delicious new products available for home delivery starting April 1st! Click the pink links below to preview the products and read up on their nutritional and packaging specs.

Grandpa’s Original Blend Burgers
Scottish Salmon
Halibut
Jumbo Raw Shrimp
Premium Lump Crab Cakes
Ground Chicken Breast

In addition to our new products, we’re also looking forward to attending the Philly Showcase of Wine & Cheese benefiting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia on Friday, April 10th. Passanante proud to support this excellent organization and hope this event is a huge success. Click here to find out more about the showcase and how to get your tickets!

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New Product Spotlight:
Grandpa’s Original Blend Burgers

 

 

After winning dozens of side-by-side taste tests comparing Grandpa’s Original Blend Burgers to top chef burgers in NYC, Philly and DC, we decided it was about time to bring this juicy burger to all of our customers.

This 100 year old family recipe is a well kept secret blend of select cuts from the chuck and brisket – it’s unlike anything you’ve ever had before! Plus, we’re braking the mold for these burgers and will offer them only in colossal 8oz patties. Be sure to add a few packages to your next order, we guarantee you won’t regret it.

As always, thanks for supporting Passanante’s Home Food Service! We hope you love our new products us much as we do, and we look forward to impressing you for years to come.

What’s In Your Food?

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Did you know the average person may have up to 700 harmful chemicals in their body at any given time? Whether it’s exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide or ozone in busy cities or increased exposure to pesticides in rural America, the truth about these common toxins may surprise you.

Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, among other health professionals, agrees that common toxins found in our foods could be the catalyst behind feelings of exhaustion, joint and muscle pain, weight gain, and even rapid aging. Pesticides found in non-organic foods are absorbed into our bodies and affect the way our cells work which can leave us feeling tired and sick.

Pesticides are used in mass produced foods to diminish damage to the crop from bugs as well as other pesky plants like weeds. One common misconception is that simply washing foods prior to eating or preparing them will protect the consumer when in reality even cooking or boiling the food is often not enough to eliminate the health risks.

Food pesticides leave residue on produce that, despite your best efforts, may impact the health and over all well-being of you and your family. In the Food Quality Protection Act the EPA describes what is considered to be a tolerable amount of pesticide residue as foods with “reasonable certainty of no harm”.

When it comes to the health of you and your family, “reasonable certainty” simply doesn’t pass the Passanante’s Home Food Service quality test. Choosing clean, wholesome and organic foods is the only way to eliminate these harmful chemicals from your diet.

Passanante’s delivers pesticide and hormone-free produce and meats to thousands of families across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. To find out how to get delicious food delivered to your home give us a call at 1-800-772-7786 today!

Want to know more? Check out this video for more information about pesticides and toxins in your food.

Defeating Drowsiness

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Tired of being tired

Everyone knows the cold grey months of winter are notorious for making a homebody of even the most social butterflies. Let’s face it – staying in and cozying up by the fire almost always sounds better than stacking on layers of itchy sweaters and venturing out into the cold. We all complain about feeling more lethargic in the winter, but for many the winter months only accentuate the exhaustion and lethargy experience year-round despite getting plenty of shut-eye. So what’s up with that?

Depending on who you ask you could get a dozen different explanations for your sleepy nature, but at the end of the day most people are able to perk up if they make a couple of simple lifestyle changes.

1. “I’m too tired to work out…” we’ve all said it before, and while preserving our energy may seem like the logical route for having more of it, studies prove the opposite is true. Regular exercise boosts strength, endurance, and your mood as it improves your cardiovascular system, and delivers increased oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. Adding 20 minutes of light exercise to your schedule 3 times a week may be a great way for you to tackle your sleepiness.

2. Another culprit you may want to investigate in your quest to find energy is your diet. If you’re a sucker for sweets and simple carbs your sugar highs are likely to blame for your energy lows. To reduce drowsiness, make an effort to keep blood sugar steady by enjoying a lean protein along with a whole grain at every meal. Good choices include baked or grilled chicken and brown rice, salmon and sweet potato, or salad with chicken and fruit.

3. If you aren’t getting enough iron in your diet you may experience sluggishness, irritability, weakness, and an inability to focus since less oxygen is traveling to your muscles and cells. Increase your iron intake with lean beef, kidney beans, tofu, eggs, dark green leafy vegetables, nuts, and peanut butter, and pair them with a good source of vitamin C. If you think you may have an iron deficiency you should consult a physician.

 

Recipes: Hot & Spicy Pepper Steak, Ranch Pork Chop Casserole

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To help combat the chill of winter we’re bringing you a couple new recipes that will fill your home with warm, delicious aromas, and heat you up from the inside out!

It may be a little cold to man the grill these days, so take advantage of these wintry months and master your meals on the stove top!

Hot & Spicy Pepper Steak

Hot & Spicy Pepper Steak

  • 1/2 Cup picante sauce
  • 1/3 Cup water
  • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 Teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 Pound beef round steak cut into thin
  • strips
  • 1 Clove garlic, minced
  • 1 Cup fresh mushrooms, slices
  • 6 Green onions, chopped
  • 1 Medium red or green pepper; cut into short, thin strips
  • 4 Servings rice

In a small bowl combine picante sauce, water, soy sauce, cornstarch and ground ginger. Set aside.

In a large skillet or wok over high heat, heat vegetable oil. Add the meat and stir-fry 1-2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Add garlic, mushrooms, green onions and peppers. Stir-fry for 3 minutes and return the meat to the skillet.

Cook and stir about 1 minute or until the sauce thickens. Serve over rice with additional picante sauce.

Ranch Pork Chop CasseroleRanch Pork Chop Casserole

  • 6 Pork chops
    Salt & Pepper
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 Stalks celery, chopped
  • 4 Cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 Onion, chopped
  • 3 Cans cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 Teaspoon Spice Island Brand – Beau Monde seasoning
  • 3/4 Teaspoon dry sage seasoning
  • 1 1/3 Cup water
  • 1 1/3 Cup instant minute rice

Salt and pepper pork chops on both sides. Heat oil in a skillet and brown the chops on both sides. Remove and set aside.

Add celery, garlic and onion to skillet and cook until tender. Add soup and seasonings to the veggies and stir until heated through.

Remove 1 can measure of the mixture and reserve as gravy.

Add water and rice to skillet and combine by stirring. Pour into 9 x 12 pan and top with the pork chops.

Bake at 350* for 30 minutes and serve with warm reserved gravy.