Recipes from the Breakroom

March 2024
Here’s a warming shellfish stew recipe submitted by Melissa’s in-house Nutritionist, Natalie Rodriquez.

March 2015
This month’s featured dish comes from the Colorado kitchen of Bill Gerlach, Melissa’s R & D specialist.

March 2014
This month’s Guest Chef Recipe will please the home gourmet who enjoys the challenge of preparing multiple components that come together only at the final plating.

September 2011
Instead of choosing one of the two fresh ingredients that October’s Guest Chef was given to feature in a dish for this article, the chef submitted a "his" and "hers" recipe for each.

July 2011
July’s featured recipe is truly an editable midsummer night’s dream turned into delicious reality by Don Shank, chef/owner of the Rhododendron Café located on scenic Chuckanut Drive, near the small town of Bow in Washington State.

June 2011
Gretchen Allison, chef/owner of Duck Soup Inn on San Juan Island in Washington State, lists her wonderfully rich Warm Spinach and Ricotta Bread Pudding in the Appetizer section of the restaurant’s menu.

August 2009
Here’s a summer grilling recipe that is guaranteed to please the dietary requirements of vegetarians as well as the more carnivorous guests at your barbeque table.

July 2009
This month’s featured recipe demonstrates that simplicity in ingredients and preparation can produce the rich flavors of an all day simmer, though it takes only a few hours and some well matched fresh components to make.

February 2009
February’s Guest Chef Wes Kendrick, of Table 34 Restaurant in Las Vegas, submits a great twist on a recipe that can be traced to a small tribe of American Indians who occupied the rich shoreline and coastal islands of what is now the eastern tip of Rhode Island.