Recipes from the Breakroom

December 2024
Looking for a quick side dish for a holiday potluck? Danelle Zapien, from Melissa’s Marketing Team, provides this easy, six-ingredient dish that can be prepped and cooked in about 30 minutes and is guaranteed to be the hit of any buffet table.

November 2024
Byran Grimm, Melissa’s man in Michigan, shares this month's team recipe.

October 2024
This month’s recipe is as tasty as it is nutritious and designed to be put together quickly.

September 2024
Sara Brezensky, a member of the company’s Retail Sales Team, gives her family’s traditional banana bread recipe a very tasty upgrade with a trip to the Melissa’s pantry.

August 2024
This month’s staff recipe, shared by Mario Gonzales of Melissa’s Food Service Sales Department, gives us yet another version of America’s most-favored meal item to chew on: the hamburger.

July 2024
This month’s staff recipe comes from the kitchen of Louis Perez, Melissa’s longtime roaming retail representative.

June 2024
This month’s staff recipe was created by Chef JC Marquez, Executive Chef at Desert Fall Country Club in Palm Desert on the outskirts of the famed desert oasis of Palm Springs, California.

May 2024
Here is the perfect side dish to give your Cinco de Mayo table that traditional touch, submitted by our own Chef Marco Zapien.

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