To whet your appetite, here are a few
easy-to-put-together menus featuring Service Deli
items (in boldface) and other Kirkland Signature™ foods.
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Ten-Minute Miracle
Shrimp Cocktail
Artisan Garlic Loaf
Meatballs with Penne Pasta
Upsized Caesar Salad
Tiramisu
Beverage:
California Red Zinfandel
or Sparkling Cider
The precooked meatballs feature six 3-
ounce Italian-style meatballs with a coarser
grind, more like homemade, and Costco’s
rich Italian, roasted marinara recipe. Also,
egg penne pasta is used because it’s tasty
and holds up better for reheating.
The upsized Caesar Salad is more than a
half pound larger than the original Caesar.
Thirty-Minute Magic
Parmesan Cracker Bread
Rotisserie Chicken Salad
Organic Spring Mix
Meatloaf with Yukon Gold
Mashed Potatoes or Salmon Milano
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
French Green Beans
All-American Four-Layer Chocolate Cake
Beverage:
Red Burgundy or Rioja from Spain
Coffee/Tea
Try the new Rotisserie Chicken Salad as
a spread paired with the bakery’s crispy flat
crackers.
The fall is the beginning of the Service
Deli’s meatloaf season. It’s now precooked,
making reheating a snap. Another option is
member-favorite Salmon Milano.
Buttery-flavored Yukon Gold mashed
potatoes are included with the meatloaf, but
I can’t resist suggesting the new, luscious
mashed sweet potatoes (November arrival).
They are made with just four ingredients:
heavenly Beauregard sweet potatoes, butter,
brown sugar and a little parsley. Reheating
takes around 20 minutes in the oven or 5 to
7 minutes in the microwave. (Thanksgiving
dinner just got a whole lot easier.)
For additional
meals-to-go
menus as well as information
on the department’s Special-Order Party Platters, visit
costco.com, click on “Costco
magazine,” then on “Buying
Smart, bonus material.”
Twenty-Minute Takeout
Vegetable Platter
Take & Bake Pizza
Spinach Salad
Filled Half Sheet Cake, Ice Cream
Beverage:
Châteauneuf-du-Pape
from Southern Rhône or Chianti
from Italy, Sodas and/or Beers
Take & Bake Pizzas are now 17 by 17
inches square, to better fit most home ovens.
Choose between just cheese (mozzarella,
provolone and Parmesan), pepperoni with
cheeses or the combo—cheese, olives, green
peppers, red onions, sliced mushrooms and
Italian sausage. Freeze leftovers and reheat in
a toaster oven.
Costco’s spinach salad is filled with
triple-washed baby leaf spinach and topped
with Grade A sliced eggs, true mozzarella
cheese rather than a less expensive, tasteless mozzarella filler blend and many other
tasty garnishes.
Grab and Go
Italian Sandwich with
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Variety Cookies
Pre-sliced Apples
Beverage:
Oregon Pinot Gris, Washington Riesling,
Chablis or Sparkling Waters
The Italian sandwich combo is the most
popular in the Service Deli. Ingredients include
11 ounces of Costco’s own pepperoni, roast
beef and salami and 3 ounces of provolone
cheese, all served on artisan-style focaccia
bread. The accompanying tricolor, three-cheese-filled cappelletti pasta salad is also
available in a much larger dinner size. Fork
included. (An extra lettuce leaf acts as a barrier
between the sandwich and the pasta salad to
prevent a soggy sandwich. Bless you, Costco.)
