Favorite recipes using Costco products CoverSingles 11/9/04 9:03 AM Page 1 Hass Avocado and Blueberry Fruit Salad can be found on page 41. p002-003_Title 10/5/04 10:19 AM Page 2 Favorite recipes using Costco products Tim Talevich Editorial Director With a foreword by Kathy Casey Issaquah, Washington p002-003_Title 10/5/04 10:19 AM Page 3 Easy Cooking the Costco Way. Copyright ©2004 by Costco Wholesale Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, contact Publishing Department, Costco Wholesale Corporation, 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, Washington 98027. FIRST EDITION Photography by Iridio Photography, Seattle Printed and bound in the United States of America by Quebecor World at Kingsport Press ISBN 0-9722164-3-X Library of Congress Control Number: 2004113770 Publisher: David W. Fuller Editorial Director: Tim Talevich Art Director: Doris Winters Associate Editor: Judy Gouldthorpe Contributing Editor: Pat Volchok Graphic Designers: Dawna Tessier Brenda Tradii Photographers: Darren Emmens Tom Clements Chris McArthur Norman Hersom Devin Seferos Food Stylists: Amy Muzyka-McGuire Jane Morimoto Chris Jackson Joanne Naganawa Kitchen Manager: Linda Carey Studio Assistant: Rozarri Lynch Business Manager: Jane Klein-Shucklin Advertising Manager: Steve Trump Advertising Assistant: Aliw Moral Production Manager: Pam Sather Assistant Production Manager: Antolin Matsuda Color Specialist: MaryAnne Robbers Proofreader: Shana McNally Distribution: Rossie Cruz All photographs by Iridio Photography, with the following exceptions: © 2003 E. Jane Armstrong, 7 Heinz, 81 (top left) Heinz, 101 (top right) Chicken of the Sea, 126 (top left) Sunkist, 140 (top left) Nonni’s, 156 (top left) Masterfood, 168 (top right) Kozyshack, 173 (top right) Starbuck’s, 187 91 182 118 174 p004-005_TOC_R3 10/28/04 9:02 AM Page 4 Letter from Ginnie Roeglin 6 Foreword by Kathy Casey 7 About This Book 8 I Breakfast 10 I Appetizers 22 I Salads and Soups 40 I Side Dishes 60 I Entrées 70 I Desserts 154 I Beverages 180 Index 188 Contents 68 13 43 37 p004-005_TOC_R1 10/7/04 3:58 PM Page 5 6 Easy Cooking The Costco Way To Our Valued Members I W e are delighted to offer you our new book, Easy Cooking the Costco Way, as a token of our appreciation for your loyal membership in Costco Wholesale. As you might expect from Costco, Easy Cooking the Costco Way has a heavy emphasis on quality and value—whether it is what you buy or what you serve. Just as in our warehouses, the emphasis here is on the basics—meat, potatoes and some great salmon. But, just as in our warehouses, there is always an unexpected treasure to be discovered—like our special section on page 88 with recipes from member Rhonda Barranco that feature our famous Costco rotisserie chicken in a variety of dishes, our special collection of salmon recipes from members on page 128 or our quick-fix smoothies recipes beginning on page 181. We’ve also included recipes for appetizers, beverages, desserts and more, with the common themes being easy preparation and a great result. This book has been made possible through the support of Costco’s many suppliers. These are the same vendors who work so closely with our Costco buyers to constantly improve the quality and value of the food products we sell. At our request, they have come up with some great ways to prepare their specialties, all with an emphasis on simplicity and ease in the kitchen. Costco has a long tradition as an innovator in food retailing, and we hope you will enjoy these recipes using some of our favorite products. Bon appétite! Ginnie Roeglin, Senior Vice President, E-commerce and Publishing p006-007_Ginnie+Forward_R1 10/7/04 4:01 PM Page 6 Easy Cooking The Costco Way 7 I Foreword W ow! Costco’s third cookbook! With more than 250 recipes from 200 suppliers, Easy Cooking the Costco Way features Costco products, so you can easily find the ingredients you need at a great price. And since the theme is “easy cooking,”this book is sure to get a lot of use. The recipes cover the gastronomic gamut from quickly assembled, everyday meals to dinner-party appetizers—and even breakfast. You will be inspired to cook. Everyone is crunched for time these days, so easy recipes have big appeal. While there’s nothing better than cooking up some homemade goodness from scratch, more often than not there just aren’t enough hours in the day to make everything yourself. But with Costco’s huge variety of products, you can pull together a quickie meal or go all out and spend the day cooking. Being able to purchase great products makes cooking meals easy and delicious. The wonderful practicality of prewashed spinach or mesclun, for example, is a cook’s blessing. Then there are already-cleaned mushrooms, stir-fry veggies, and fresh orange and grapefruit sections. Many recipes in this volume take advantage of the ready-to-use produce available at various times of the year at Costco. And with so many cool prepared sauces, salsas and toppings available, looking like a gourmet chef is easy. Then there’s the Costco rotisserie chicken—a busy- schedule dinner essential! There are so many ways to use it, and Easy Cooking the Costco Way illustrates a few of them well. Almost everyone I know has bought the five-pound bags of meatballs in the freezer section. Pop them in a baker, douse them with tomato herb sauce, dollop on a little pesto and feta cheese, then bake them up. Voila! Serve them with Italian-style focaccia warm from the oven—reheated, of course! You’ll also find great recipes for spreads, breads, cheeses and more. It’s super simple to wrap a luscious Brie in a pastry crust—made with refrigerated crescent rolls—and then bake till warm and oozy. And scope out some yummy sweet endings. Easy Cooking the Costco Way features some fun ideas using premade cheesecake and brownies. Frozen cream puffs topped with fudge and/or caramel sauce are the perfect luscious nibble. This is an excellent opportunity to try new products, and these easy recipes from Costco suppliers show you what to do with them. Easy Cooking the Costco Way will introduce you to new flavors and new ways to cook when your time is at a premium. And you’ll have more time to sit back, relax and enjoy. Costco member and chef Kathy Casey is a food, beverage and restaurant-concept consultant and food writer. She owns Kathy Casey Food Studios and Dish D’Lish. See more at her Web site, www.kathycasey.com. p006-007_Ginnie+Forward 10/5/04 10:27 AM Page 7 8 Easy Cooking The Costco Way About This Book I S ince publishing our first Costco cookbook two years ago, we have had many positive comments from members who have enjoyed the recipes and tips in Entertaining the Costco Way and Cooking the Costco Way. We are excited this year to be able to offer a third cookbook that is just as full of fantastic ways to prepare the wide range of food we sell. In fact, we are so excited about this book that we are offering it as a gift to those members who visit our warehouses the weekend after Thanksgiving (as long as the supply lasts!) Unlike the previous two books, Easy Cooking the Costco Way will not be sold in our warehouses or on costco.com. As the name implies, Easy Cooking the Costco Way emphasizes recipes that take a minimal amount of preparation time. It can be used as a companion to the two earlier books, fitting nicely on the kitchen bookshelf as part of a set, or it will work just as well as a stand-alone. It is as easy to use as its recipes are to prepare, with sections on breakfast, appetizers, salads and soups, side dishes, entrées, desserts and beverages. As before, our vendors have supplied recipes that show off their products in the most tantalizing ways. Please note that each recipe has been identified with the vendor’s corporate name and logo. Some branded products may not be sold in your part of the country. In such cases, you should substitute a similar product. I hope you enjoy this token of our appreciation for your membership in Costco and that you derive many hours of dining pleasure from Easy Cooking the Costco Way. David W. Fuller Publisher Note on Brands Many of the recipes in this book were submitted by companies that hold copyrights to the recipes and/or trademark applications/registrations on the brands listed in the recipes. Each of the companies represented in this book asserts its ownership of the trademarks, applications/registrations and copyrights it holds on its company name, brands or recipes. Trademark, application/registration and copyright symbols have been eliminated from the titles and text of the recipes by the publishers for design and readability purposes only. p008-009_AboutThisBook 10/5/04 10:32 AM Page 8 p008-009_AboutThisBook 10/5/04 10:32 AM Page 9 Breakfast p010-011_Breakfast Intro_R2 10/19/04 9:30 AM Page 10