How to Make Mini Hamburgers

With spring and summer are upon us it is time to start thinking about family gatherings and parties with friends. If you are hosting a party and are looking for something to grill, try making mini hamburger sliders. It only takes a matter of minutes to create these burgers.

In the video below, Chef Jere demonstrates how to create mini burgers using the Rada Plain Food Chopper. These hamburger sliders will be a big hit at your next party. Do not forget to check out other kitchen utensils offered by Rada Cutlery.

Plain Food Chopper (Item R115P)

The Plain Food Chopper has a 3″ diameter and is used for small dicing – chop eggs, celery, crumble ground beef, cut biscuits, and sugar cookies. Rada also offers a Serrated Food Chopper for medium dicing .

Hamburger Slider Video Transcript:

Today we are using the Rada Food Chopper. This is a pretty neat little utensil. I like to use it to cut biscuits, you can make sugar cookies with it. Dice onions, dice parsley, dice fresh herbs, but a really neat trick I learned to do with this is use it as a burger press. Not too many people know what a burger press is. It is what you use in a restaurant to form a burger to make it uniform so it cooks evenly and it cooks at the same temperature throughout the burger.

What we have here is two pounds of ground beef, it’s an 80/20 blend. If I am grilling hamburgers I want at least twenty percent fat in my ground beef. Reason being is it just adds flavor and it doesn’t dry out. You are stirring at a high heat, so you need that fat in there to keep the juices in the burger itself. So I’ve laid that out and I’ve got it in a kind of rectangular form.

I want to get twelve mini burgers or sliders out of this. The first thing I want to do is take a small cooks knife and cut the hamburger in half. Then I am going to cut each half into half. Then cut it into thirds, you do not have to be exact on this just get it close to where it needs to be. Next thing we are going to do is take the burger ring and take a portion out, get it formed. Notice when you make burgers at home this is what you end up with; kind of a flat burger, not uniform.

Make that into a ball and put it into the food chopper and press it in. If you don’t have enough, take a little from the next one, it is pretty uniform so you will pretty much get exactly about two and a quarter; two and a third ounce burger out of it. You pull the ring off and look at that perfect burger you have, look at that mini burger.

It’s going to cook evenly whenever you are grilling to whatever temperature you want it to be. If you want it well-done; it will be juicy throughout. So we are going to get twelve burgers out of that. Again, I like using this for biscuits, cookies, dicing onions. It is real simple and it goes pretty quick. I’m not quite there so I’m going to cheat and take some.

When I am making these, we have actually done a recipe we’re making mini burgers, where you buy dinner rolls from the store. Just the small square dinner rolls, fresh baked dinner rolls. Then I make our Rada Bacon Cheddar Dip Mix and our Chipotle Chili Dip Mix; we use it for toppings on the burgers. It is just a really unique way to serve these burgers. Also, you can use the dip for chips and everything like that. So you have your chips and dip there, but also a topping for the burgers.

You can grill these outside or you can do them in a pan in your kitchen, either way they work really well. You’ve got  your garnishes with pickles and onions, jalapenos. I even like to use our garden salsa mix with these burgers to make Mexican burgers. We are just about there. So serve four to six, if you got hungry people then they can have three or two to three burgers is just about right. There’s our burgers using our food chopper.

End of Hamburger Slider Video Transcript.

Spatula for grilling mini hamburgers.

Order Your Food Chopper

The Rada Cutlery Food Choppers can be purchased at http://bit.ly/XkCoCC. Do not forget to check out other products, they can be purchased at www.RadaKitchenStore.com or by calling 888-771-7798 during normal business hours.

Have you seen this fruit pizza on the cover of Rada Cutlery’s catalogs? Have you ever wondered how to make it? We’ll tell you!

This is a great treat for any occasion, especially as a patriotic dessert for Memorial Day or Independence Day. Try this recipe for your next summer get-together.  Step by step directions directly below or if you prefer, watch the video instructions at the bottom.

Fruit Flag Pizza Recipe

What you will need:

• 1 tube sugar cookie dough (or use your own recipe)
• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
• ½ pkg. Island Coconut Quick Mix (this can be substituted with a 1/2 c white sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla)
• 2 to 3 cups Sliced Fresh Fruit (Strawberries, Kiwi, Mandarin Oranges, Red or Green Grapes)

Spread cookie dough onto a 12″ x 15″ cookie sheet baking stone and cook according to package directions. Remove from oven and let cool.

While cookie dough is cooling, mix ½ package of Quick Mix with 8-ounces of softened cream cheese.

Our Island Coconut Sweet Dip Quick Mix will give your frosting a fruity flavor you won’t be able to duplicate, but if you don’t have our mix, try mixing your cream cheese with 1/2 c white sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla.

Spread flavored cream cheese mixture evenly over cookie crust.

Slice fresh fruit and layer over cream cheese. Try strawberries and blueberries like Kristy did to make it look like a flag!

You’re done! Show off your beautiful creation at a family get-together or reunion. This treat is perfect for Memorial Day or the Fourth of July!

Read on to find Kristy’s video below that will show you step by step how to make our flag fruit pizza.

Four Easy Tips to Get the Most out of your Fruits

1. Did you know that if you slice citrus lengthwise you get more juice? You can get 3 times as much juice from a lemon simply by slicing it lengthwise instead of crosswise! Who knew? A lemon sliced crosswise — the way most people would normally cut it — yields around 2 tablespoons of juice. The one that is sliced lengthwise yields up to 1/3 cup!

2. Wrapping bananas in a newspaper and then refrigerating them can keep them fresh for longer. Don’t you hate it when that banana you were saving goes bad? Next time, try this simple tip to save your bananas for a longer time.

3. To preserve lemons, coat them with coconut oil and refrigerate them in an open container. If you’re like most people, your lemons are shoved in the fridge in a flimsy plastic bag. But lemons, if stored at room temperature, can only last a week before they start hardening.

4. Make your lemons more squeezable: Microwave a lemon for a few seconds. It’ll make it softer and easier to squeeze.

Watch the Fruit Flag Pizza Recipe Video

Check out Kristy’s video about making fruit pizza. She’ll take you through the process step by step.

Video Transcript

Hi Kristy at the Rada Kitchen and today I’d like to share with you the fruit pizza recipe I used to make our flag fruit pizza on the cover of our catalog, 2012-2013. It is also on our www.radaquickmixrecipes.com website.

The ingredients you will need are a tube of sugar cookie dough, or you can use your own homemade recipe, 8 oz. cream cheese softened, 1/2 package of Island Coconut Rada Quick Mix and 2 to 3 cups of sliced fresh fruit, I am making the flag so today I am using sliced strawberries and blueberries. You could also use kiwi, oranges and red or green grapes.

The first thing you will do is cut your cookie dough. I am going to cut it into slices like the package says and I am using the Rada Cookie Sheet. It doesn’t matter if these break up because we are going to form it anyway. This would make a great flag pizza for the 4th of July or a welcome home party for a soldier or veteran. Now, what I have learned with this cookie dough is that it expands as it cooks so you don’t want to get it to the very edge. It’s going to expand, probably, 3 inches or so. So you kind of form it with your fingers into a rectangular flag shape. It will keep the shape, it will just get bigger as it cooks. Ok, we will put it in our pre-heated oven according to the cookie dough instructions on the package.

So while the crust is in the oven baking we’ll mix up the filling. So we have 8 ounces of softened cream cheese and we are going to take the Handi-stir and you’re going to add half the package of the Island Coconut, you could actually use the Vanilla Latte or you could use the Raspberry, it doesn’t matter which flavor you use…(mixing). Alright, you might want to put that in the refrigerator until your crust gets baked and cooled. Meanwhile you can slice up, I am using strawberries because it’s the flag so I am going to cut it into 3 or 4 slices. I am going to make them even so they lay even. When I put them on the pizza you can either stack ‘em or lay them flat, but we’ll show that when we get back with the crust.

So our cookie dough crust is cooled, baked and cooled, and now we’re going to add our sweet mix dip that we made, we did the Island Coconut. I am using the Super Spreader to spread it. I’m leaving it on this cookie sheet, you don’t have to transfer it, it will be easy to carry that way, it has little handles on each end. And now we will make it look like a flag.

So with  my spreader I am going to kinda draw how you think the flag will look. You will cover that up anyway….(placing blueberries). So now you have your blueberries on and now we’re going to do the strawberries, they are the stripes. Now you want these to all face the same direction so it looks uniform. So you leave a little space to represent the white stripes. So I have all the strawberries on and there’s the flag fruit pizza and a good way to cut this would be with the Rada Pizza Cutter and you can serve it with the Rada Severspoon.

You can find this Fruit Pizza Recipe at www.RadaQuickMixRecipes.com

 Flag Fruit Pizza – Catalog Cover Selection

Each year we brainstorm ideas for the new Rada Cutlery catalog cover which starts circulation in August. It is not always obvious which idea is best – but we knew immediately the flag fruit pizza idea was a winner! Rada Cutlery is red, white and blue proud. We know our customers appreciate that Rada knives are 100% Made in the USA (materials and workmanship). Rada Mfg. Co. is locally owned and we have never had a layoff since we started in 1948. Below is a picture of our shop floor in Waverly, Iowa.

Potluck Day is a semi-annual event that all the employees look forward to in the spring and fall! Pictured above is the salad and dessert tables.

The 100 hard working employees at Rada Mfg. Co. always look forward to this event – plus we get a little extra time off work to enjoy all the delicious food. Half of the employees furnish a dish in the spring and the other half bring a dish for the fall potluck. Sounds like a lot of food but most of the time you take home an empty bowl or dish!

Brent, our V.P. of Manufacutring grilled steaks out in the parking lot for Ribeye Sandwiches (and chicken breasts too).

Brent also treats us with his “fresh from the garden” asparagus every year!

Recipe for “Crockpot Asparagus”

Ingredients:

• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 can cheddar cheese soup
• Fresh Asparagus

Directions:

• Fill the crockpot as full as you want with fresh asparagus, at least half full, stir in the mushroom soup and cheddar cheese soup. Cover and cook on high 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until asparagus is tender. Serve!

Larry in shipping/packing brought this wonderful Strawberry Poppy Seed Salad. It was as beautiful as it was tasty!

Recipe for Strawberry Poppy Seed Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 bags lettuce (pre-chopped lettuce blend with sliced carrots, red cabbage, romaine, radishes, etc.)
• 1 can mandarin oranges, drained well
• 1 can pineapple chunks, drained well
• 2 C. fresh sliced strawberries
• 1 C. fresh blueberries
• 1/2 C. pecans* (whole)
• 1 bottle creamy poppy seed dressing

Directions:

• Toss together; add a bottle of creamy opppy seed dressing to taste at time of serving.

*Spread pecans out on cookie sheet in 350 degree oven for 5 to 6 minutes until toasted.

Many, Many Delicious Dishes

There were dozens on delicious side dishes including salads, meats, vegetables and of course, desserts!  Thank you to first half of the alphabet employees who brought dishes to share.  The second half of the alphabet will return the favor for the Labor Day Potluck!

 The Rada Cutlery Mission

Quality and value are the result of our committed workforce in Waverly, Iowa. Our employees strive each day to ensure efficiency and to eliminate waste. This is done at every stage – manufacturing, packaging, order-processing and shipping. The result is that we live our mission of “providing our customers the best value of kitchen knives for their dollar.”

Rada Cutlery is widely recognized - with over 135 million kitchen knives and utensils having been manufactured and sold in in the last 65+ years!

The employee’s of Rada Manufacturing thank you for your continued support!

Grilling is always great fun in the summer time. But are you a master griller? Read on to find out some new grilling tips, marinade and brine recipes, and some foods we bet you’ve never grilled before!

Basic Grill Tips

• Preheat a gas grill for 10-15 minutes prior to cooking.
• Clean grates with a wire brush before cooking too, especially for more delicate meats.
• To prevent foods from sticking to the grate, dip a folded paper towel in canola oil and rub it over the grates until lightly coated with oil.
• Trim excess fats from meats–this will prevent flare-ups.
• Mix seasonings into ground meats before grilling.
• Soaking meats in a brine or marinade will increase flavor and juiciness.

What is Marinade & Brine?

Marinades and brines add flavor, moisture & tenderness to meats and seafood before grilling. These flavory substances are brushed on to the meats before they are grilled.

There are two good methods to marinating meat & seafood. For quick clean-ups, place the food in a large heavy-duty resealable plastic bag resting in a large bowl. Poru the marinade over the food, seal the bag and gently turn it until meat or seafood is well caoted.

Alternatively, use a non-reactive container like a shallow glass baking dish or stainless steel or plastic bowl (never aluminum). Place meat in container, pour marinade over top, turn the pieces several times until well coated and then cover the dish. Always refrigerate meat or seafood while it marinates and turn it several times to incorporate flavors.

Marinade & Brine Recipes

Here are some fun marinades & brines to try with all kinds of meats!

For Poultry: Tropical Marinade

• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 2 tablespoons preserves
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. dry mustard
• 1/2 tsp. salt

In a small bowl, whisk together pineapple juice, preserves, ginger, dry mustard & salt until well blended. Pour mixture over chicken & refrigerate to marinate meat for 3-4 hours, turning occasionally. To cook, drain and discard marinade. Grill chicken. Marinades 4 chicken breasts.

For Pork: Apple Cider Brine

• 1/2 cup coarse salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp. whole black peppercorns
• 1/2 tsp. whole cloves
• 2 cups unfiltered apple cider
• 1 cup ice cubes
• olive oil

In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix 1 cup water, salt, brown sugar, thyme, peppercorns and cloves; boil for 2-3 minutes until sugar and salt dissolve. Remove from heat; stir in cider and ice. Place pork chops in an extra-large resealable plastic bag. Pour brine over chops, seal bag and refrigerate for 6-12 hours.

To cook, lightly oil the grate and preheat grill to medium heat. Drain chops, rinse and pat dry; discard brine. Brush with oil and place over direct heat. Cover grill and cook for 12-16 minutes, turning once or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.

Fun Foods You’ve Probably Never Grilled

• Corn on the cob; soak corn in cold water for 10 minutes, remove the silk and grill with the husks on.

• Zucchini and summer squash; cut them lengthwise or on a diagonal and brush both sides with olive oil

• Tomatoes and peppers; leave them whole and place them over the hottest part of the grill.

• Asparagus; lightly coat with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Lay spears directly on the grill for about 5 minutes

• Pizza; use a premade crust and you choose the toppings. Place the pizza directly on the grill until the cheese is melted and slightly browned.

• Quesadillas; place one tortilla on the grill, sprinkle with a bit of cheese and other toppings, then top it off with the second tortilla. Remove from grill once it is browned and melty.

• Fresh fruit; such as pineapple, bananas and peaches.

 Try this Cookbook

Check out Grills Gone Wild from the Rada Kitchen Store. You’ll find all kinds of recipes for grilling meats as well as dips, butters, marinades & brines, rubs & seasonings, salsas, relishes, chutneys, pestos, sauces and glazes!

 Grilling Cutlery

Each grill-master has their favorite tools of the trade. Some common Rada Cutlery knives and utensils choices for grilling include:

• Carving Fork and/or Granny Fork
• Carver/Boner Knife and/or Slicer
• Cook’s Knife and/or Super Parer
• Turnover and/or Spatula
• Steak Knives

You can shop and purchase Rada Knives at http://www.RadaKitchenStore.com. Rada Cutlery is 100% American Made – materials and workmanship – manufactured in Waverly, Iowa.

It’s sweet summertime and what sweeter treat could you find than this?! Banana splits are delicious in the summer because of the freshness of the fruit combined with the cool, sweet ice cream.

Try this twist on this summer favorite: Banana Split Cheesecake Squares.

Recipe for Banana Split Cheesecake Squares

What you will need:

• 2 cups (about 14 whole) graham cracker crumbs
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• three 8 oz. packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup mashed bananas
• 1 cup halved strawberries
• 1 banana sliced and tossed with 1 tsp. lemon juice
• one 8 oz. can chunked pineapple drained or one fresh pineapple diced
• 1 container whipped topping

Mix crushed graham cracker crumbs, butter, and 1/4 cup sugar. Press onto bottom of a 9×13” baking pan.

Mix cream cheese, remaining 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla with electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs; mix until blended. Stir in the mashed banana.

Pour mixture into crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until center is almost set; cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.

Top with whipped topping, strawberries, sliced banana and pineapple. If desired, sprinkle with nuts, add a cherry, and drizzle with chocolate syrup. Cut into squares.

Crazy About Bananas?

If you love your bananas, we’ve got the best invention since the banana split! Check out our cookbook 101 Recipes with Bananas. It’s chock-full of appetizers, main dishes, and desserts all made with bananas. Check it out at the Rada Kitchen Store.

Watch to Get Your Sweet Fix

Video Transcript:

Hi, Kristy at the Rada Kitchen. Today we’re going to make a recipe out of our cookbook called 101 Recipes for Bananas. Today I’m going to make banana split cheesecake squares.

The ingredients you’ll need are three 8 oz. packages of cream cheese softened, two cups of graham cracker crumbs (14 whole graham crackers that have been crushed), a third cup margarine/butter melted, a teaspoon of vanilla, a cup of sugar we’ll divide later, 3 eggs, a half cup of mashed bananas, and later for decoration, we’ll need a cup of halved strawberries, a banana we’re going to toss with lemon juice, and some chunked pineapple.

So the first thing we’re going to do is mix our crushed graham crackers with butter. Now to crush graham crackers, I put them in a Ziploc bag and take a rolling pin and crush them up. In a bowl, add a third cup melted butter to graham crackers. Mix it up. Then add a fourth cup of sugar. On the recipe, it said sugar divided, so that’s what it means, we’re not going to use the whole cup. To this, we’ll add a fourth cup.

Now we’re going to put our crumbs into a 9×13 baking pan. Then you want to press it into the bottom of the pan.

I have my oven preheating at 350 degrees. Now we’re going to make the cheesecake filling. In the mixer, you’ll add the three 8 oz. packages of cream cheese and then the rest of your sugar, the 3/4 cup, and a teaspoon of vanilla. Then we’re going to mix that so it’s all mixed really well.

Now we’re going to add our three eggs. I like to add them one at a time till they’re gradually well blended, not overbeat. Now to make it a banana split, we’re going to add a half cup of mashed bananas. Really ripe bananas work best when you have to mash them for recipes like that.

Once the bananas are all blended in, we’ll pour the mix into our pan with the graham cracker crust. Now you’ll put this in the oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes until the center is almost set.

So my cheesecake is baked, I let it cool, and I put it in the refrigerator for 3 hours or overnight, and now I’m going to put the toppings on. You can put all the toppings over the cake, or you can do what I’m going to do–put one fruit on each cake.

First you’ll need a banana that’s sliced. To keep the bananas from getting brown, I’m going to put them in a bowl with some lemon juice. Then I’m going to put some fresh pineapple with the French Chef knife. It’s really sharp–it cuts that top off easily. Cut the bottom off, slice it in half. Pineapple has a hard core in the middle you don’t want to eat. So I’m going to cut the half into three and then I’m going to cut down the core. Now I’m going to go around and cut off the outside. Then cut individual slices.

Slice some strawberries. Put some whipped cream on top of the cake, then banana, some pineapple, and then a strawberry slice. Top it off with a cherry and chocolate syrup. That’s the banana split cheesecake. It’s in the 101 Recipes Using Bananas Cookbook. It has everything from appetizers, beverages, main dishes and desserts.

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R101 Regular Paring Knife

How to Make Salted Nut Roll Bars

• 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (10 oz.) pkg. Reese’s peanut butter chips
• 3 C. miniature marshmallows
• 1 (16 oz.) jar salted or dry roasted peanuts, divided

About the Cook Book

 

A Fundraiser Idea Better than a Bake Sale

• Attract your supporters with sales boosters like the Rada Cutlery banner. Your supporters will be intrigued at the least and will want to know what Rada is all about.
• Demonstrate how to use Rada Cutlery. Show how the Regular Paring Knife easily cuts through fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese, and much more.
• Let your supporters know about Rada’s variety. We have 175 different items to offer not just including many knives and kitchen utensils but also cookbooks, quick mixes, soy wax candles, and stoneware. Just try and find someone who won’t be interested in those items!

And the best part about selling Rada is that you’ll keep a 40% profit! You’ll monumentally increase your funds by selling Rada.

See what Rada Cutlery is all about. Visit our website or request your free catalog today.

Watch the Video for Salted Nut Roll Bars

In the following video, Kristy will teach you how to make salted nut roll bars.

Video Transcript:

Hi, Kristy at the Rada Kitchen. Today I’m going to make a recipe out of a cookbook we offer. It’s called No-Bake Cookies, Bars and Pies. It has 120 different recipes for scrumptious bars, tasty cookies and delicious pies. You don’t need the oven and you can mix them up in a matter of minutes, and they’re homemade.

So today I’m going to make salted nut roll bars. If you love the candy, you’ll love these. You will need a microwave-safe bowl, a 9×13 greased pan. I’m going to use the Rada Stoneware 9×13 rectangular baker. A 10 oz. package Reese’s peanut butter chips, a 14 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk, 3 cups of miniature marshmallows, and a jar of salted or dry roasted peanuts.

First, you’ll combine a can of sweetened condensed milk into your microwave safe bowl and the bag of Reese’s peanut butter chips and the three cups of marshmallows. I’m going to stir it with the Rada Cook Spoon. These are even recipes that children can help you with.

Now we’re going to put these in the microwave for 2 and a half minutes and we’ll stir it every so often.

When it’s all microwaved, I stirred it every 30 to 40 seconds to make the marshmallows all creamy, you’ll take half the jar of peanuts. You’ll put those in the bottom of your 9×13 pan that has been greased. Then you’ll pour your mixture over top. Evenly layer it.

Once you have all the filling in there, you’ll take the rest of your peanuts, sprinkle those over the top, evenly spread them out, and then put in the refrigerator until they are firm–about an hour.

So our salted nut roll bars have been in the refrigerator for about an hour and they’re ready to cut and serve. It makes about 12 servings. They’re very delicious. Your family will appreciate them, and it was easy to make. Just one of the more than 120 recipes in the No-Bake Cookies, Bars and Pies.

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Tis the season for graduation parties and weddings! And tis the season for delicious fruity punch.

Punch is a great beverage for all sorts of occasions: graduation parties, weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, and holiday parties.

Looking for a fresh spin on a timeless favorite? Want to know how to make your own? It’s easy! Let Rada Cutlery show you how.

How to Make Party Punch

What you will need:

• 1 1/4 cup Sugar
• 3 cups Water
• 3 oz. Strawberry Gelatin Mix (or other flavor of choice)
• 1/3 cup Lemon Juice
• 2 3/4 cup Pineapple Juice
• 4 cups Orange Juice
• 2 liters Lemon-Lime Soda

In a large pan on stovetop, add water, sugar, and gelatin. Boil for 3 minutes.

Remove from the burner and add lemon juice, orange juice, and pineapple juice.

Stir together. Pour mixture into a separate container and put into freezer until frozen. Try using an ice cream pail for this step.

Remove from the freezer when solid, place in a punch bowl and add soda. Mix together. Serve immediatly.

You can make the Luscious Slush Punch any color you wish by simply changing the flavor of gelatin. This makes it great for any party.

About the Cookbook

The cookbook used in this recipe is called Santa’s Favorite Sweets and Christmas Treats. It’s filled with recipes that are not only great for the holidays but also year-round. You can find this book and many more at the Rada Kitchen Store.

Also, be sure to check out our famous cutlery while there as well as our stoneware, soy wax candles, and quick mixes.

What the video to see the delicious end result!

Video Transcript:

Hi, Kristy at the Rada Kitchen, and I just made a batch of Luscious Slush Punch for a graduation party. I found this recipe in the Santa’s Favorite Holiday Treats and Christmas Sweets. It’s just not recipes for the holidays. This punch works great for graduations or bridal showers. It’s delicious and easy. The coloring took strawberry Jell-O, but if you had a color theme, you could make lemon lime Jell-O to make it green or any color to match your decor. There’s over 130 recipes in this cookbook.

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Non-Scratch Soup Ladle

Shown in many of the step-by-step punch recipe pictures above is the Non-Scratch Soup Ladle.  The Soup Ladle is new to the Rada Cutlery utensil line up along with three other non-stick pan safe utensils – the Non-Scratch Spatula, Non-Scratch Spoon and Non-Scratch Spoon w/holes.  You can see pictures and learn about these new items at http://www.radacutlery.com/blog/non-scratch-cooking-utensils/.

Rada Mfg. Co. Introduction

Rada Mfg. Co. manufactures Rada Cutlery in Waverly, Iowa.  We have making kitchen knives and utensils since 1948 and selling through non-profit groups for fundraisers.  Last year we helped over 19,000 groups which (churches, schools, civic clubs and youth groups) fundraise for their causes.  These groups make a 40% profit selling 100% American Made kitchen products.  Best of all, since the groups are working directly with the manufacturer, the fundraising supporters receive a great value on their purchases while support worthwhile causes.

Rada Cutlery is also sold through Independent Representatives in various venues such as owner-operated stores, fairs and festivals as well as home parties.  These Resellers typically are selling for extra income and like offering Made in the USA products that they know are outstanding quality and are a good value to their customers.

More information about Rada Knives and Utensils is available at www.RadaCutlery.com or by calling 1-800-311-9691.  By the way, your phone call will be answered by our employees located at our factory in Waverly, Iowa.  We pride ourselves in quality customer service and quick shipping!

It’s that time of year again–time for spring showers and wedding flowers and graduation parties.

Are you planning a graduation, a shower, or a spring party of your own? Or do you have a wedding that you’re planning for? If so, mints are a classic staple.

Impress your friends and family with homemade tasty treats instead of opting for store-bought sugary mints. With this recipe from “101 Recipes with Cream Cheese,” you can make your very own cream cheese mints in your own home.

Recipe for Homemade Cream Cheese Mints

What you will need:

• 8 oz. package cream cheese
• 2 lb. package powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp. flavoring (mint)
• food coloring

1. Mix cream cheese until it is soft in mixer.

2. Add mint flavoring when cream cheese is soft. Then add coloring. Start with a little then wait and see how the color turns out. You may need to add more depending on your preference. Mix.

3. Gradually begin adding powdered sugar. Be careful–this step can get messy! You may have to knead the remaining powdered sugar in later when you remove the dough.

4. When powdered sugar is mixed in, or mostly mixed in, remove the dough. Place on cutting board.

5. Use a food mold. You can buy these at most craft or cooking stores. Take small chunks of the dough and press into the mold. Remove mint from the mold and place on plate.

6. Keep plate refrigerated until needed.

About the 101 Recipes Cookbook

“101 Recipes with Cream Cheese” includes the above recipe plus 100 more. It’s full of recipes that include cream cheese and range from appetizers and beverages to dinners and desserts.

This cookbook is part of a series that also features books on 101 recipes for ice cream, tortillas, peanut butter, apples, soda pop, chocolate, and bananas.

You can find all of these cookbooks plus many other unique ones at the Rada Kitchen Store. Also, while you are there, be sure to check out our full range of cutlery, quick mixes, soy wax candles, and stoneware.

Watch the Mints Instruction Video

Kristy from Rada takes you step by step in this simple video about how to make cream cheese mints.

Video Summary:

Easy recipe and instructions to make mints for graduations, weddings, holidays and other special occasions.

The basic ingredients include cream cheese, powdered sugar, flavoring and food coloring.

You mix the ingredients using a hand held mixer or even kneed them together by hand.  However, counter top mixer will make the job much easier!

After you mix the ingredients, you will make the mints – either using shaped rubber molds or the basic thumbprint method.

This recipe was found in the 101 Cream Cheese Recipes book from Rada Cutlery.  The book can be purchased locally from fundraising groups and independents sellers or at www.RadaKitchenStore.com in the Cookbooks section.

There is a series of cook books 101 Recipes with each book focusing on a different ingredient such as bananas, ice cream, etc.

Rada Cutlery is manufactured in Waverly, Iowa.  It has been sold by fundraising groups since 1948.  Last year over 19,000 groups (including churches, schools, youth groups and clubs) chose Rada Cutlery products as their fundraiser.

More information is available by calling 800-311-9691 or by visiting www.RadaCutlery.com.

With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, are you thinking about gifts for your mom? Are you remembering the times you spent together?

Many daughters have fond memories of cooking in the kitchen with their mothers. And they remember using a specific paring knife. A paring knife from Rada Cutlery.

Memories of Mom

We get lots of comments from customers who were first sold on Rada when they cooked with their mothers.

A fundraiser from South Carolina first received her Rada knives from her mom:

“I love your knives and kitchen utensils. My Mom bought me my first few pieces and I’m hooked!”

Another fundraiser from Oregon holds a special place in her heart for Rada because of her mom:

“My mom sold Rada knives for years. She died at age 95, and I want to carry on the tradition in her memory for my church. I LOVE my Rada knives, and so do all of my kids! Thank you for a great product which I will be proud to sell.”

From California, a fundraiser noted that her mom knew best when it came to fundraising:

“I would like to be selling these products at a harvest boutique.  My mom used to sell them for fundraising for our church many years ago.  People are asking for them again.”

A young woman from Georgia said:

“I grew up watching my mom use Rada Knives & as she taught me to use them, I  grew to love them.  I am actually using the same knives now that my Mom used when I was a kid.  Great quality! I would love to have more.”

Another daughter cherishes her mother’s memory through her Rada knives:

“My Mother’s Sunday School class used your knives as a fundraiser years ago (she passed away 16 years ago). The only paring knife I still use is one that I got from her years before her death.”

Did your mother love Rada knives too? Share your memories with us in the comments section below.

Give the Gift of Rada Knives

On this coming Mother’s Day, give the gift of Rada Cutlery to your mom or to your own children. Relive your memories and try cooking together again. Remember the fun times you have had and share them with your children.

We have created a gift basket using products every mother will enjoy. We used our Stoneware Loaf Pan in place of the basket and filled it the Lemon Pound Cake Quick Mix, a 4 oz Lilac candle and our best selling Cinnamon Spice Candle with decorative cup cake liners and canning jar lids (makes mom think you made something from scratch), a Serverspoon to mix the Pound Cake and 6″ Bread Knife to slice it.

Rada Mfg. Co. has been making kitchen knives since 1948. Our quality cultery is made 100% in the USA from raw materials through construction. Their lasting quality and constant sharpness of their blades is what makes them durable and so continually usable. This is why so many families have loved and cherished Rada for decades and why so many mothers have passed them on to their children.

See what new items Rada has to offer. We have added an extensive list of cutlery and kitchen utensils since we first started out. Add to your mother’s or your own collection with these new loved items:

• Tomato Slicer
• Vegetable Peeler
• Chef’s Dicer
• Food Chopper
• Grapefruit Knife
• Ice Cream Scoop
• Cook’s Spoon
• And Much More, including gift sets!

You can purchase Rada knives and kitchen utensils at the Rada Kitchen Store. Or, if you’re interested in sharing memories with your community, try fundraising with Rada. It’s easy, fun, and your group can make a 40% profit. Check out Rada’s website to learn more or request your free catalog.

Scholarship funds are growing more and more important to graduates due to the ever-increasing expenses of higher education. Memorial scholarships, on another note, not only aid graduates but help keep the memory of lost loved ones alive.

To help increase the funding of scholarships and memorial scholarships, many benefactors fundraise. And a great fundraiser to help out any scholarship fund is Rada Cutlery.

The Fundraiser for your Scholarship

One scholarship fund from Georgia recently contacted Rada Cutlery saying:

“We are a non profit organization that awards scholarships in memory of my son who was killed in a car accident 4 years ago. Many people have suggested a Rada fundraiser as a means to increase funding for the foundation. We are very interested!”

A church in North Carolina chose Rada Cutlery because they knew it would help their scholarship fund:

“We are a United Methodist Church organization that supports a scholarship program which helps high school graduates further their education.  We started this program in 2006 and has helped send 25 students on to college.  Thank you.”

Another group wanted to raise money for a Family Reunion Scholarship:

“I purchased several knives from an employee a few years ago. I was very pleased with them. Since I recently retired I decided to do a fundraiser for a project for my Family Reunion Scholarship Fund.”

Auxiliary scholarships are very popular. One from Maryland said:

“I am Chairman of the FOE Auxiliary Scholarship Committee and Rada Cutlery has been very successful for us in the past for this purpose.”

Find out more about why so many scholarship fundraisers have chosen Rada Cutlery. We make it easy!

Scholarship Fundraising with Rada Cutlery

Rada Cutlery is a great fundraiser for tons of reasons, but we’ve highlighted the top 5 here:

1. 40% Profit

With Rada Cutlery, your scholarship fund can keep a 40% profit for itself! Imagine where you can take your scholarship with funds like that. Plus, Rada is very easy to sell. Read on to find out more.

2. Quality Products

Rada is known for its lasting quality. Our knives are famous for their aluminum handles and their hand-sharpened razor sharp blades. Our knives come with a lifetime guarantee!

3. Made in the USA

Let your supporters know that Rada Cutlery is made 100% in the USA – from raw materials through construction by hardworking American hands. Your supporters won’t only be supporting a good scholarship but an American company as well.

4. Familiarity

Don’t be surprised when your Rada fundraiser is met with many supporters who are familiar with our knives! Rada has been around since 1948 and many supporters will recognize it from family memories and will be eager to buy it.

5. Variety

Rada Cutlery makes a large selection of knives from paring, steak, and slicing to hunting knives, knife gift sets, and kitchen utensils. Plus, we also offer soy wax candles, stoneware, quick mixes, and cookbooks.  The wide variety of fundraising products makes it easy for everyone to find something they want to purchase to support your cause.

You won’t believe the success you’ll find with Rada! Click here to request your free catalog today.  Or learn more at www.radacutlery.com/fundraising.