Recipes

Welcome to our Recipes blogs! Find creative ideas, step-by-step instructions, and inspiration to enhance your foodservice or beverage offerings. Whether you’re looking for menu ideas, seasonal specials, or tried-and-true favorites, our recipes make it easy to delight your customers.

When Life Gives You Lemons...

...Make Lemonade! The options are practically endless: Sangrias, Arnold Palmers, Classic Shandies, and more!

Rapids has everything you need to make and serve a delectable lemon-enhanced drink your customers will love!

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Bacon Appetizers For A Successful Party - National Bacon Day December 30th

National Bacon Day is December 30th. This should not be confused with International Bacon Day which is celebrated on September 2nd. Quite frankly we would be happy to celebrate Bacon day 365 days out of the year. A Bacon celebration means a party, a party means food. If the party is to celebrate Bacon, then obviously the food must have bacon in it. Throw in a Kevin Bacon movie or two and now you have a themed party that everyone is going to love.

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Cookie Sheet Sale at Rapids Wholesale - Painted Christmas Tree Cookies So Easy To Make It's Like Cheating

'Tis the season for baking Christmas cookies and, fortunately, to help you celebrate the season, Rapids has their sheet pans on sale at blowout prices. On top of those great prices, any web store purchase made between Dec. 12th and Dec. 19th of 2016 will include a free set of stainless steel measuring spoons as a holiday gift from us to you! Every cook needs a few easy Christmas Cookie recipes that help move that cookie production into overdrive. These Painted Sugar Christmas Trees are easy and fun to make and just take minutes.

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Rapids Wholesale Celebrates National Cook For Your Pets Day

Nov. 1 is "National Cook for Your Pet Day." Rapids decided this would be a great time to introduce you to some of the Rapids pets and their humans, along with some great recipes for pet treats. These recipes will make it easy to spoil your pets, just like we do. They are family after all. Just make certain that if you cook for your pet and your goal is to completely take them off a commercial food, you need to do so with recipes that completely address your pet's nutritional needs while staying away from foods that can harm them. There is an actual science to it. If you are interested in cooking scientifically-balanced, healthy meals for your pets, you can verify the integrity of your recipes at the website Balance It. That said, cooking up homemade treats is another way to show our best friends how much we love them. Here are some of the Rapids family pets along with their favorite treat recipes.

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