Trader Joe’s Cheese Blintzes
Quick! Run to Trader Joe’s for their Cheese Blintzes in the freezer section for a beautiful holiday spread on the big board! Delicious cheese blintzes with Italian strawberries, sausage, and many more treats make the winter holidays special and delicious at the same time!
I love a good holiday cheese board. But wait–take it a step further and serve cheese blintzes on a big board for a breakfast or brunch board. It’s a great way to make the season count! I say spend less time focused on décor or appearances, and focus more on the people around you. Which is why I love creating different ideas of “boards” for easy entertaining, like this Trader Joe’s Holiday Cheese Blintzes spread on the BIG BOARD (26-inches).
Trader Joe’s Cheese Blintzes
I’ve seen the cheese blintzes in the freezer section at our local Trader Joe’s, but I never really knew what they were, or what to do with them. So we love this board idea today! You can also buy the other items on the board, all purchases at Trader Joe’s also.
What are Cheese Blintzes?
Cheese Blintzes are in the freezer section at your local Trader Joe’s. Blintzes are a type of Russian pancake or a crepe, that are very thin. Trader Joe’s blintzes are filled with a sweet cheese, and they are delicious for the holidays, served with gourmet Italian Strawberries!
Blintzes are also made with potatoes, meat, or different flavors of jam.
Gather these ingredients
For this board, you can pop into Trader Joe’s and gather up your supplies!
- Trader Joe’s Cheese Blintzes (we bought 4 boxes)
- Adele’s Chicken Sausage
- Pomander Orange Cake
- Streusel Bread Baka
- Italian Strawberries in syrup
- Black Forest ham
- Cranberry jalapeno dip/spread, or favorite cream cheese spread (make our recipe!)
- Red and green grapes
- Fresh blackberries
- Pear, for garnish
- Whipped cream
- Sage and rosemary, for garnish
How do you make a Trader Joes’s Cheese Blintzes board?
- On a large prepared BIG BOARD, place a large plate in the center (to hold the blintzes). Start the baking or stovetop cooking process of the blintzes about 25 minutes before ready to serve.
- On the stove, heat a skillet on low. Add butter or cooking spray and cook the blintzes on low for about 8 minutes, turning regularly. You can then keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.
- In the oven (or toaster oven) at 400 degrees, spray a baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. Flip over, and bake an additonal 3 minutes. Turn the oven off and keep warm until ready to serve.
- While the blintzes are cooking, arrange the rest of the food items on the board. Place the strawberries, whipped cream, and the cream cheese spread in small bowls.
- Cook the sausage.
- Spread the cream cheese in the ham; roll and cut into bite sizes.
- When ready to serve, place the warm blintzes on the large plate.
- Garnish with a red pear (festive!), berries, sage, and rosemary and serve!
Tips and substitutions:
- You’ll find Trader Joe’s Cheese Blintzes, in the freezer section.
- Grab some Adele’s Chicken Sausage, a loaf of Orange Cake, and Streusel Bread Baka. But you can also replace the meat with bacon or sausage, and the pastries for your favorite pastry. There are so many options. They also have gluten-free options in a special section now.
- If you can’t find the gourmet Italian Strawberries (they come in a beautiful white and red jar, marked “gourmet”), then you can add syrup or any other fruit.
- Make the little ham rolls with cream cheese (you can use regular cream cheese, or replace the ham with turkey). Or use your favorite dip. I used our cranberry jalapeno recipe.
- Make your own whipped cream.
- For winter – garnish with sage, rosemary.
How to cook cheese blintzes
You can cook the blintzes either in a skillet or the oven!
- On the stove, heat a skillet on low. Add butter or cooking spray and cook the blintzes on low for about 8 minutes, turning regularly. You can then keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.
- In the oven (or toaster oven) at 400 degrees, spray a baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. Flip over, and bake an additonal 3 minutes. Turn the oven off and keep warm until ready to serve.
Serving
Start a new tradition … invite people over for breakfast or brunch. Whether on the weekend, or Christmas Eve Eve morn, or even Christmas Eve morn … make a breakfast board! This is also great for Thanksgiving weekend.
Our Big Boards are food safe, undercut handles, made in USA and brilliantly made, so the food stays on the board. You can get various sizes but our epic board is 26 inches. The board in the photos in this post is no longer available (hasn’t been for 5 years), which is why we came out with our own line of boards.
Garnish with a RED PEAR (festive!), berries, sage, and rosemary & serve!
Breakfast and brunch ideas while you are here:
Think more about the table time, enjoying meals with others. You can enjoy these board ideas for the holidays.
- Epic Christmas Cinnamon Roll Board
- Crustless Quiche Lorraine Recipe
- Mini Christmas Cake Cheese Board
- Trader Joe’s Belgian Waffle Board
- Breakfast Casserole with Spinach and Feta (Skinnytaste)
Get the Recipe:
Trader Joe’s Cheese Blintzes (Board)
Ingredients
- 4 boxes Trader Joe's Cheese Blintzes
- 1 pkg Adele’s Chicken Sausage
- 1 loaf Pomander Orange Cake
- 1 loaf Streusel Bread Baka
- 1 jar Italian Strawberries in syrup
- 4 slices Black Forest ham
- ½ cup cranberry jalapeno dip/spread, or favorite cream cheese spread
- Red and green grapes
- Fresh blackberries
- 1 red pear, for garnish
- 1 cup Whipped cream
- Sage and rosemary, for garnish
Instructions
- On a large prepared board, place a large plate in the center (to hold the blintzes). Start the baking or stovetop cooking process of the blintzes about 25 minutes before ready to serve.
- On the stove, heat a skillet on low. Add butter or cooking spray and cook the blintzes on low for about 8 minutes, turning regularly. You can then keep warm in the oven until ready to serve.
- In the oven (or toaster oven) at 400 degrees, spray a baking sheet and bake for 7 minutes. Flip over, and bake an additonal 3 minutes. Turn the oven off and keep warm until ready to serve.
- While the blintzes are cooking, arrange the rest of the food items on the board. Place the strawberries, whipped cream, and the cream cheese spread in small bowls.
- Cook the sausage.
- Spread the cream cheese in the ham; roll and cut into bite sizes.
- When ready to serve, place the warm blintzes on the large plate.
- Garnish with a RED PEAR (festive!), berries, sage, and rosemary and serve!
Notes
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Looks beautiful and delicious! What a great idea for brunch.