Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
A great protein source! An assorted of dried beans and bean recipes.
If you love burritos, you’re going to love these chimichangas. Crispy tortilla stuffed with eggs and chorizo or black beans for vegetarian version.
A spicy red beans dish that makes a complete meal with just a tortilla or cornbread, or served over rice or wrapped in a burrito and smothered with red chile.
Three sisters – corn, beans, and squash, come together with leftover chicken and tomatillo sauce for a tasty meal.
A very hearty and healthy vegetarian meal that will please even the biggest carnivore. This can be a complex dish because it has several components, each of which can be made from scratch or bought.
A hearty, one pot meal with navy beans, green chile, and corn, tomatoes, and a few other savory ingredients. It’s spicy comfort food.
A tasty bowl of beans that can be served as a main dish for 4 or side for 6. Dried beans are cooked in a stock with aromatics, herbs and spices and bacon, if desired.
Love the combination of black beans and sweet potatoes. Create a complete meal by scooping some black bean chile over sweet potatoes. The sweet potatoes could be roasted, mashed, or baked. They all work.
This Bean and Red Molé Pizza is a variation of a Mexican-style pizza that I usually make with red chile sauce, but this time I used New Mexico red chile mole.
Black Bean Chipotle Tamales are made with black beans, a little onion, sweet pepper, and a chipotle seasoned masa. They are so good, you can eat them right out of the steamer or fancy them up with a spicy mango sauce.
One of our favorite meals! Flour tortillas wrapped around cast iron seared vegetables and pinto beans then smothered in red chile.
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