The bolita is similar to the pinto, but a little sweeter and creamier. A New Mexico favorite!
The Bolita Bean – A Locally Grown Favorite
Beans, Soups & Stews, Vegetable Sides, Vegetarian Entrees 43 comments
Vegetable Sides
Vegetable and fruit sides
Avocado Onion Salad with Pepitas, Cotija Cheese and a Garlic Lime Vinaigrette
Appetizers & Starters, Salads, Vegetable SidesGot avocados? The salad is the perfect way to enjoy them. Avocado, sweet onion, spicy pepitas and cotija cheese come together into a creamy, crunchy, and flavorful salad.
Slow-Cooked Red Beans
Beans, Red Chile, Vegetable SidesA 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.
Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Vegetable SidesMashed potatoes with butter, buttermilk, cream, salt and pepper, and blue cheese. The BEST mashed potatoes to complement grilled ribeye or smoked rib roast. Also great with roast chicken.
Olive Brine Pickled Vegetables
Appetizers & Starters, Condiments & Spices, Vegetable SidesThe easiest pickled vegetables you’ll ever make. These pickled vegetables are salty, with an olive flavor, and stay crispy for 2 weeks, but I doubt they will last that long.
Calabacitas Cornbread (Roasted Chile, Corn, and Zucchini)
Bread, Green Chile, Vegetable SidesRoasted chile, summer squash and corn all wrapped up in cornbread batter for a hearty and spicy cornbread.
Pita Pockets with Cabbage Apple Slaw and Green Chile Dressing
Salads, Sandwiches, Vegetable Sides, Vegetarian EntreesWhat a healthy lunch! A cabbage and apple slaw with a slightly spicy, green chile dressing, tossed together and stuffed into pita bread pockets. The slaw also makes a nice side for a BBQ.
Home Fries and Their Many Possibilities
Breakfast, How To, Vegetable SidesA quick and easy method for cooking home fries on the stovetop. The result is a plate of cubes of potato, seasoned to perfection, creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside.
Blooming Onion with Hatch Chile and Cheese
Green Chile, Small Business Friends, Vegetable Sides, Vegetarian EntreesBlooming onions are normally all about the fried crispy batter and the dipping sauces. This baked blooming onion is all about the onion and the chile. The following recipe turns a normal sweet onion into a sweet and spicy blooming onion.
Gochujang (Korean Chili Paste) Deviled Eggs
Appetizers & Starters, Red Chile, Vegetable SidesSpicy deviled eggs with the unique flavor of the Korean paste – Gochujang and a touch of olive brine for a little acid. Warning – Addicting!
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