Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
Entrees that are totally meatless, but not necessarily vegan
A spicy and creamy sweet potato soup made with just a few ingredients including Thai red curry paste and lime. Serve as a starter or entrée.
Vegetarian nachos made with black beans, olives, cilantro, and a few other goodies. Serve as a meal or a snack. Great for parties!
A list of comfort foods to enjoy during the cold months of winter. Each is guaranteed to warm you up from the inside out.
During the fall, between the pumpkins and winter squash, and the green beans and summer squash, there are those wonderful fall garden vegetables that you don’t want to miss. Some of my favorites are the red peppers and red chiles, sweet little fingerling potatoes, beautiful leeks and large, juicy shallots. […]
This year’s calabacitas recipe – Calabacitas Macaroni & Cheese. It’s late summer and here in New Mexico the markets are loaded with lots of fresh summer squash, corn and green chile. So as you may remember from previous years, this combination of fresh vegetables means that it’s calabacitas time. This […]
A hearty vegetarian salad with roasted vegetables on top of mixed greens, with toasted pecans, feta and fried eggs. Makes for a very enjoyable dinner salad.
The Cranberry Bean is a creamy, meaty bean with a tender skin and nutty bean flavor. A high protein bean used in soups, stews, chilis, salads, and pasta. For a spicy meal, top with a scoop of green chile pesto and feta cheese
Looking for a really easy and delightfully delicious breakfast? Well, look no further. This Crispy Cheesy Fried Egg with herbs is a wonderful change from an egg with just salt and pepper. Instead of topping the egg with “added” ingredients, you actually fry the ingredients into the egg. It’s pretty […]
Enjoy the best of late summer squash, corn and roasted green chile wrapped in a soft corn tortilla.
A mouthwatering bowl of black beans served with chimichurri sauce, pickled onion, cotija cheese, and chopped pistachios.
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