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.
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Black Bean Nachos
Appetizers & Starters, Beans, Snacks, Tacos, Tamales, Tostadas, Vegetarian EntreesVegetarian nachos made with black beans, olives, cilantro, and a few other goodies. Serve as a meal or a snack. Great for parties!
Winter Comfort Foods That Warm From The Inside Out
Breakfast, Desserts, Lists and Round Ups, Meat Entrees, Vegetarian EntreesA list of comfort foods to enjoy during the cold months of winter. Each is guaranteed to warm you up from the inside out.
Spicy Tomato Crab Bisque
Appetizers & Starters, Fish and Seafood, Soups & StewsA relative easy bisque that marries the flavors of a tomato bisque with crab and just enough chile powder to provide a pleasing spiciness. One of my favorite soups is a tomato bisque, and my all-time favorite seafood is crab, especially Gulf blue crab. This tomato crab bisque is a […]
BBQ Smoked Pulled Pork Tamales
Beef, Pork, Lamb, Meat Entrees, Tacos, Tamales, TostadasTamales made with smoked pulled pork and BBQ sauce, wrapped in a dill pickle masa, steamed and served with coleslaw. All the ingredients of a pulled pork sandwich, but it’s a tamale!
Smoked Pulled Pork and Barbecue Sauce
Beef, Pork, Lamb, Grilled, How To, Meat EntreesHow to smoke a pull-apart tender pork shoulder (butt) in a pit barrel cooker, make the perfect complementary barbecue sauce.
La Castañeda Hotel, Las Vegas, NM
New Mexico, TravelVisit La Castañeda Hotel, a newly renovated Fred Harvey hotel in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and drive the northern loop from Las Vegas through Truchas, NM. Stop and enjoy the views of New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Garden Vegetable Soup with Roasted Red Chile
Red Chile, Soups & Stews, Vegetarian EntreesDuring 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. […]
Blistered Shishitos with Garlic and Piñon
Appetizers & Starters, Green Chile, Snacks, Vegetable SidesBlistered shishitos with garlic and piñon (pine nuts) is a quick & easy vegetable side, snack or awesome appetizer for parties. This dish comes together in about 10 minutes.
Calabacitas Macaroni & Cheese
Green Chile, Pasta dishes, Vegetarian EntreesThis 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 […]
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