Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
This recipe combines asparagus with chorizo, and a soft-boiled egg to make a quick and delicious dish. Replace the chorizo with bacon or cheese for a little change.
Quiche doesn’t have to be fattening. Just cut back on the heavy cream and cheese, and use fresh vegetables like Swiss chard and leeks. It’s easy to make and oh so good!
A hearty and spicy tostada with scrambled eggs, sausage, chile, and few other simple ingredients. What a great way to start the day.
We all have our ridiculously easy dishes that we can fix on a lazy night in the kitchen. This capellini with lemon, garlic and an egg is one of mine. Not only is it ridiculously easy, it’s delightfully delicious.
Preserved lemons add a such a rich flavor to almost any dish. This rice dish is a complete meal with preserved lemons, artichokes, eggs and a touch of cheese. I’ve also been know to add some leftover chicken for more protein.
Huevos Rancheros or ranch-style eggs are very easy to make and can be made to your liking. My particular favorite includes sunny-side up eggs, cheese, raw onion and black olives smothered in New Mexico red chile.
A New Mexican breakfast served Christmas style – red and green. Serving up some green chile eggs with red chile Mexican chorizo sausage.
Just about anything can be used to make a quesadilla. – beans, cheese, eggs, and a wide assortment of vegetables.
Do you have trouble cooking an over easy egg or sunny-side up? Try this method. It just might work for you. It works for me every time.
The Suppertime Pileup is a meal in a bowl. This recipe uses sweet potatoes, onion, fennel, and andouille sausage all topped with an egg. For a vegetarian option, omit the andouille.
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