Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
What’s on your St. Patrick’s Day menu? This version of Shepherd’s Pie keeps the traditional layers of meat and mashed potatoes, mushrooms, corn, feta and is spiced up with Mexican chorizo and New Mexico red chile.
This soup combines the wonderful flavor of mushrooms sauteed in butter with the goodness of garlic. It is a garlic and mushroom lover’s dream!
It’s tamale season, so time to steam up an oldie but goodie tamale!
A vegetarian tamale that doesn’t take all day to make, but certainly tastes like it did! These tamales are made with New Mexico roasted red and green chile, corn and mushrooms.
An Èn Papillote with sausage, an assorted of vegetables and herbs in a parchment pouch, baked for 30 minutes on the grill or in an oven, then served over brown or wild rice. Two methods for cooking the rice are included in this post.
This recipe is a typical chicken and vegetable pasta dish with a twist – the seasoning is Thai curry, fish sauce and fresh basil.
A quick and easy braised meat and vegetable dish with Italian Sausage, onion, bell pepper, and artichoke hearts. 15 minutes prep time, 30 minutes cook time.
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