An ultra-refreshing, healthful cocktail that will make you feel like you’re on vacation at the beach. Enjoy it as a main course on a hot day or (in smaller portions) as the first course of a very special meal.
S’mores Bars
There´s no need to camp out to make this ooey gooey, chocolately treat that will take you back to those summer nights around the bonfire at the lake.
Stuffed Green Bell Peppers
Cut into a stuffed pepper and pick up—in addtion to a slice of green pepper—a forkful of the meat-and-rice filling doused with a bit of tomato sauce and cheese, and savor everything all at once. A classic American version of this deliciously satisfying all-in-one dish.
Mexican Chick Pea and Cactus Soup
Easy recipe for a hearty, easy-to-make soup with authentic Mexican colors and ingredients: chick peas (garbanzo beans), potatoes, tomatoes, and delicious, nutritious cactus pieces.
The Nopal, an Edible Cactus
Nopal cactus pads have been consumed in Mexico since time immemorial. They are an excellent-tasting and very nutritious vegetable that is easy to grow in arid climates unsuitable for a lot of other agriculture.
Mexican Shrimp Soup (Caldo de camarón)
This flavor-packed shrimp soup, despite its ease of preparation and (mostly) ordinary ingredients, actually does full justice to the main ingredient. In Mexico it is considered one of a handful of dishes that are able to “bring the dead back to life”—which means easing the suffering caused by anything from a broken heart or just…
Corpus Christi Salad
Robin: This salad, known as Ensalada de Corpus in Mexico, is a celebratory combination of some of the important fruits and vegetables that come into season in spring and early summer in the agricultural areas of central Mexico. The recipe calls for ingredients that are seldom used together (when’s the last time you mixed squash and peaches?) but which…
Rustic Campfire-style Mexican Carne Asada
Robin: Though you’ll often see recipes for carne asada that call for skirt or flank steak that is grilled and then sliced against the grain of the meat into succulent strips of goodness, that´s not what this recipe is about. This is a little humbler—though no less delicious!—style of carne asada, made with thinly sliced…
American Goulash
Robin: Though they share a name, what’s commonly known as “goulash” in the United States has little resemblance to the dish of the same name in Central Europe. Both are stew-like and feature meat as a main ingredient, but that’s about where the similarity ends. Comparing American goulash to Hungarian goulash seems a bit like…
Ancho Chile and Chorizo Cornbread Stuffing
A spicy fluffy-crunchy stuffing/dressing, made with crumbled cornbread & a rustic dried pepper that will be the most flavorful side on your holiday table.