Robin: Although I am enthusiastic about many recipes, very few of them excite me as much as this one does. This spicy table sauce is a classic in Mexico for adding life and flavor to pozole and other soups, but it´s just as good on breakfast eggs, fried or grilled meats, or any corn-based or…
Condiments & Sauces
Easy Pickled Jalapeño Carrot Slices
Robin: Many times a jar or can of pickled jalapeño pepper slices will contain 3 or 4 tiny slices of carrot, usually right on top as you open the container. These spicy carrot slices are considered by many to be the very best part of the whole pickled pepper experience. Lucky is the person who…
Southwest Salad
Robin: Despite its appearance at first glance, this is not your average “salsa.” Question: Is it a salad, a dip, or a relish? Answer: Yes. Southwest Salad is amazingly versatile: eat it with tortilla chips, chicharrones, or even thin slices of jicama, or mixed with lettuce in a bowl, or on the plate with grilled…
Central American Chimichurri
Robin: If you’ve had chimichurri sauce before, you are probably thinking that what is shown in the picture does not look at all like the condiment you are familiar with. The chimichurri most people know of is made with fresh green herbs and olive oil, and it’s an exquisite condiment for grilled meats in Argentina…
Preparing Mole 101
Robin: Google “easy mole” and you will get back a gajillion links to recipes for this traditional Mexican delicacy. While it certainly delights me that this exquisite sauce is well-known enough outside its native land to have a plethora of recipes published for it in English, I know enough to realize that not everything labeled…
Mole Sauce for Beginners
Robin: If you’re even just a little bit interested in authentic Mexican food, you’ve probably heard of mole or mole sauce. (I’ll use those terms interchangeably here.) You may even have ordered it at a Mexican restaurant at some point—unless you were put off by the unappetizing appearance of a dark-colored mole and still haven’t…
Zucchini Marmalade
Robin: It looks like pickle relish, right? Ed actually thought it was pickle relish when I offered him half a bagel dressed with this delicious zucchini/pineapple/ginger marmalade. Why he did not protest or even mention that it seemed strange, I do not know; perhaps he has just become that comfortable with trying unusual combinations of…
Fresh Pineapple and Bean Salsa
(c) Ed Valdizan Ed: This is a funtastic, refreshing salsa for when you have the craving for something savory and sweet, cool, and delicious, but with relatively few calories and plenty of fiber. I am so happy to share the recipe with you because I know that you will enjoy preparing this pineapple and black…