Charred corn quinoa bowl
Soft, pillowy quinoa; sweet-savory charred corn; a dollop of cool yogurt and some chopped tomatoes. If you’re suffering from corn fatigue, this should get you out of your rut.
Tag Archives: chiles
Sweet potato-black bean enchiladas
Little cubes of sweet potato jostle with black beans and diced poblano pepper in rolled corn tortillas with a gentle drape of cheeses and a velvety brick-red sauce. Yowza.
Nectarine and Hatch chile salsa
When the summer stone fruits are at their peak, it’s hard to imagine doing anything with them other than eating them over the sink. But if you can possibly hold a couple of nectarines or peaches back, try this salsa. It’s sweet and refreshing, but also has a sharp grassy spice from the Hatch chiles.
Asado de seitan (Seitan in a mild chile sauce)
Okay: let’s say you’ve made some Basic Seitan (or you decided that it sounded interesting, but weren’t totally convinced, and so you bought some — no judgment here!). But now you […]
Spicy cactus salad
Let’s talk cactus. Depending on what food culture(s) you were raised in, you may be looking at this page thinking I’m off my rocker, but cactus is delicious. It’s sweet […]
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