Avocado and Orange Salad: Ensalada de Aguacate con Naranjo
This salad was inspired by the nearly football-size avocados we bought in the market in San Blas Atempa, a small town right outside Tehuantepec. We had seen some similar ones from Chiapas, but were tol...
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Cholula Style Vegetable Salad: Ensalada Cholulterranea
Both types of squash used in this dish, along with pumpkin seeds and squash blossoms, are characteristic ingredients in Central Mexican cooking. If chilacayote is unavailable in your area, substitute c...
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Mexican Style Watercress and Spinach Salad: Ensalada de Berros con Espinacas
In this recipe, two of central Mexico's favorite greens are combined with corn, radishes and green onions and dressed with a chile vinaigrette. This makes a good accompaniment to almost any barbequed m...
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Blessed Beet Salad: Ensalada de Betabel Bendito
In her introduction to this recipe, Susana explains that it got its name from that fact that she got the beets from a religious festival float that was decorated with a tower of the village's largest f...
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Nopal Salad: Ensalada de Nopalitos
The market ladies in Puebla sell this salad ready-made, ladling it into plastic bags to "take-out." The basic recipe consists of nopales, green onions and cilantro; other ingredients, such as tomatoes,...
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Papaya Seed Salad Dressing: Aderezo De Semilla De Papaya
This tangy dressing is perfect for a salad of mixed greens. The recipe was adapted from one by Vicky Cowell, who writes an interesting and informative food column for the Herald Mexico, Mexico's Englis...
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Pasta salad with jalapeno vinaigrette: Coditos con salsa
This is a great side dish to serve with grilled meat, chicken or fish. It's quick and easy to put together at the last minute, or it can be made up to one day ahead and refrigerated. If making it ahead...
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Grapefruit Salad: Ensalada de Toronja
This is a very refreshing salad. In Southern Mexico, it would most likely be made with fruit vinegar, especially pineapple vinegar, but apple cider vinegar is a good substitute. Only a small amount of ...
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Marinated Mixed Vegetable Salad: Chileajo
When we lived in Oaxaca, I liked to go the food stands that were right outside the university faculties downtown, especially the school of architecture, which was right next to a small park, with plent...
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The Comrad's Russian Salad: Ensalada Rusa de la Comadre
The original Russian salad was made with smetana, a thick, slightly sour cream used in Russian and Finnish cooking. Variations may include shredded beef and a variety of vegetables, but potatoes and...
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Cold Beef Salad: Salpicon de Res
There are many versions of salpicón, which varies from region to region and can contain meat, fish or seafood, but the beef version seems to be the most common. This is a great buffet dish because ...
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Mango and Avocado Salad: Ensalada de Mango y Aguacate
The combination of mangos and avocados gets a colorful and tasty lift from the addition of red bell peppers. Fresh bell pepper ( pimiento morrón) once meant green bell pepper, and red ones were avai...
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Pumpkin Seed Salad Dressing or Dip: Salsa de Pepitas
This versatile recipe may be used as a salad dressing or as a dip for crudités or chips. If using as a dip, eliminate the mayonnaise and water. The dressing is approximately as thick as a blue ch...
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Grilled Nopales Salad: Ensalada de Nopales Asados
In a previous column, I gave a recipe for the standard nopales salad that the market ladies all over the country seem to sell, but when my husband overdid it on the grilled nopales (his favorite ...
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Spinach and Watercress Salad: Ensalada de Espinacas y Berros
Two of the most common greens in central Mexico are combined here with corn, radishes and scallions for a very Mexican take on a tossed green salad. Ingredients may be prepared in advance, stored separ...
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Sangrita Salad Dressing: Aderezo de Sangrita para Ensaladas
Salad dressings with tequila and sangrita are used frequently in the cooking style known as La Nueva Cocina Mexicana, and the two work just as well together on salads as they do in beverages. Sangrita ...
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Mixed Green Salad With Passion Fruit Dressing: Ensalada Mixta Con Aderezo De Maracuya
Passion fruit pulp is now more readily available north of the border than it is in Mexico. Here we have to wait for maracuya to come into season, whereas in the north, it is available year round in ...
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Pomegranate Vinaigrette: Vinaigreta de Granada
This dressing is good on any green salad when a fairly sweet dressing is desired. It is excellent on a salad of sliced oranges and red onions, garnished with pomegranate seeds.
Ingredients:
Jui...
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Big Mama Salad
How to Prepare:
 Making this salad is as easy as sin and twice the fun.
1/2 head of finely chopped green or purple cabbage (I use a coarse blade and chop mine in the Cuisinart)
1 grated m...
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Vegetable Salad: Ensalada de Verduras
Serves 6
Ingredients:
11 oz. potatoes
7 oz. carrots
7 oz. canned peas
1 cup cream
1 cup mayonnaise
1 stalk celery, chopped
1/4 cup canned pimento, chopped
1 t...
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Chicken Salad with Chipotle Vinaigrette: Salpicón de Pollo
Flavored with smoky chipotles, this recipe is adapted from one by Vicki Cowal, who had adapted it herself, from Margaret Poore's 1,000 Mexican Recipes. Here in Cholula, the regional specialty calledÂ...
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