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: Juice of 2 pomegranates 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar 1 teaspoon sugar 1 ½ teaspoons salt, or to […]
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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 English language newspaper. Ingredients: 2 teaspoons sugar ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon dry mustard 4 large scallions, coarsely chopped 1/3 cup white wine vinegar […]
Continue ReadingPassion 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 the form of Welch’s frozen passion fruit pulp. Coriander seeds, a characteristic ingredient of many fruit vinaigrettes, are not […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 available only in cans, but today the markets sell red and yellow bells year round. The avocado should not be peeled or […]
Continue ReadingIn 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 meat, fish or fowl. Fresh corn kernels cut off the cob are best in this salad, but thawed frozen kernels may be used. […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 cheese dressing and works best on crisp varieties of lettuce such as iceberg and romaine. Ingredients: ¼ cup raw pumpkin […]
Continue ReadingEsta ensalada fue inspirada por los enormes aguacates que compramos en el mercado se San Blas Atempa, un pequeño pueblo afuera de Tehuantepec. Habíamos visto unos parecidos en Chiapas, pero nos dijeron que estos se cultivaban localmente. Lo jugoso de los gajos de naranja hacen un buen contraste de textura con lo cremoso de los […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 told that these were locally grown. The juiciness of the orange segments makes a nice textural contrast to the creaminess of […]
Continue ReadingLos dos tipos de calabaza utilizados en éste platillo, al igual que las semillas de calabaza y flor de calabaza, son ingredientes característicos de la cocina del centro de México. Si no puede conseguir chilacayote en su área, sustitúyalo con crookneck squash. Los quintoniles son verduras comestibles, similares a espinaca cambray, el cual se puede utilizar. Al […]
Continue ReadingBoth 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 crookneck squash. Quintoniles are an edible green, similar in taste to lamb’s quarters or baby spinach, which can be used. Roasting the vegetables and toasting the greens […]
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