Using honey in this National Honey Month – September. It’s also the Jewish New Year this month, which is traditionally celebrated with apples and honey. Savorist Jacqueline Soule offers this recipe. A Salad With History I learned to make this salad back on the time […]
No, this post is not about snarfing down a mesquite muffin in a minute. It is about making a muffin that bakes in one minute! Providing you have a microwave. One Minute Muffin Uncle Smokey worked for many years with a wonderful man who, along […]
One of my favorite summer treats is stuffed squash blossoms. If you carefully harvest your blossoms you can also allow your squash to grow for later harvest and enjoyment. Yep – it’s like having your cake and eating it too! Squash Blossoms are Tasty This […]
Luscious sweet watermelon meets the fruits and flavors of the Southwest in this charming and refreshing summer soup. Instead of a hot soup like our other summer soup, “Caldo de Verduras,” this is served chilled. This melding of summer flavors started centuries ago when plants […]
Drying your chili peppers is a great way to preserve them. Once dried they can be stored for months to years. Depends how fast you use them. Drying Chili Peppers Overview Chili peppers can be dried in a warm area, in an oven, in a […]
World Chocolate Day is on July 7. To celebrate we share how to make chocolate dipped strawberries! Fancy! These fancy decadent delights may seem like they might be frightfully difficult to make – but nothing could be further from the truth. Chocolate covered strawberries are […]
In Mexican and parts of the Southwest, one often has either caldo or sopa at the mid-day meal. I first had this caldo over thirty years ago in the remote mountains of Sonora. I have since had many variations of Caldo de Verduras over the […]
Summer eating tends to be lighter than winter fare. In North America we tend to eat more greens and salads and less soups and stews. And what a collection of greens we can select from in the Southwest – like amaranth! Amaranth One of my […]
Uncle Smokey here with an indoors recipe – because it is too hot out at dinnertime to use the grill. I use fresh and dried herbs plus lemon harvested from my own acre, but you can use store bought. Local Products Peppergrass is one of […]
Cooking with flavorful herbs like basil can help you reduce salt use. Why are we mentioning this? Because the National Institute of Health reports that the average American consumes too much salt for optimal physical health. Basil Has Many Names We called it the royal […]
