This is an easy recipe to use up those extra large zucchini that escape detection until they are bigger than the ones in the supermarket that have become sterotypified as what a zucchini should be. Disclaimer: My fritters are not “fritters” in the modern sense. […]
Artichokes are starting to appear in supermarkets in the Southwest, so time to share this super easy recipe. Here’s our Long Introduction Uncle Smokey this week with something to cook indoors. I was having a couple over for dinner and the lady likes (in her […]
I wish to dispel a lemon myth made popular back in the Sixties by the band called Peter, Paul, and Mary. “Lemon tree very pretty, and the lemon flowers are sweet, but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.” This stanza was […]
I enjoy atole – a warm drink popular throughout Mexico, Central America, and the American Southwest. Atole Has Many Variations Atole (pronounced a-tole-ee) is generally based on corn, frequently sweetened somehow, and often prepared with cinnamon as well. There are countless various recipes for preparation, […]
Uncle Smokey here today with an old family recipe for the cold winter days – sausage soup. It’s a thick and meaty meal – and best of all – it only needs one pot! Love one pot meals since I don’t much like […]
Rather than mushy bland boring and overly sugary sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, I decided to experiment. I like roasted roots, so I played around with flavors and created this new dish with a Southwest zing. Note to Our Readers On some of the other food […]
Forage some wormwood (Artemisia) while you forage your acorns for OAKtober. Indeed, you can forage leaves of the wormwood plants at virtually any time of year. Best flavor is when plants are not in bloom tho. Wormwood?! This plant was once commonly used to treat […]
Corn season is upon us and there are many great ways to enjoy this delightful fruit. You might think of corn as a vegetable – but Word Nerd reminds us that if it has seeds then technically it is a “fruit.” Mexican Corn Each region […]
Hot this summer! Summer Vacation? Reminder that we here at Savor the Southwest have lots of great content out there in the world, like some great recipes on both our own YouTube channel and on this website at the same time. There is a wealth […]
Traditional Pesto & Pesto for Vegans Summer time is basil time in the Southwest. As the nights stay warm, the sun shines for hours on end and the soil temperatures rise – all these are conditions that basil loves to grow in, and here are […]
