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Salsa Fresca Recipe
For years we have enjoyed eating Mexican food in our hometown of Delano. One favorite is Lupe’s Restaurant, known for the homemade tortillas and the salsa fresca served with every dish. “Salsa fresca”...
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This is a rich, full-flavored bison white sauce that is extremely versatile and makes use of fat that you might otherwise discard. This recipe comes from our bone broth experiments here in our own...
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Tomatillo Sauce
If you are fortunate enough to grow your own tomatillos or have access to a Mexican grocery, here is a delectable sauce to make a staple in your menu planning. It can be used as a base for soups,...
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Homemade Hot Sauce with Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes
My brother carries small bottles of hot sauce with him when he travels. No one has sauce hot enough for him. This sauce can be made as hot as you can take it. I learned this technique from a man who...
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Homemade Garlic Mayonnaise
Since mayonnaise is a critical ingredient to any sandwich in this home, it behooves me to provide a good one. There is none better than one made from scratch. Of course it will not last for months in...
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Spicy Yogurt Dressing
One morning on the Traditional Foods Facebook page, Kandy Inglis listed the ingredients she uses in making a white sauce for fish tacos. I was intrigued. Jalepeños and capers together? A new one for...
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Zaatar: Homemade Zaatar Spice Mix
For several years I have encountered a bright flavor in Middle Eastern food — in fattoush salad and in various breads at the Syrian grocery store. The oregano, thyme, and sesame seeds were...
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Strawberry Salsa
You can hardly find a more delightful way to add fresh fruit or vegetables to your menus than with salsas. If you have not tried a fruit-based salsa before, strawberry salsa may strike you as being...
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Cherry Salsa
One of our culinary goals is to include more raw produce into each of our meals. If you are like me, you didn’t grow up with this kind of food on the table, so this has been an on-going adventure. Our...
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Peach Salsa
Fruit salsas are becoming a real favorite in this home. The burst of sweet fruit freshness with the salty and hot undertones is a delightful surprise. We had this peach salsa with grilled salmon and...
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Homemade Ice Cream Fudge Sauce (A “Magic Shell”)
When I was a kid, one of my favorite dessert treats when we went “out” was a soft serve ice cream from Foster Freeze dipped in chocolate. The chocolate was liquid and hardened when it hit the cold ice...
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Simple Citrus Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
When you have good produce, the flavors of your vegetables are bright and interesting. They don’t need much to pull them together to be meal-worthy. You may have a few fresh things to toss as a salad...
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Roasted Tomato Dip
You’ve probably noticed how much more creatively you cook when there is a bounty of garden produce on the kitchen counter. Some of our favorite family dishes came about this way. Our roasted tomato...
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Sun-Dried Tomato and Roasted Pepper Dip
Spreads and dips are so quick and simple to put together, I’m not sure why I don’t do it more often. It is wonderful to have a container of spread in the refrigerator that will turn the plainest...
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Cilantro Pesto
When I realized that fresh cilantro could be frozen, keeping most of its earthy flavor intact, I was really stoked. You might want to read the post on that first excursion in saving one of my favorite...
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Cilantro Salsa (Salsa de Aji)
We first tried this cilantro salsa last year when we enjoyed a great variant of a Columbian potato soup, Ajiaco. We loved the soup but thought the salsa we garnished it with was the real sleeper of...
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Cream Cheese Citrus Spread
This is one of those slam-dunk easy items that can add so much sparkle to simple foods. With two or three minutes work you produce a sweetened cream cheese spread that can be used as frosting on...
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Miso Peanut Sauce
This delectable dipping sauce whips together in a jiffy. Try it once and you will find other uses — sauce for stir-fry, a base for an Asian salad dressing, or to baste for shish-kebab. We enjoy it as...
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Rugged Garlic Dressing
Are you looking for a salad dressing that will wake up your senses? That will turn the simplest dishes into gourmet fare? That will cause your dinner guests to never forget their meal? Here it is!...
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Tomato Basil Bruschetta Dip
Inspired by a beautiful jar of tomato powder from our fall harvest, we whipped up this dip to take to a friend’s party. While it is a mix of familiar flavors combining tomato and basil, it is unusual...
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