Adding spices and spice blends to a dish can be transformative, taking the dish from bland to brilliant. Chefs know that the mere aroma of spices are often the first factor in determining whether you will love the dish or not. There is no reason that home cooks can’t emulate the flavor secrets from the chefs!
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The variety of Mexican moles are all unique and delicious, but the required pepper roasting, peeling and rehydrating can be a bit daunting and time consuming. This mole rojo using a powdered blend of smoked chiles, cocoa and spices is the key to making a more achievable, but still full-bodied, mole. What is Mole Rojo? …
Pumpkin Ancho Soup, whether made with small pie pumpkins, butternut squash or any of the heirloom squash varieties is a creamy, hearty, healthy soup — perfect for cool Fall or chilly Winter nights. Detailed video in recipe below Which Varieties Make the Best Soup? The main thing to consider when choosing the squash to use …
There is no comparison between the sad tasteless grocery store tomatoes of winter and the fresh summer tomatoes which are packed with umami, a bit of sweetness and a touch of acid. There is an option however for that fresh tomato taste in winter. Dehydrating mid-summer tomatoes in their peak and then grinding them to …
Roasted, rolled leg of lamb is an impressive dish often reserved for Easter or holiday dinners. It is fairly easy to prepare however and could easily go beyond its holiday status. This recipe spreads the deboned leg of lamb out flat, seasons it with a Mexican spice rub, rolls the lamb back up and roasts …
Mexican jicama slaw is made with low carb ingredients including tomatillos, jicama and tajin spice blend. It is excellent as a fish sandwich or fish taco
Low carb Jambalaya is perfect for modifications to a keto diet or a vegetarian diet without losing the robus Cajun flavor
Two ideas for making easy low carb snacks from whole foods rather than relying on processed foods. Roasted chickpeas and cucumbers with tajin
This version of Oaxaca chicken in yellow mole sauce is modified to be low carb by replacing the traditional potatoes with chayote squash. Substituting chayote for potatoes both enhances the flavor of the dish, while also modifying it to be low carb compliant. Yellow Mole as opposed to Red Mole Mole occupies a predominant place …
Low carb or keto stuffed peppers are perfect for Fall. Make the with meat and sweet bell peppers or a plant based stuffing in Poblanos
Finding alternatives for chips is often problematic for people living a low carb lifestyle. Some people crave sugar, but almost as many crave a salty, crunchy snack. These spicy and salty roasted chickpeas are my go-to snack when I’m craving something salty. Slow Carb Snacks that are Salty and/or Crunchy Protein, fat and vegetables are …
Sheet-pan dinners are perfect for a low carb or ketogenic lifestyle, as well as a great way to easily get your vegetables in!