Fresh poblano chiles are stuffed with quinoa, onion, carrot, pine nuts, celery and Mexican cheese. The chiles are topped with an ancho sauce.
Our Jicama and Blood Orange Salad recipe pairs jicama with blood oranges, red onions, mango, fresh green chiles and cilantro. Blood oranges are the best for this salad but if you can't find them you can substitute a Cara Cara navel orange that also has brightly colored flesh. Prepare the salad a couple of hours ahead so the ingredient flavors have time to develop...
This is a good vegetarian dish using nopales (cactus) onions, garlic and chiles. Recipe is reprinted with permission from Rivenrock Gardens growers of organic cactus (nopales). Rivenrock sells both wholesale and retail.
In Spanish this recipe is called Rellenitos de Plátano and is from Las Pichanchas Located in Chiapas, Mexico specializing in authentic Chiapanecan Cuisine.
This is my simple version of a taco salad. Any number of substitutions can be made as desired. For example you may want to use left over roasted chicken instead of ground beef. Queso fresco could be substituted for cheddar and so on. Sometimes I don't use taco sauce and I substitute mango salsa (which is great). Optionally you can top with tortilla strips.