Tag: jalapenos

  • Fiesta Cheese Ball with Baked Tortilla Chips

    Fiesta Cheese Ball with Baked Tortilla Chips

    Try this unexpected cheese ball for your Super Bowl party tonight.

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  • Jalapeno Relish

    Jalapeno Relish

    I am posting this late but as of the end of October, I was still picking peppers out of the garden.   You never know what you are going to get with Oklahoma weather.   It might be mild until Thanksgiving our you might be snowed in for the holidays. Having pickled and smoked enough peppers to…

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  • Chipotles

    Chipotles

    How to make your own chipotles and a hot sauce update. Peppers, peppers, everywhere…

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  • Bourbon-Pickled Jalapenos

    Bourbon-Pickled Jalapenos

    As gardeners, we are dependent on the seasons.   Although it is well into fall here, we are still having very mild days.   This means we are trying to keep our summer produce still producing like tomatoes and peppers. The peppers seem to love this time of year, especially the jalapenos.   I have tried…

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  • Hot Sauce (DIY)

    Hot Sauce (DIY)

    With all the peppers, I started making hot sauce again. I have four or five varieties of jalapenos—Tam (a mild one), Mammoth, and just regular old hot ones.  I also picked up a Santa Fe pepper plant.   The Santa Fe variety is also called Guero and can be picked in the yellow, orange, or red stages.…

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  • Chilled Jalapeno Poppers

    Chilled Jalapeno Poppers

    This post is not so much of a recipe as it is a suggestion. With all the huge jalapenos coming on, it was time to make some appetizers for Sunday afternoon.  After canning all the pepper jelly, I was pretty much spent, but I needed to use more peppers. I went with an old stand by…

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  • Hot Pepper Tequila Jelly

    Hot Pepper Tequila Jelly

    Yes, you read that correctly.     There is tequila in this jelly. Beware.    Don’t let your clothes fall off. Actually, there are no worries because all of the alcohol boils away.   Our peppers have arrived.   I had no idea I had so many to pick until I made my weekend trip…

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  • Tequila Chicken with Jalapeno Cream Sauce

    Tequila Chicken with Jalapeno Cream Sauce

    On our recent trip to KC, I picked up some Pappardelle’s pasta and was most excited to try the black bean/chipotle pasta.   I based this recipe on one from their website for Chipotle Black Bean Tagliatelle with Tequila Lime Sauce.    I wanted to highlight the many jalapenos we are still getting from the garden as…

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  • Canning salsa

    Canning salsa

    Home-canned salsa for winter chilis, soups and stews.

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