Tag: peppers

  • Warm Garden Salsa  #10DaysofTailgate:  The Kick-Off!

    Warm Garden Salsa #10DaysofTailgate: The Kick-Off!

    I am not a huge football fan. My high school was so small….. How small was it? It was so small that we did not have a football team.  No joke, I graduated with eleven people.  We couldn’t even field an 8-man team. When I got to college, I went to the obligatory football games…

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  • The 12-Mile Dinner

    The 12-Mile Dinner

    Our truly locavore meal featured a Blueberry-Mint Lemonade, Sautéed Padron Peppers, a Spring Pasta with a Butter-Wine Sauce, and Fresh Blueberry Crumble. You are getting four recipes today for the price of one!

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  • Peperoncini Pepper Dip

    Peperoncini Pepper Dip

    What screams Valentine’s Day? Chocolates, truffles, candied hearts, pickle dip. Pickle dip? Yes, only here at EE would be be celebrating Heart’s and Flower’s Day with a piquant and tart recipe.

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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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  • Pickled Cherry Peppers

    Pickled Cherry Peppers

    I love fall in Oklahoma because you never know what you will get.    You might take a snow day off school before Thanksgiving or you might be able to still wear flip flops to school the day before Thanksgiving break.    Who knows?  (You do realize I could quote Will Rogers at this point,…

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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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  • Frijoles Negros Cuban Black Beans

    Frijoles Negros Cuban Black Beans

    It is time for Secret Recipe Club. Read about my SRC therapy and this Cuban Black Bean recipe that I slightly adapted from Cinnamon Freud.

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