Author: Chef M

This recipe can be made with green or red enchilada sauce. The chilaquiles are great with plantain or taro chips, but any grain free chips will work fine.

Here is a wonderful Indian recipe for a side dish that is sure to be a hit. You will sauté peas, cauliflower and carrots and add roasted ginger and cumin seeds for a tender, tasty dish.

Starchy-turned-silky russet potatoes merge with traditional aromatic leek, onion, garlic, and celery soup bedfellows; purée with cream and simmer again with colorful chunks of waxy red potatoes and smoked ham bites to finish this luscious soup. A smattering of fresh thyme announces a delicate lemony finish. If fatback is not easily found where you live, substitute a few tablespoons of rendered bacon fat to get things started. Save the crisped bacon to crumble over the finished soup before serving.

This is the kind of thing that’s nice to pack into containers and take to the beach on a sunny afternoon in late August when it doesn’t matter how bad your breath is afterward. It’s bright-flavored, fresh, and filling. Make a meal of it by pairing it with Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup and a glass or two of Vinho Verde.