1. To prepare the nopales: If necessary, use a small sharp knife to remove any residual thorns or nodules from the cactus leaves. Bring 8 cups salted water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat ...

Nopales are delicious and make for wonderful salad toppings. If you’ve never cooked with them, this is a great recipe to learn! This salad, is topped with a roasted poblano pepper dressing that’s ...

To celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Chef Amalia Flores joined Gayle Guyardo, the host of the global health and wellness show, Bloom, to share a delicious, refreshing cacti salad recipe. Nopal is a common name ...

Alejandro Curiel, the chef of La Tequila restaurant in Bonita, created this salad made with tender, cooked nopales — the pads of the prickly pear cactus. It’s a popular dish at the new Karina’s Group ...

Remove two links of chorizo, and grill them until they are overly charred and nearly overdone. When they are cool, slice them into quarters lengthwise and then dice them into chunks. Place in a bowl ...

Walk around almost any neighborhood in San Diego County, and you’re bound to find cactus growing in several yards. When I was younger, my grandmother had some growing in her backyard. When the mood ...

“This is different than Tex-Mex food,” says Betty Gonzales, describing the dishes she and her chef husband, Alejandro, make and serve at Cascabel Mexican Patio on St. Mary's St. The restaurant, owned ...

It’s not often that a salad can make me swoon, but this one, the grilled nopales salad from Zona Fresca in Winter Park, made this soggy Thursday just a little bit brighter. Zona Fresca, the South ...

Nopales, also known as cactus pads or paddles, have long been a part of my California culinary life. I've had periodic bursts of enthusiasm over their slightly lemony flavor and firm-to-the-bite flesh ...

Instructions: Clean and cut cactus paddle into a small dice. Soak the cactus in copiously salted water up to 30 minutes to remove “slime.” Drain, rinse, and repeat if necessary. Fill medium-sized ...

Metropolitan Ministries has donated gas and food gift cards to all 120 TSA workers at Saint Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport amidst the funding freeze for the Department of Homeland ...