A few months before we moved here, we toured around some places in NM. One of the places we really liked was Hatch, the chili capital of NM.
Our local Safeway in Douglas carries Hatch chiles. Last week, I bought a bag, and today I used them to make Fiery Tofu with Red Chiles, Orange and Ginger. Yum!
We were heading out to the Chiracahuas Sat. morning to hike (pics below), and we saw a produce stand set up on the side of the road. (Brad had read about this on a flyer at the post office, but I couldn’t believe it. Produce in Jan., when it’s in the 20s at night? The farmers markets around here don’t open until May or June.) We stopped and found a small selection of things and bought a bag of arugula and a bag of chard. The guy who runs the stand grows it in a big greenhouse that it turned out is only a couple miles from our property.
After our hike, we went home and made dinner, which included a salad. That arugula was amazing! We are looking forward to getting more.
These pictures are from the South Fork part of the Chiracahuas. You can get to it by driving into the park past Portal. It also connects to Horseshoe Canyon on the back side. (This is roughly 7 or 8 miles from our property. Some day we’ll do a big hike or even a backpacking trip back here.)
For any of you who have eaten or heard about my yummy dishes made with fake chicken, sausage, etc., the brand is LightLife. It’s found in the refrigerated food section, often near tofu, and I highly recommend it.
Some day when this whole moving and building thing is over, I’m going to write a blog just about all the nice food we eat. Here’s one meal from this week in the meantime.
Avocado and grapefruit salad with sage honey dressing (my recipe)
Asparagus with lemon-egg sauce
Lemon cream fettuccini
Lemon souffle with chocolate sauce (all sugar free)
I know that those who know me and haven’t experienced this don’t believe I can cook, but I really can. :) One more reason to visit when we’re far away.