Baja Holiday/Event Recipes

"This is an easy tropical dish that is full of flavor! I like to serve it with chips, or as a side dish. It would be easy to try slightly different versions by adding lime juice, ginger, pineapple, or jalapenos, depending on your personal taste. If you have any other suggestions, I would love to hear them! Thanks!"

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Ingredients: garlic salt, mangoes...

"This recipe is a favorite at the Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur, California. I lived there years ago spent much time at Nepenthe. A beautiful place! Tecate is a municipality in the Mexican state of Baja California. And now a little history: Perched on the edge of the continent, high above the Pacific, watched over by the majestic Santa Lucia Mountains..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, corn kernels...

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Ingredients: cilantro, corn tortillas...

"This is a fun breakfast recipe I found in a Sunset cookbook. I like to make this spicier by using pepper-jack cheese."

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Ingredients: whole green chilies, eggs...

"Translation: Beef Fillet, Northern Style. This authentic, regional Mexican dish is made fiery with the use of green serrano chiles. Make sure you have a nice cold Mexican beer standing by!"

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Ingredients: serrano chilies, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"I am a a stickler for using fresh ingredients so when my boyfriend from 5 years ago made this up for the first time I cringed! Pardon me for saying so, but if I hadn't have been living with him I never would have eaten it! Hahahaha!!!! The boyfriend is long gone but this is the only salsa I'll eat! If you aren't used to cilantro it may take a few minutes..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, Hunts tomato sauce...

"Chicken seasoned in chipotle adobe and other herbs, with Basamati lime cilantro rice, yellow corn and black beans cooked in lemon juice and cilantro. All stuffed into a tortilla shell with cheese and sour cream, then grilled into a chimichanga. I have also used turkey meat as well as grilled flank steak and its all fun to play with."

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Ingredients: corn, chipotle chiles in adobo...

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Ingredients: tequila, salt, sugar...

"A tart drink and very colorful. Add some to regular tea instead of lemon juice. You can make this overnight by placing a handful of blossoms into a pitcher of spring water. They expand a lot, so be sure to squeeze then out if you remove them."

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Ingredients: dried hibiscus flowers, mint sprigs...

"My husband loves this and I make it about once a week for him. Friends and family have asked me to make this for them and for get togethers. This salad is basically put together with anything you like in a salad. So you can add or not use what is listed. Have fun and enjoy making your taco salad supreme."

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Ingredients: plain Doritos, green chilies...

"From Farmer's Almanac"

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Ingredients: garlic powder, hot pepper sauce...