The Edible Mexican Garden

With gorgeous, four-color photographs, and simple yet authoritative text, award-winning author Rosalind Creasy offers four new volumes in her popular Edible Garden series, each featuring helpful hints, expert gardening techniques, delicious recipes, and interviews with master gardeners and renowned chefs.

The most unassuming of garden vegetables from your garden- corn, beans, peppers, greens, and onions- are transformed into traditional and contemporary Mexican dishes and delicacies to awaken the palate and entice the eye.

Edible Mexican Gardens

1

(60)

How to Grow a Mexican Garden

2

(4)

Creasy Mexican Gardens

6

(6)

Mini Mexican Herb Gardens

12

(4)

Interview: The Anderson Garden

16

(5)

Encyclopedia of Mexican Vegetables

From Amaranth to Wild Greens

21

(40)

Cooking from the Mexican Garden

61

(29)

Ingredients

62

(5)

Cooking Techniques

67

(2)

Basic Cooked Mexican Tomato Sauce

69

(1)

Mole Verde (Green Mole with Vegetables and Seeds)

69

(1)

Guacamole

70

(1)

Salsa Fresca (Fresh Salsa)

70

(1)

Salsa Verde (Tomatillo Salsa)

71

(1)

Salsa Cruda

71

(1)

Greens, Mexican Style

71

(2)

Fruit Salad with Jicama (Ensalada de Fruita)

73

(1)

Cactus Paddle Salad (Ensalada de Nopalitos)

74

(1)

Cool White Salad

75

(1)

Tortilla Soup (Sopa Azteca)

76

(1)

Malva and Zucchini Soup (Sopa de Alache y Calabacitas)

77

(1)

Winter Squash Soup (Sopa de Calabaza)

78

(1)

Red Pozole (Pozole Rojo)

78

(2)

Chayote Saute with Chilis

80

(1)

Fava Beans with Tomatoes (Habas y Jitomates)

81

(1)

Esquites

82

(1)

Huevos Rancheros

82

(1)

Quesadillas

83

(1)

Bean Burritos

84

(1)

Tortilla Casserole

85

(1)

Pork Shoulder Sandwiches with Tomatillos (Tortas de Piernas)

85

(2)

Pork Stew with Purslane

87

(1)

Melon Cooler (Agua de Sandia)

88

(1)

Jamaica Tea (Agua Jamaica)

89

(1)

Iceberg Cooler

89

(1)

Appendices

90

(12)

Appendix A: Planting and Maintenance

90

(6)

Appendix B: Pest and Disease Control

96

(6)

Resources

102

(4)

Acknowledgments

106

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