One of my favorite places on earth is Rancho La Puerta, a health and wellness destination located in Tecate, Mexico. I’ve been teaching there for many years, and enjoying the organic, vegetarian food made from plants grown on the property. Rancho La Puerta is consistently rated as the top spa in North America, where classes and seminars are curated to allow guests to find happiness and health, and take home life changing habits of mindful eating, gratitude, and exercise.
Three Salsa Recipes from Rancho La Puerta
One of the many delicious foods served at RLP is the delicious salsa, served and breakfast and lunch to spoon over everything from eggs to soups. My favorites are the Salsa Macha, Three Chile Salsa, and Salsa Mexicana. I was thrilled when I asked Chef Reyna Venegas to share the recipes for a segment on Twin Cities Live, and she happily complied.
Watch me Make Salsa on Twin Cities Live
Salsas that Sing
If you usually eat salsa from a jar, you’re really going to want to try these. Salsa Mexicana is a fresh, simple salsa, while the other two emply dried chilis and slightly charred vegetables to really build complex flavor. Dried chiles are a great source of deep, intense flavor, and not just heat. These salsas use Arbol, Guajillo and Pasilla Chilis, lightly toasted in either a cast iron pan or the oven.
Try these salsas, for a taste of Rancho La Puerta, wherever you are.
Robin, where do you get your peppers, I have been looking for fresh and dry peppers and not finding them. I have also looked for fresh figs for a couple years, and a friend said Kowalski’s have them. I am a fixed-income shopper, so I don’t go too far from the local Cub and Fresh thyme in Apple Valley, but for the right product, I could. I want Guajillo, (Mirasol) Poblano (Ancho) and Anaheim (Colorado) and I have never tried a Hatch, and I have seen bags of them at Fresh Thyme, but would like to get just one until I know what it tastes like. I am a little old Norwegian woman but I do love Italian, Mexican and Asian dishes.
Dee,
I buy them at Seward Coop, and the Lake Street Cub. There are many Mexican grocery stores in the neighborhood around Lake and Hiawatha. El Burrito Mercado, on Cesar Chavez ave in St Paul is a great adventure, if you haven’t been, with a bakery, prepared foods, and lots of produce.
Thanks for following my blog and watching me on TCL!
Robin, where do you get your peppers, I have been looking for fresh and dry peppers and not finding them. I have also looked for fresh figs for a couple years, and a friend said Kowalski’s have them. I am a fixed-income shopper, so I don’t go too far from the local Cub and Fresh thyme in Apple Valley, but for the right product, I could. I want Guajillo, (Mirasol) Poblano (Ancho) and Anaheim (Colorado) and I have never tried a Hatch, and I have seen bags of them at Fresh Thyme, but would like to get just one until I know what it tastes like. I am a little old Norwegian woman but I do love Italian, Mexican and Asian dishes.