Cactus might look intimidating, but once you learn how to clean and cook it to make nopales, you’ll be looking for ways to incorporate this nutritional powerhouse into more dishes Walk around almost ...

Eat cactus? For people living in Mexico and the Southwest, the answer is a resounding yes. Nopal, also known as the prickly pear cactus, grows plentifully there and its health benefits and versatility ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prickly desert cactus sounds like the last thing you’d want to eat. But -- surprise! -- once the spines are off, cactus is juicy and tender, great in anything from salads and soups to main courses and ...

Nopales (noh-PAH-lays), Spanish for cactus leaves, are just what the name implies: the leaves, or paddles, of the prickly pear cactus. Watery, crunchy and mild, the flattish leaves are most commonly ...

Makes 12 sopes; serves 6 as a snack or 4 as a main course Prepared masa is sold by the pound at most Mexican grocery stores along with fresh nopales, which are sold free of spines. Dilsa Lugo prefers ...

What’s in it? Cactus, red onion, pulled cilantro, tomatoes, radish, red onion, chile poblano and avocado. The dish is topped with queso fresco, tortilla strips and a bloody Mary vinaigrette. How much ...

“I get into the spirit of things,” says Sandra Sanchez as she takes out red, white and green plates and unwraps a bundle of red, white and green napkins. In the family room, the table that she will ...