Nopal recipes

This nopales con huevo recipe features tender cactus and eggs scrambled with fresh vegetables. It is packed with fiber and protein but is also delicious and

This is an authentic Mexican cactus leaves salad (Ensalada de nopales), a very refreshing salad for the summer.

Creamy Vegan Nopales Dip - Very Vegan Val

Both nopalitos in salsa and queso en salsa remind me so much of home. They are quick meatless dishes that I enjoy year round!

Nopalito con papas is a Mexican-inspired side dish featuring cactus and potatoes with tomatoes, onion, and jalapeños. Cactus tastes like cooked green beans.

There's a new “it” vegetable in town, and its name is nopales. So if you want to keep up with the trends, you'll need to try these easy nopales recipes.

Quinoa is not a traditional Mexican ingredient but it pairs perfectly with authentic Mexican ingredients. Give this quick and easy vegan quinoa with nopales dish a try.

Learn how to cook nopales at home! How to choose the best nopales, how clean them by removing the spines, and how to cook them.

Learning the art of despining and cleaning nopales, edible cactus paddles, is practically a rite of passage for many who grow up in Mexican households. If nopales grow wild somewhere in the yard, they’re gripped with tongs and sliced off the plant with a sharp knife. Once their prickly shield of armor is removed, they’re cooked until they achieve their unique soft texture. (Groceries sell nopales despined, cleaned and ready to cook.) Often, charred nopales are then drowned in a guisado —…

My mom gave me a Princess House glass container for Christmas and I absolutely adore it. It’s perfect for using at home in the over, in the freezer and for pot lucks! I decided that the first dish that I’m going to share is a Mexican cactus salad. It’s absolutely delicious, refreshing and goes great […]