Cactus

cleaned cactus paddles • white onion • tomatoes • serrano pepper • avocados • small bunch fresh cilantro • lime • salt to taste

eggs per person • tender nopales (cactus paddles) • chorizo (about 200 grams) • onion, finely chopped • vegetable oil (about 45 ml) • Red salsa, to taste • Salt, to taste

Potato Patties: • large potatoes, cooked and mashed • peeled, chopped onion • breadcrumbs • ricotta cheese • egg • salt • As needed, oil for frying • Lenten Nopales: • cooked nopales (cactus paddles), diced • onion, peeled and diced • chopped tomato •

chicken drumsticks, 6 chicken gizzards, and 2 chicken wings • medium nopales (cactus paddles) • dried morita chiles • onion, sliced into half-moons • garlic, finely chopped • epazote to taste • salt to taste • chicken bouillon cube • maguey mixiote leaf • water (2 liters)

pressed pork cracklings (chicharrón prensado) • peeled tomatoes • chicken bouillon powder • garlic • serrano peppers • onion • cooked and chopped nopales (cactus paddles) • Salt to taste

onion • garlic • tomato • guajillo chiles • ground beef and pork (about 450 grams) • cleaned nopales (cactus paddles, thorns removed) • serrano chiles (green)

As many baked corn tostadas as you like • cooked nopal (cactus paddles) • turkey chorizo (or your preferred kind) • olive oil • onion • Salt, to taste • For serving: • Green onions • Cucumbers • Pico de gallo (chopped chile, tomato 🍅, onion, and cilantro) • Lime

(cut into 2-inch pieces) pork ribs (500 g) • Hatch chiles • nopales (cactus paddles) (200 g) • Salt, to taste • ground black pepper • ground cumin • bay leaf • water (800 ml) • oil or pork lard • cooked beans, for serving (200 g) • cooked rice, for serving (200 g) • corn tortillas

ground meat (beef or chicken) • rice (about 50 grams) • tomatillos (about 750 grams) • dried árbol chiles • onion and garlic, to taste • medium zucchini • medium potatoes • nopales (cactus paddles), cleaned, disinfected, and diced • hard-boiled eggs • salt, to taste • soy sauce • oil (about 15 ml)

As needed, diced nopales (cactus paddles) • jalapeño pepper • onion • tomato • tomato puree • eggs • corn tortillas • Shredded cheese, to taste

pork ribs (1 kg) • potatoes • Nopales (cactus paddles), to taste • Salt, to taste • garlic clove • chicken bouillon cube • large garlic cloves • pasilla chiles • arbol chiles • onion • large red tomatoes • bay leaves

whole wheat bread • olive oil • eggs • chopped cactus paddles (nopal) • Salt, to taste

boneless, skinless chicken thighs, butterflied • large garlic cloves • olive oil or vegetable oil • onion • Salt, to taste • Pepper, to taste (optional) • dried oregano (optional) • cactus paddles (nopales) • potato • small carrots • chayote squash • tomato •

corn tortillas • avocado • olive oil • eggs • chopped nopal cactus (about 45 grams) • tomato • chopped onion (about 35 grams) • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste • lime juice

masa harina (about 240 grams) • water (about 300 ml) • salt and pepper • Fillings of your choice, to taste • cactus paddles (nopales) • tomatoes • onion • Cilantro sprigs, to taste

diced papaya (about 140 grams) • chia seeds (about 20 grams) • chopped raw spinach (about 20 grams) • cooked, chopped nopal cactus (about 40 grams) • celery (about 50 grams) • water (240 ml)

chopped pineapple (about 120 grams) • chia seeds • spinach (about 60 grams) • Cucumber, to taste • Nopal cactus, to taste • Water, to taste

mixed dried beans, cleaned (about 800 grams) • wheat berries, cleaned (about 200 grams) • water (4 liters) • Salt, to taste • large tomatoes, diced • medium onion, peeled and diced • colored chilaca peppers, stemmed and seeded • xoconostles, roasted, peeled, seeded, and chopped • green apple, cored and chopped • fresh mint, chopped • Juice of 1 bitter orange • anise liqueur •

squash blossoms (about 25 blossoms) • mushrooms • avocado oil • white or yellow onion • garlic • dried epazote • Salt, to taste • Asadero cheese, • Corn or nopal (cactus) tortillas, • Green tomato salsa, tomato salsa, or your favorite salsa, to taste

boneless, skinless chicken breast • poblano pepper • small can of corn kernels • onion • cactus tortillas (or substitute with low-carb tortillas) • all-purpose tomato sauce (about 240 ml) • mozzarella cheese (about 100 grams) • garlic cloves • olive oil • salt to taste • pepper to taste • light sour cream •

all-purpose flour (1 kg) • egg yolks and 2 whole eggs • sugar (400 grams) • active dry yeast • Warm milk, • unsalted butter (1/2 kg) • salt • For the cream filling: • cornstarch (maizena blanca) • milk (2 liters) • egg yolks • vanilla extract •

eggs, separated into yolks and whites • dried and ground corn kernels (huachal, cooked corn kernels that have been dried and ground) (about 225 grams) • ground dried shrimp • oil (about 240 ml) • For the mole: • árbol chiles • guajillo chiles • garlic cloves • whole black peppercorns • whole cloves • water (about 4.7 liters) • masa harina (such as Maseca) (about 240 grams) •

beef shank or neck bones with marrow (about 750 grams) • guajillo chiles • ancho or pasilla chiles • carrots • zucchini • potatoes • chayotes • green beans (about 150 grams) • corn, each cut into 4 pieces • xoconostle (cactus fruit) • Salt or bouillon, to taste • bay leaf •

chicken • mixiote leaves (or substitute with mixiote paper or aluminum foil) • salt and pepper • pork lard • white onion • garlic • serrano chiles • tomatillos (about 500 grams) • nopales (cactus paddles) • cilantro

medium nopal cactus paddles • soy chorizo • garlic clove, finely chopped • onion, chopped • cilantro • avocados, sliced into 1/4-inch pieces • Roma tomatoes, chopped • Crumbled queso fresco, to taste • Taquera salsa, to taste • Salt, to taste • Cooking oil of your choice,

all-purpose flour (about 500 grams) • baking powder • salt • spinach leaves • small nopal cactus pad • warm water • oil

lard or oil • finely chopped white onion (80 g) • garlic, finely chopped • finely chopped shrimp (250 g) • finely chopped octopus (250 g) • scallops (250 g) • crab meat (250 g) • roasted tomato, chopped (375 g) • whole cloves • cinnamon or 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon • to taste black pepper • to taste salt •

cooked lentils (320 grams) • cooked quinoa (320 grams) • green apple (about 100 grams) • dried cranberries (about 100 grams) • candied cactus (acitrón) (about 100 grams) • white onion (about 100 grams) • pecans (about 100 grams) • almonds (about 100 grams) • almond milk (470 grams) • coconut oil (100 ml) • poblano peppers • pomegranate seeds (about 90 grams) •

chicken • guajillo chiles • ancho chile • pasilla chile • onion • garlic • cactus paddles (about 1 kg nopales) • mixed vegetables (about 1 kg) • whole black peppercorns • Salt, to taste

Shrimp meat • eggs • Nopales (cactus paddles), to taste • For the sauce: • guajillo chiles, seeded (150 grams) • garlic cloves • onion