Mints leave

large cucumbers • white onion or any kind you have • Mint leaves, • plain yogurt, can be regular or Greek, unsweetened • olive oil • Juice of 1 lemon • Salt and pepper to taste

Ground beef • red tomatoes • onion • potatoes • zucchini • carrots • egg • rice (about 30 grams) • fresh mint leaves • garlic clove • Salt, to taste • Black pepper, to taste •

skinless chicken drumsticks • medium carrots • medium chayotes • medium zucchini • medium piece of onion • medium garlic clove • cilantro • chicken bouillon powder • salt • washed rice • small mint leaf • OPTIONAL: 1 chicken carcass and 2 chicken wings, for extra flavor

rice noodles (200 g) • medium zucchini • mushrooms • carrot, grated • Spinach leaves, to taste • -inch piece fresh ginger (about 3 cm) • parsley • mint leaves • Soy sauce, to taste • Salt, to taste • Green onion • Black pepper •

For the enchiladas: • soft fried corn tortillas, preferably fried in good-quality pork lard • For the Christmas sweet 13-chile sauce: • different dried chiles (Morita, Japanese, Cascabel, Pasilla, Costeño, Guajillo, dried Chipotle, Ancho, smoked Chipotle, Árbol, yellow Costeño, smoked Ancho, and Pico de Paloma chile) • roasted cinnamon • Small handful of sweet spices (anise, coriander seeds, cardamom, cloves, and Tabasco pepper) • Grated nutmeg • Small handful of raisins • Small handful of prunes • Small handful of peanuts • Small handful of pecans or walnuts • epazote •

Roma tomatoes • chicken broth (about 1 liter) • Salt and pepper, to taste • garlic • ground beef (about 500 grams) • oregano • onion, chopped • fresh mint • eggs • zucchini • carrot • bay leaves •

ground beef (500 grams) • fresh mint leaves • garlic • black pepper • soy sauce • egg • rice (about 200 grams) • water (about 710 ml) • garlic • onion • salt • oil •

ground beef (500 grams) • masa harina • Ground garlic, to taste • medium potatoes (cut into medium cubes) • carrots (sliced into medium rounds) • zucchini (sliced into medium rounds) • fresh mint leaves (finely chopped) • tomato (finely chopped) • onion (finely chopped) • garlic clove (finely chopped) • cilantro (finely chopped) • Salt, to taste •

yuca, peeled (2 kg) • vegetable oil or lard (60 ml) • tomato • guajillo chiles • to taste dried chile • onion • garlic clove • to taste salt • to taste black pepper • to taste fresh mint • oregano leaves • fresh pozol leaves •

ground pork (about 450 grams) • fresh cilantro • fresh oregano • fresh mint • green poblano pepper • green serrano pepper • garlic, chopped • salt • ground cumin • ground black pepper • ground cinnamon • thyme •

large sesame seed rolls • black beans mashed with epazote and mint to taste • onions pickled in sour orange juice, sea salt, and dried oregano with a splash of tequila • or to taste chopped cooked pork carnitas, Michoacán style • ripe tomatoes • roasted xoconostles, peeled, seeded, and chopped • large onion, peeled and quartered • garlic, peeled and chopped • mint, chopped • fresh rosemary leaves • cinnamon stick • vinegar •

ground beef (40 grams) • ground pork (40 grams) • green tomatillo • garlic • onion • salt • cumin • chopped mint • chicken bouillon cubes • bay leaf • cumin • black pepper •