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 ...

See a roundup of 10 easy nopales recipes for every meal of the day. Plus, a registered dietitian explains the health benefits. While nopales (cactus pads) are a common part of Mexican cuisine, ...

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 ...

It’s not often that a salad can make me swoon, but this one, the grilled nopales salad from Zona Fresca in Winter Park, made this soggy Thursday just a little bit brighter. Zona Fresca, the South ...

“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 ...

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 ...

All last week I sliced, diced, steamed, grilled and roasted nopales, the juicy pads of the prickly pear cactus that are popular throughout Mexico. I enjoyed them in salads, with steak, in tacos, with ...

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 ...

1. To prepare the nopales: If necessary, use a small sharp knife to remove any residual thorns or nodules from the cactus leaves. Bring 8 cups salted water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat ...

Remove two links of chorizo, and grill them until they are overly charred and nearly overdone. When they are cool, slice them into quarters lengthwise and then dice them into chunks. Place in a bowl ...