Tag Archives: peppers

Red Chili Sauce for Tamales

Posted on 12/09/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This is a very simple pepper sauce that requires a couple different dried peppers that may be hard to find at the grocery store. A trip to a Mexican market is always fun though. Although this is usually used for … Continue reading →

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Running Out of Cages

Posted on 03/25/2013 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Even though the weekend was rainy and gray I soldiered on and planted the tomatoes and peppers. Due to the expansion last year I was able to plant a few new varieties of tomatoes. Along with the standard Roma and … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Peppers Again!

Posted on 02/26/2013 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

What can we say, but there are almost as many ways to stuff a pepper as there are to stuff a chicken. This recipe took advantage of many leftover ingredients from an earlier taco night but nothing says you cannot … Continue reading →

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Super Simple Roasted Pepper Soup for Two

Posted on 10/24/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Soups can take forever to make. Soak the beans. Sweat the potatoes. Chop the vegetables. Break the pasta… This is a quick alternative that’s great as a starter for four or a main course for two. The ratios can easily … Continue reading →

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Chipotle Pintos

Posted on 08/31/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine   People down here have a saying: “Hot enough for you?” What they have that everywhere? Well, it’s not funny when you suffer through 28 days of 100 plus degrees in a summer. Yes, we’ve had a cool … Continue reading →

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Jalapeno Orange Scallops

Posted on 08/15/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine Greg needed a nice meal Saturday, just one of those days, so I splurged a bit at the grocery store and farmers market. We posted the menu on Facebook, so those of you who follow us there won’t … Continue reading →

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Panzanella Salad

Posted on 06/27/2012 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Katherine has begged me for more than a year to make this salad. What can I say, sometimes I am very, very stubborn and should just admit when she’s right and do what she says without question because she is … Continue reading →

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Quiche with roasted fennel and red peppers

Posted on 10/10/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Quiche is basically pie for dinner. Sure there may be vegetables and meat involved but between the two a fruit pie may be less fattening. I wouldn’t have it any other way. This quiche used up a bunch of leftover … Continue reading →

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Pepper preservation

Posted on 09/28/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This year was a difficult one for peppers. Of course that is all my fault. Normally this year would have been perfect for all my peppers. I did have a phenomenal jalapeno crop. I had enough success with the late … Continue reading →

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Planting season… again?

Posted on 09/05/2011 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

We got these seeds for free awhile back and since falls are pretty mild down here when they finally start around Dec. 1, I thought I’d try my hand at autumn planting. Of course it is also almost time to … Continue reading →

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