Category Archives: Spicy Side Dishes
Cooking with Trinidad Pimiento Chili Pepper – Two Recipes
I received some mild but flavorful Trinidad Pimiento chili peppers from my good friend and chili pepper grower, Jim Duffy, and decided to cook them into a couple of different recipes. On the Menu – Pineapple-Chili Pepper Marinated Chicken Breasts and Corn on the Cob coated with Feta-Trinidad Pimiento Peppers. Continue reading
Frittata Recipes – Perfect for Chili Peppers
Frittata are popular dishes for breakfasts or brunch because they’re easy to make and very tasty. They’re basically an open faced omelet that baked and sliced rather than made stove top, and as with omelet preparation, you can cook up any number of variations with a bit of creativity. Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, Chili Peppers, Recipes, Spicy Side Dishes
Tagged chili pepper madness, chili peppers, cooking tips, frittata recipe
Spice Up Your Summer Potato Salad with Jalapeno Peppers
We’re well into summer and we’re guessing you’ve already been to a dozen outdoor parties, and that you’ve got a lot more planned. What to bring? Sure, you can fall back on the traditional coleslaw recipe, or maybe a pasta salad, something easy to make that works for a group. How about potato salad? It’s easy, right? Pretty cheap to prepare for a large group. It usually goes over well. But everyone brings potato salad! How about this – let’s try something new. Continue reading
Italian Inspired Grilling Recipes with Chili Peppers
We recently spent 3 weeks in the Mediterranean with an entire week in Italy alone, bopping back and forth between stops, visiting as many highlights as we could manage without succumbing to total exhaustion. There is so much to see, but more importantly, so much to eat! The Mediterranean region is well known for its wonderful food that focuses on fresh, available local ingredients, and the quality shows both on the plate and on the palate. Continue reading
Super Bowl Recipes for Chili Pepper Lovers
Get ready for the super bowl! Super bowl parties are the perfect opportunity to get your chili pepper spice on with plenty of spicy appetizers and ice cold beer. We’ve compiled a collection of some of our favorite chili pepper recipes to help you work up a nice and spicy menu that will please all of your football loving friends. Continue reading
Jalapeno-Sweet Potato Soup Recipe for the Holidays
Everyone’s talking about pumpkin soup for the upcoming holidays, but we have an additional favorite – Jalapeno-Sweet Potato Soup! It’s creamy and spicy and plenty full of flavor. You can’t go wrong with delicious jalapeno peppers. Continue reading
Habanero Peppers and Gouda Cheese – a Power Pairing
Cooking with habanero peppers typically requires a good heat tolerance, but also an appreciation of strong flavors. We often add habanero peppers to our meals for their heat value though primarily because they bring a lot to the dish in terms of taste. Because of this, habanero peppers pair nicely with many other ingredients that also have strong flavors. Case in point – Gouda Cheese. Continue reading
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Tagged Brussels sprouts, gouda cheese, habanero peppers, habaneromadness.com
Stuffed Cherry Peppers – A Recipe
Stuffed Cherry Peppers – A Recipe Continue reading
Spicy Stuffed Strawberries
We’re working on our new cookbook that focuses on jalapeno poppers and other stuffed chili peppers, and we came up with a brand new favorite! These strawberries stuffed with spicy cream cheese and banana pepper slices are nice and sweet, and would make an outstanding appetizer for parties and other gatherings. Continue reading
Spice Up Your Frozen Vegetables
Depending on the time of year, it isn’t always possible to grab fresh produce from your garden, or it just isn’t convenient to rush out to the market. In those times, we turn to frozen vegetables. We enjoy freezing our chili peppers, which work great for preserving them through the winter, but freezing is great for a large variety of vegetables. Freezing helps to preserve the nutrients of the vegetables without affecting flavor like other preserving methods might do. Continue reading
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Tagged chili pepper madness, Chilipeppermadness.com, frozen vegetables
