Carolyn Niethammer's Books - Savor the Southwest I produce a blog with two other remarkable women involved in the food of the Southwest. We discuss edible wild plants, foods that grow well here like citrus and olives, and flavors typical to the Southwest. Sometimes we'll highlight a new book by one of our colleagues. We take turns so there are three posts every month. The links will take you to the full blog. icon caret-left icon caret-right instagram pinterest linkedin facebook twitter goodreads question-circle facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle Carolyn Niethammer's Books Welcome Books Biography Events Blog Contact History Cookbooks Cooking the Wild Southwest: Delicious Recipes for Desert Plants Complete guide for the southwestern desert forager The Prickly Pear Cookbook Delicious recipes for prickly pear pads and fruits. Women's Studies Keeping the Rope Straight Engaging story for middle readers on the life of Navajo activist Annie Dodge Wauneka I'll Go and Do More The life of Annie Dodge Wauneka, feisty Navajo leader and activist Daughters of the Earth, the Lives and Legends of Indian Women A look at the lives of North American Indian women in traditional societies. Travel West of Paradise: Exploring Southeastern Arizona Old West meets New West in this guide to a legendary land Ethnobotany American Indian Cooking: Recipes from the Southwest Learn how Indians used 50 edible wild plants Savor the Southwest I produce a blog with two other remarkable women involved in the food of the Southwest. We discuss edible wild plants, foods that grow well here like citrus and olives, and flavors typical to the Southwest. Sometimes we'll highlight a new book by one of our colleagues. We take turns so there are three posts every month. The links will take you to the full blog. Call it Prickly Pear, Call it Nopal, It's time. May 10, 2020 Tags: Cactus, prickly pear, nopal, Southwest Food Fresh prickly pear pads are found in gardens in April and May. They are available year 'round in Mexican grocery stores. Prickly pear pads or nopales are a common vegetable in Mexico, as common as green beans in the U.S. They are a traditional food in Southern Arizona, brought by people who migrated from Mexio and eaten long before that for millenia by people who lived on the wild foods of the desert. Here are instructions for how to prepare the pads and several recipes to make nopales your new favorite vegetable. You can find many recipes for prickly pear pads and fruit in my Cooking the Wild Southwest, Delicious Recipes for Desert Plants and The The Prickly Pear Cookbook. Quick Links Amazon Amazon Barnes and Noble Book Sense Independent Book Stores E-mail me! Loading…}