This dip has a creamy, cheesy base, green nopales, sweet bits of corn, garlic and onion and a little spice from the jalapeño.

Try jugo verde (Mexican green juice) for a nutrient-packed drink made with nopales and sweetened with fruits like pineapple and citrus!

Grilled Cactus and Corn Salad (aka Nopales Salad) is a wonderful, tangy and savory side dish, perfect for grilling and serving in summer.

Nopales (Cactus) Salad is a traditional, healthy Mexican dish. I love making this recipe on a hot summer day!

Spicy Pork Ribs with Nopales is one of my favorite meals. The spicy sauce compliments the tender ribs, perfect with corn tortillas.

Corn tortilla quesadillas with goat cheese, roasted butternut squash and nopalito cactus. Homemade cheesy goodness. GF

Pineapple and Cactus Smoothie is full of health benefits. It’s light and refreshing and so good!

Nopales Salad is a vibrant, nutrient packed salad made with prickly pear cactus, onions, tomatoes, lime and chili peppers

Fresh nopales are combined with caramelized onions, red chile, garlic, served atop black beans & rice, then topped with poached egg & cotija.

Nopales Tostadas: Because cactus is cool.

Vegan Breakfast Tacos with a simple + easy to make tofu scramble. Full of protein + healthy too!

Nopales in Guajillo Chile Sauce – A healthy + flavorful Mexican recipe featuring nopales. Perfect for dinner or a savory breakfast!

Grilled Nopalitos (cactus) and Red Bell Pepper Salad, give it a chance!

Taco Party: Not Your Ordinary Vegetarian Tacos

Prickly pear cactus are wonderful addition to morning scrambled eggs

Healthy and delicious juice made with cactus leaves, cucumber, orange and pineapple.

Tlacoyos is Mexican street food that you can easily make at home.

Grilled nopales salad and an amazing ice cream fair.

Cactus and Eggs with Sacaton Relish on Navajo Fry Bread

You don’t have to be an Aztec warrior to enjoy this nopales cactus salad.