This week we cook up four nopal (cactus) recipes that go beyond the traditional Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes we love in South Texas. Paul Stephen is a food writer for the Express-News. He can be reached ...

If you like onion rings, you’ll probably enjoy crunching into a bite of battered and fried cactus as well. 2 cactus paddles, needles removed, cut into french fry-size strips Instructions: Place the ...

Cactuses aren’t just part of the scenery in South Texas. For centuries, the fruit and paddles from the prickly pear cactus have fueled the people who live here, and they’re still easy to find on the ...

When stir-fried at a high temperature, cactus retains quite a bit of crunchy texture. Its mild flavor blends into this Thai-inspired curry perfectly. Instructions: Heat the oil in a wok or large ...

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 ...

Here’s how to harvest, prep and cook the cactus pads. Remember the shmoo? This animal was invented by cartoonist Al Capp and introduced in his comic strip L’il Abner in the late 1940s. Shmoos were ...

Prickly desert cactus sounds like the last thing you’d want to eat. But -- surprise! -- once the spines are off, cactus is juicy and tender, great in anything from salads and soups to main courses and ...

I haven’t been eating a ton of vegetables lately, something I realized as I sat in my neighbor’s apartment the other night, demolishing a cheesesteak around 10:30 p.m. The holiday season admittedly ...

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