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Chicken enchiladas with roasted green chile sauce is a delicious meal option when you’re craving Southwestern-style comfort food. The mellow spicy flavor of the Anaheim or New Mexico type peppers pairs well with shredded chicken and Mexican spices and cheese.

Chicken Enchiladas with Roasted Green Chile Sauce

Yes, you can make crispy seasoned baked French fries at home without deep-frying in vegetable oil. Instead, make your own hand cut homemade baked fries!

Crispy Taco Seasoned Baked French Fries

Take advantage of your local farmers’ markets and farm stands in the fall and stock up on these locally grown crops for your winter food storage. If you have an area in your basement, crawlspace, or garage that stays cool all winter long, you can make use of these cold spots to keep storage crops fresh well into winter.

14 Crops for Winter Food Storage

A bowl of roasted green chile sauce on a table.

Roasted Green Chile Sauce

How to Roast and Peel Peppers: Roasting peppers enhances the flavor and allows the tough, bitter skin to peel away from the pepper.

How to Roast and Peel Peppers Step by Step

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Honey Sweetened Concord Grape Jelly

Replace store bought envelopes with this homemade taco seasoning mix and eliminate the mystery ingredients, anti-caking agents, and preservatives.

Homemade Taco Seasoning

Got an abundance of peppers from your garden? Whether you have hot chiles or sweet bells, here is how to freeze peppers to enjoy all winter long.

How to Freeze Peppers

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Zucchini Garlic Bites

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Small Batch Chokecherry Jelly from Foraged Fruit

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Garden Fresh Zucchini Lasagna

Did you know you could root tomato suckers for a second crop of fresh and healthy plants? Cloning tomato plants from suckers is quicker than starting a new crop from seed.

How to Root Tomato Suckers and Grow New Plants