Green Chile!One of the things that makes me feel especially New Mexican is picking up my roasted green chile from Farmers Market, bagging it, and stuffing the freezer. A year ago I bought a freezer to put in the garage, and at the moment, the main contents are the baggies full of the 70lb of roasted chiles we picked up today. We peeled and tasted a few, still warm from roasting. Definitely the way to have your green vegetables! The temptation was there to have a green chile and mayonnaise sandwich, as I used to as a kid. The house smelled of their crisp, smokey scent all day as the bags of chile laid all over the kitchen counter cooling and awaiting their trip to the freezer. I felt accomplished as I stowed the last bags away.
What was for dinner tonight? Green chile cheese veggie burgers, with the new chiles, topped with guacomole, made with the new chiles. I'd been hoarding our last bag of chile from last year's crop- wouldn't let Michael use it, in case I wanted to make chile rellenos (gluten-free, of course!). Now they're in the fridge, up for grabs.
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