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Made in a manner of soups from Mexico, Chicken Tortilla Soup is filled with many ethnic ingredients to create a filling and savory side dish or a soup that could be served as the main meal.

Similar to a beef stew, this type of soup is made with a cut of meat suitable for pot roasts (round or chuck) that is mixed with vegetables and a rich broth.

A thick soup that may appear similar to a chowder, containing a larger proportion of solid ingredients and a smaller amount of liquid broth.

Any of the varieties of chilies that are harvested when they are young, still green colored and tender in texture.

Prepared like a hearty chicken chowder, this soup is made with ingredients common in many southwestern U.S.

Edible leaves of the garland chrysanthemum plant that may also be referred to as the edible chrysanthemum or the cooking chrysanthemum.

A small, disk-shaped legume that has a firm texture and a nutty taste. Dried green lentils do not require presoaking like many dried beans and they tend to cook faster.

A food that is made from a combination of hearty ingredients that are mixed together in a savory broth.

A curry paste made up of a combination of ingredients, which typically include small green chiles, lemongrass, skin of the kaffir lime, shallot, garlic, shrimp paste, salt, galangal, pepper and coriander.

A type of thick soup that is a specialty of the Tuscany region of Italy. Traditionally, ribollita (which is Italian for “twice boiled”), was basically leftover minestrone soup that was reheated (or re-boiled, hence the name ribollita); however, chunks of crusty bread were added to the leftover soup before it was served.

The edible leaf or paddle of the prickly pear cactus and other varieties of cactus. It is prepared by removing the thorns and eyes, after which it is served fresh, canned, cooked, steamed, or pickled.

A tomato that is picked before it matures into a pink or red colored vegetable. The larger varieties are generally picked when the skin displays only a slight amount of pinkish tint, which is considered to be a mature stage for this tomato.

The meat from the cheek of the hog, which is used in various dishes to provide additional flavoring....

Flat, disk shaped dried beans, high in protein, that have a rich, somewhat sweet and peppery flavor when cooked.

A traditional Spanish tomato sauce that is often made with annatto seeds sautéed in pork fat or olive oil before being added to other ingredients.

A nutritious legume that is round in shape, small in size, and very versitile as an ingredient for a variety of foods and food dishes.

An herb, which is actually an evergreen plant native to the Mediterranean region but cultivated throughout Europe and America.

A favorite herb that grows as the green leaves of the coriander plant that resemble a parsley-like green plant.

The candied pad or paddle (leaf) of the prickly pear cactus that is sweetened by packing the pad in a sugar syrup solution.

The edible leaf or paddle of the prickly pear cactus. Nopal is the Mexican word for cactus and the leaf growing on the stem is referred to as Nopales.