Green Tomato Enchilada SauceGreen Tomato Enchilada Sauce Recipe This is a delicious sauce to use up your green tomatoes at the end of the season and store them for winter enchilada casseroles! You can make as much or as little as you want, depending on how many green tomatoes you have, if you're canning just use 4 Tablespoons per Pint jar, 8 Tablespoons per Quart jar of lime juice to make sure it's acidic enough to be shelf-stable. Of course, you don't need to can this either, you can just refrigerate for 1...
Dragon PeppersGROW DRAGONS IN YOUR GARDEN! We're excited to be offering two new Dragon Pepper seeds for all you chileheads out there! These wicked hot beasts are new to our Peppers of the World collection, and are sure to make great hot sauces and salsas! These two new Dragon Peppers are now for sale*! The Komodo Dragon Pepper is super hot with a Scoville of 1,400,000 – which means it's WICKED HOT! This dragon is sure to please any spice-lover and it will make a great fermented hot sauce. ...
Pumpkin Spice Ain't Got Nothing on Roasted Chile!Pumpkin Spice Ain't Got Nothing on Roasted Chile! The aroma of roasting chile in the autumn months is a heavenly delight! And adding roasted chile to anything just makes it better! We love chile in salsas, stews, sandwiches, dips, salads, burgers, pizzas... you name it—green chile goes with it! We've even seen green chile flavored beers and ice cream... but we tend to lean towards the hot and savory dishes when it comes to chile. You?Happy October harvest season! Stay tuned with ...
Short Season PeppersGrow Short-Season Peppers! We often wish summer would last forever... that way, we can grow more peppers. For those of us in short-season climates, it's great to grow the fastest growing peppers so you can harvest lots of peppers sooner than later. Even if you live in areas with longer growing seasons, these are also great to grow as they come to harvest sooner – and who doesn't want peppers sooner? Also, be sure to check out our Short-Season Tomatoes » If you have a short gardenin...
Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce?Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce? Why yes, you can!NO-PEEL TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE:INGREDIENTS:• Tomatoes (as many as you have) • Diced onion • Diced garlic (more is better!) • Minced carrots and celery (optional but good!) • Fresh (or dried) Herbs such as Basil, Parsley Thyme, Rosemary • Salt and Pepper to taste Just core, slice in half and process the tomatoes in a food processor until smooth. Fry up some diced garlic, celery and onions (and carrots too for sweetness) in a ...
Types of Hot PeppersThere are a ton of different types of hot peppers! Sandia Seed is all about chile peppers, and we carry over 100 types of peppers from around the world. Try growing a new type of hot pepper this year! We add new varieties each season, so you can grow peppers of the world in your garden! Looking for mild or super spicy peppers or somewhere in-between?View our List of Peppers by Heat » View our full list of all the types of peppers we carry in one place on our online seed catalog »Technical...
Cilantro Pesto RecipeCilantro tends to come in all at once (it's good to keep sowing it throughout the season as it bolts quickly once the summer warmth arrives, no matter what you do!) So, preserve your precious Cilantro harvest and make Cilantro Pesto! Cilantro pesto with almonds, olive oil, lime juice, fresh garlic or garlic scapes, and spicy green chiles like Jalapenos or serranos is awesome. :) Great with chips, or tossed with pasta or vegetables. Simple Spicy Cilantro Pesto Recipe: Ingredients: ...
Potted Pepper PlantsGrow your own potted pepper plants with any of our seeds. Sandia Seed carries seeds for over 100 peppers from around the world, so you can grow the perfect potted pepper plant for your home or garden. Some people even train peppers into bonsai-type pepper trees that live for years. We carry a wide variety Ornamental Pepper Seeds that are show-stoppers as potted pepper plants, and they are all also edible ornamental peppers and are beloved in the kitchen for use in flavoring everything from sa...
Grow a Victory GardenGrow Lots of Food This Year!If you haven't started your vegetable garden yet, now is a great time! Here are our top tips on How to Start a Garden: 1. Grow a Variety of Seeds! Growing different types of vegetables is a great way to harvest over a longer season! While peppers and tomatoes are great for summer growing for fresh eating, pickling, and lots of recipes to use year-round, you can also grow other veggies throughout the seasons. Lettuce, onions, cabbages, radishes, kale, cila...
Hottest Peppers in the WorldIf you want to grow the hottest peppers in the world, then you've come to the right place. Sandia Seed offers some of the hottest peppers of the world in our huge collection of over 100 chile peppers. Our hottest pepper is of course the Carolina Reaper, which WAS the Guinness World Record holder up until August 23, 2023 for being the hottest chile in the world with Scovilles ranging between 1,500,000 and 2 million! That's HOT! We like to use this super hot beast in salsas and hot sauc...
Purple PeppersSandia Seed has a wide variety of purple peppers that you can grow easily from seed! Purple in the garden is always a welcome sight! And, when you use purple peppers in your salads and recipes, they really add some great flavor and color! Our favorite purple peppers include both sweet and hot peppers. To start, we'll introduce you to our purple hot peppers. Our Purple Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers start out in beautiful purple then ripen to white/pale green and eventually turn to a deep pur...
Hottest Chilli in the World 2020The Carolina Reaper IS still the hottest chili in the world in 2022! And it was the hottest chilli in the world in 2020, too, it has worn the crown for many years – originally being achnowledged by Guinness World Records in 2013. There are lots of other chilli peppers out there like the Dragon's Breath Chile and Pepper X, but these varieties have not yet been tested formally by the Guinness World of Records, and they also don't yet appear to be stable strains (at least in our tests!) ...
Hottest Pepper 2020The Hottest Pepper in 2020 is the infamous Carolina Reaper! While a lot of other contenders have come onto the market in the past few years, the Reaper still carries the Guinness World Record crown for being the world's hottest pepper in 2020.Developed by pepper breeder Ed Currie in South Carolina, this wicked beast of a pepper is red with a gnarled, bumpy texture and a small pointed tail. Guinness World Records declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world in 2013, and it has held th...
Growing Peppers from Seed: Our Top 12 TipsGrowing Peppers from SeedOur Top 12 Tips 1. Use Fresh Seeds When perfectly stored, pepper seeds can be viable for up to 25 years, but generally 2-5 years is more realistic for good germination rates. The older the seeds get, the less likely they will sprout. Store seeds in a cool, dark, dry environment. Remember, seeds are meant to be grown, so plant them! Of course we still plant old seeds (a few years old) all the time, because they can still sprout. Just be aware that the germination r...
2020 Seed CatalogCheck out Sandia Seed's 2020 Seed Catalog for Peppers and Tomato Seeds – we have picked all of our favorites from around the world for you to grow in your garden. Our Seed Catalog features over 100 different pepper seeds from around the world, and over 44 of our favorite heirloom and hybrid tomato seeds. Download our Seed Catalog »Order our Seed Catalog » View some of the pages from our 2020 Seed Catalog below: Our seed catalog features lots of tips for growing peppers:You'll also...
Hatch Green Chile SeedsIf you've ever tried Hatch Chile grown in New Mexico, you know it has the best flavor in the world! When roasted, green chiles turn into buttery, smoky goodness and they are delicious in all sorts of recipes. Try them as burger toppers, or on pizza, or whip up a batch of Hatch Chile Salsa. Growing Hatch Chiles from seed is very rewarding and it means you can enjoy the amazing green chile flavor wherever you live! Sandia Seed sells all sorts of easy-to-grow Hatch chile seeds, in all h...
Green Tomato Enchilada Sauce
Green Tomato Enchilada Sauce Recipe This is a delicious sauce to use up your green tomatoes at the end of the season and store them for winter enchilada casseroles! You can make as much or as little as you want, depending on how many green tomatoes you have, if you're canning just use 4 Tablespoons per Pint jar, 8 Tablespoons per Quart jar of lime juice to make sure it's acidic enough to be shelf-stable. Of course, you don't need to can this either, you can just refrigerate for 1...
Dragon Peppers
GROW DRAGONS IN YOUR GARDEN! We're excited to be offering two new Dragon Pepper seeds for all you chileheads out there! These wicked hot beasts are new to our Peppers of the World collection, and are sure to make great hot sauces and salsas! These two new Dragon Peppers are now for sale*! The Komodo Dragon Pepper is super hot with a Scoville of 1,400,000 – which means it's WICKED HOT! This dragon is sure to please any spice-lover and it will make a great fermented hot sauce. ...
Pumpkin Spice Ain't Got Nothing on Roasted Chile!
Pumpkin Spice Ain't Got Nothing on Roasted Chile! The aroma of roasting chile in the autumn months is a heavenly delight! And adding roasted chile to anything just makes it better! We love chile in salsas, stews, sandwiches, dips, salads, burgers, pizzas... you name it—green chile goes with it! We've even seen green chile flavored beers and ice cream... but we tend to lean towards the hot and savory dishes when it comes to chile. You?Happy October harvest season! Stay tuned with ...
Short Season Peppers
Grow Short-Season Peppers! We often wish summer would last forever... that way, we can grow more peppers. For those of us in short-season climates, it's great to grow the fastest growing peppers so you can harvest lots of peppers sooner than later. Even if you live in areas with longer growing seasons, these are also great to grow as they come to harvest sooner – and who doesn't want peppers sooner? Also, be sure to check out our Short-Season Tomatoes » If you have a short gardenin...
Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce?
Can you leave skin on tomatoes when making sauce? Why yes, you can!NO-PEEL TOMATO SAUCE RECIPE:INGREDIENTS:• Tomatoes (as many as you have) • Diced onion • Diced garlic (more is better!) • Minced carrots and celery (optional but good!) • Fresh (or dried) Herbs such as Basil, Parsley Thyme, Rosemary • Salt and Pepper to taste Just core, slice in half and process the tomatoes in a food processor until smooth. Fry up some diced garlic, celery and onions (and carrots too for sweetness) in a ...
Types of Hot Peppers
There are a ton of different types of hot peppers! Sandia Seed is all about chile peppers, and we carry over 100 types of peppers from around the world. Try growing a new type of hot pepper this year! We add new varieties each season, so you can grow peppers of the world in your garden! Looking for mild or super spicy peppers or somewhere in-between?View our List of Peppers by Heat » View our full list of all the types of peppers we carry in one place on our online seed catalog »Technical...
Cilantro Pesto Recipe
Cilantro tends to come in all at once (it's good to keep sowing it throughout the season as it bolts quickly once the summer warmth arrives, no matter what you do!) So, preserve your precious Cilantro harvest and make Cilantro Pesto! Cilantro pesto with almonds, olive oil, lime juice, fresh garlic or garlic scapes, and spicy green chiles like Jalapenos or serranos is awesome. :) Great with chips, or tossed with pasta or vegetables. Simple Spicy Cilantro Pesto Recipe: Ingredients: ...
Potted Pepper Plants
Grow your own potted pepper plants with any of our seeds. Sandia Seed carries seeds for over 100 peppers from around the world, so you can grow the perfect potted pepper plant for your home or garden. Some people even train peppers into bonsai-type pepper trees that live for years. We carry a wide variety Ornamental Pepper Seeds that are show-stoppers as potted pepper plants, and they are all also edible ornamental peppers and are beloved in the kitchen for use in flavoring everything from sa...
Grow a Victory Garden
Grow Lots of Food This Year!If you haven't started your vegetable garden yet, now is a great time! Here are our top tips on How to Start a Garden: 1. Grow a Variety of Seeds! Growing different types of vegetables is a great way to harvest over a longer season! While peppers and tomatoes are great for summer growing for fresh eating, pickling, and lots of recipes to use year-round, you can also grow other veggies throughout the seasons. Lettuce, onions, cabbages, radishes, kale, cila...
Hottest Peppers in the World
If you want to grow the hottest peppers in the world, then you've come to the right place. Sandia Seed offers some of the hottest peppers of the world in our huge collection of over 100 chile peppers. Our hottest pepper is of course the Carolina Reaper, which WAS the Guinness World Record holder up until August 23, 2023 for being the hottest chile in the world with Scovilles ranging between 1,500,000 and 2 million! That's HOT! We like to use this super hot beast in salsas and hot sauc...
Purple Peppers
Sandia Seed has a wide variety of purple peppers that you can grow easily from seed! Purple in the garden is always a welcome sight! And, when you use purple peppers in your salads and recipes, they really add some great flavor and color! Our favorite purple peppers include both sweet and hot peppers. To start, we'll introduce you to our purple hot peppers. Our Purple Bhut Jolokia Ghost Peppers start out in beautiful purple then ripen to white/pale green and eventually turn to a deep pur...
Hottest Chilli in the World 2020
The Carolina Reaper IS still the hottest chili in the world in 2022! And it was the hottest chilli in the world in 2020, too, it has worn the crown for many years – originally being achnowledged by Guinness World Records in 2013. There are lots of other chilli peppers out there like the Dragon's Breath Chile and Pepper X, but these varieties have not yet been tested formally by the Guinness World of Records, and they also don't yet appear to be stable strains (at least in our tests!) ...
Hottest Pepper 2020
The Hottest Pepper in 2020 is the infamous Carolina Reaper! While a lot of other contenders have come onto the market in the past few years, the Reaper still carries the Guinness World Record crown for being the world's hottest pepper in 2020.Developed by pepper breeder Ed Currie in South Carolina, this wicked beast of a pepper is red with a gnarled, bumpy texture and a small pointed tail. Guinness World Records declared it the hottest chili pepper in the world in 2013, and it has held th...
Growing Peppers from Seed: Our Top 12 Tips
Growing Peppers from SeedOur Top 12 Tips 1. Use Fresh Seeds When perfectly stored, pepper seeds can be viable for up to 25 years, but generally 2-5 years is more realistic for good germination rates. The older the seeds get, the less likely they will sprout. Store seeds in a cool, dark, dry environment. Remember, seeds are meant to be grown, so plant them! Of course we still plant old seeds (a few years old) all the time, because they can still sprout. Just be aware that the germination r...
2020 Seed Catalog
Check out Sandia Seed's 2020 Seed Catalog for Peppers and Tomato Seeds – we have picked all of our favorites from around the world for you to grow in your garden. Our Seed Catalog features over 100 different pepper seeds from around the world, and over 44 of our favorite heirloom and hybrid tomato seeds. Download our Seed Catalog »Order our Seed Catalog » View some of the pages from our 2020 Seed Catalog below: Our seed catalog features lots of tips for growing peppers:You'll also...
Hatch Green Chile Seeds
If you've ever tried Hatch Chile grown in New Mexico, you know it has the best flavor in the world! When roasted, green chiles turn into buttery, smoky goodness and they are delicious in all sorts of recipes. Try them as burger toppers, or on pizza, or whip up a batch of Hatch Chile Salsa. Growing Hatch Chiles from seed is very rewarding and it means you can enjoy the amazing green chile flavor wherever you live! Sandia Seed sells all sorts of easy-to-grow Hatch chile seeds, in all h...
