Sweet and Spicy Pepper RelishSweet and Spicy Pepper Relish This pepper relish spices everything from grilled cheese sandwiches to burgers and hot dogs. Spoon some over a block of cream cheese and serve with crackers for an easy appetizer. Prep Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Additional Time: 1 hr Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 3 (½-pint) jars Ingredients 1 pound medium-hot red chile peppers or red jalapeños 2 small red or orange bell peppers - stemmed, seeded, ribs removed ½ large onion, peeled and quart...
Spicy Pickles RecipeGrow and make your own spicy pickles! Here's a couple recipes: Spicy Refrigerator Dill Pickle Recipe » Jalapeno Pickles Recipe » Spicy pickles are one of the easiest ways to preserve your cucumber harvest for year-round enjoyment. You can make spears or slices so you can use them on sandwiches, burgers, or just as a snack anytime. Of course, we think spicy pickles are the best, and we like to experiment with using different chiles to flavor them. Try adding Hatch Chiles for a Ne...
Spicy Beet Greens RecipeWe love growing beets!! They are so delicious and so easy to grow. Did you know you can also eat the greens? Recipe posted below! Spicy Beet Greens Recipe: Ingredients: Olive oil Beet greens, washed and cut into 2-inch pieces 3+ cloves garlic, minced Crushed hot pepper flakes to taste Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper Directions: Heat up the oil in a heavy sautée pan. Sautée the beet greens and garlic until the greens are wilted and tender, 5 to 8...
Spicy Salt RecipeSpicy Salt Recipe: Ingredients: Sea Salt or any salt will do! Dried Peppers (any hot peppers or super hot peppers are great in this recipe, you can also make Red Hatch Chile Salt with dried red Hatch chiles!) Herbs (optional, you can add dried oregano, rosemary, thyme, basil, curry, turmeric... the options are endless!) Directions: Put salt and dried peppers into a spice grinder, coffee grinder or food processor and pulse until well mixed. Or if you have a molcajete, that's also a g...
Spicy Zucchini Fritters RecipeSpicy Zucchini Fritters Recipe When you have a giant zucchini or lots of summer squash, make a big batch of these spicy fritters and enjoy all week! 4-8 Cups of shredded Giant Zucchini or any summer squash2 teaspoons salt, pepper to taste2-3 eggs* (add extra egg or 2 if the zuke is a GIANT!)1/2-1 Cup+ chopped Green Onions, or any onion and/or shallots1/2-1 Cup diced red or Green Chiles or Hot Peppers to taste(use any hot peppers you desire, roasted chiles are great in this recipe!) 2-3+ Ga...
Spicy Vegetarian Chili RecipeSPICY VEGETARIAN CHILI RECIPE INGREDIENTS: 6-8 Cups of fresh diced tomatoes (or 1 large (28oz) can of diced tomatoes) 2-4+ diced hot peppers such as Serranos 4 chopped sweet red peppers or bell peppers 2 onions, chopped 6 cloves of garlic, minced 2 cans (15 oz) of kidney beans, drained 2 cans (15 oz) of black beans, drained (or use other beans like pinto beans) 1-2 cups of water (or broth of choice) 1 Cup of Corn, optional 2 tablespoons of chile powder 1 teaspoons of ground cumin Salt &...
Spicy Refrigerator Pickles RecipeThis is a simple recipe that you can make in smaller batches to use up your cucumbers and some peppers in the summer months. Quick and easy, you don't have to water bath these delicious spicy pickles, just store them in your fridge. We find that these refrigerator pickles are much crispier than their preserved cousins, you have to eat them a little faster as they don't last as long, but don't worry, they're so good that won't likely be a problem. :) Spicy Refrigerator Pic...
Spicy Dandelion Greens RecipeDoing some weeding this spring? Pick the dandelion greens and use them in this recipe. Make sure never to use herbicides or pesticides on your lawn,and these greens will be safe for you and all the other wildlife (bees, earthworms, butterflies, etc). This is a nice spicy recipe (add as much or as little hot peppers or flakes as desired), and a great way to use up your weeded dandelion greens! Spicy Dandelion Greens Recipe • Dandelion greens, torn into 4-inch pieces (as much as you like, ...
Mild Chile PeppersMild Green Chile SeedsIf you love spicy Hatch chiles such as Big Jims, but you are looking for a milder green chile to tame down the super hot chiles, or to make a milder chile that everyone in your family will enjoy, try growing our Anaheim seeds, which grow into productive plants with chiles that have 500-1,000 Scoville units, about half the heat of some of the milder Big Jims. Or try our Mild Hatch Chiles which are also around 1,000 Scovilles. This Hatch Green Mild NM 6-4 has always been t...
Purple Bell PeppersLooking for Purple Bell Peppers or other Purple Pepper seeds? If you love purple like we do, you always want to plant purple flowers... but did you know you can also plant purple vegetables like Purple Bell Peppers or Purple Tomatoes? Purple is one of the best colors in your garden, it compliments the green leaves and everyone who sees a purple pepper or fruit are delighted! View all our beautiful Ornamental Peppers » If you like hot peppers like us, check out the Bhut Jolokia Purple pe...
Canned Chiles & Tomatoes RecipeWant to can your tomato and chile harvest? Here's a great recipe that will use up your abundance of Heirloom tomatoes and chiles. This is kind of like Rotel, but WAY better as it's homegrown! INGREDIENTS 12 cups cored, peeled, and quartered Heirloom Tomatoes* 1 Onion, finely chopped 1-2 Cups of Diced Roasted Hatch Green Chile (or you can also use fresh Jalapeños or other hot peppers – use more or less to taste, we like it spicy!) 3 Sweet Peppers, finely chopped (use Pimento Peppe...
Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa RecipeCanned Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa /Sauce Recipe This is a delicious way to use up all your unripe, green tomatoes before the first frost of winter. Don't throw them away! This makes for a great sauce for enchiladas, casseroles and burritos! 10-20+ chopped cored green tomatoes (any size, type, or feel free to use a mix of green tomatoes, just use all the green ones that you have!) 10-20+ Habañeros, Jalapeños or any hot peppers or even super hot peppers (to taste, add a lo...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa RecipeSandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes (use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes 1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)Small slice of a Trinidad Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (fresh or dried) 1/2 Onion (diced, soak in cold water 20+ minutes to sweeten and reduce onion bitterness) 3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1 Tea...
Super Hot Pepper SeedsLooking for Super Hot Pepper seeds? Sandia Seed has a great collection of super hot pepper seeds, as well as the not-quite-as-hot-but-still-pretty-darn-spicy hot pepper seeds. We have the infamous Carolina Reaper seeds, and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion seeds, as well as Hatch chile varieties that are super hot like Hatch Green Hot DoubleCross Chile seeds or Hatch Green X-Hot Lumbre Green Chile seeds, or Barkers Hot Hatch Green chile seeds. Growing super hot peppers from seed is one of the...
Pueblo Chile SeedsDiscover Pueblo Chile Seeds from Colorado! We are excited to share two new Pueblo Chiles that we just added to our seed collection: the tasty Pueblo Mosco Chile (shown above) and the spicier sister, the Pueblo Giadone Chile. Both of these Pueblo Chiles have a different flavor from the New Mexican Hatch chile varieties, (some say they taste better than Hatch, but we think both Hatch chiles and Pueblo Chiles taste amazing, they're just different. It's like comparing jalapeños to serraño...
Orange Salsa RecipeIf you grow our Orange Jalapeño seeds or our other Orange Jalapeño Pumpkin Spice Seeds or any of our other orange hot peppers, then you gotta try this Orange Salsa recipe. For this salsa, we recommend growing some of our favorite Orange Heirloom Tomato Seeds such as our Big Rainbow Tomato, or the Chef's Choice Orange Tomato, or the delicious Garden Peach Tomato... and you'll have a brilliant orange salsa that is sure to be the talk of the party. You can use any of our orange hot peppe...
Sweet and Spicy Pepper Relish
Sweet and Spicy Pepper Relish This pepper relish spices everything from grilled cheese sandwiches to burgers and hot dogs. Spoon some over a block of cream cheese and serve with crackers for an easy appetizer. Prep Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Additional Time: 1 hr Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 3 (½-pint) jars Ingredients 1 pound medium-hot red chile peppers or red jalapeños 2 small red or orange bell peppers - stemmed, seeded, ribs removed ½ large onion, peeled and quart...
Spicy Pickles Recipe
Grow and make your own spicy pickles! Here's a couple recipes: Spicy Refrigerator Dill Pickle Recipe » Jalapeno Pickles Recipe » Spicy pickles are one of the easiest ways to preserve your cucumber harvest for year-round enjoyment. You can make spears or slices so you can use them on sandwiches, burgers, or just as a snack anytime. Of course, we think spicy pickles are the best, and we like to experiment with using different chiles to flavor them. Try adding Hatch Chiles for a Ne...
Spicy Beet Greens Recipe
We love growing beets!! They are so delicious and so easy to grow. Did you know you can also eat the greens? Recipe posted below! Spicy Beet Greens Recipe: Ingredients: Olive oil Beet greens, washed and cut into 2-inch pieces 3+ cloves garlic, minced Crushed hot pepper flakes to taste Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper Directions: Heat up the oil in a heavy sautée pan. Sautée the beet greens and garlic until the greens are wilted and tender, 5 to 8...
Spicy Salt Recipe
Spicy Salt Recipe: Ingredients: Sea Salt or any salt will do! Dried Peppers (any hot peppers or super hot peppers are great in this recipe, you can also make Red Hatch Chile Salt with dried red Hatch chiles!) Herbs (optional, you can add dried oregano, rosemary, thyme, basil, curry, turmeric... the options are endless!) Directions: Put salt and dried peppers into a spice grinder, coffee grinder or food processor and pulse until well mixed. Or if you have a molcajete, that's also a g...
Spicy Zucchini Fritters Recipe
Spicy Zucchini Fritters Recipe When you have a giant zucchini or lots of summer squash, make a big batch of these spicy fritters and enjoy all week! 4-8 Cups of shredded Giant Zucchini or any summer squash2 teaspoons salt, pepper to taste2-3 eggs* (add extra egg or 2 if the zuke is a GIANT!)1/2-1 Cup+ chopped Green Onions, or any onion and/or shallots1/2-1 Cup diced red or Green Chiles or Hot Peppers to taste(use any hot peppers you desire, roasted chiles are great in this recipe!) 2-3+ Ga...
Spicy Vegetarian Chili Recipe
SPICY VEGETARIAN CHILI RECIPE INGREDIENTS: 6-8 Cups of fresh diced tomatoes (or 1 large (28oz) can of diced tomatoes) 2-4+ diced hot peppers such as Serranos 4 chopped sweet red peppers or bell peppers 2 onions, chopped 6 cloves of garlic, minced 2 cans (15 oz) of kidney beans, drained 2 cans (15 oz) of black beans, drained (or use other beans like pinto beans) 1-2 cups of water (or broth of choice) 1 Cup of Corn, optional 2 tablespoons of chile powder 1 teaspoons of ground cumin Salt &...
Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe
This is a simple recipe that you can make in smaller batches to use up your cucumbers and some peppers in the summer months. Quick and easy, you don't have to water bath these delicious spicy pickles, just store them in your fridge. We find that these refrigerator pickles are much crispier than their preserved cousins, you have to eat them a little faster as they don't last as long, but don't worry, they're so good that won't likely be a problem. :) Spicy Refrigerator Pic...
Spicy Dandelion Greens Recipe
Doing some weeding this spring? Pick the dandelion greens and use them in this recipe. Make sure never to use herbicides or pesticides on your lawn,and these greens will be safe for you and all the other wildlife (bees, earthworms, butterflies, etc). This is a nice spicy recipe (add as much or as little hot peppers or flakes as desired), and a great way to use up your weeded dandelion greens! Spicy Dandelion Greens Recipe • Dandelion greens, torn into 4-inch pieces (as much as you like, ...
Mild Chile Peppers
Mild Green Chile SeedsIf you love spicy Hatch chiles such as Big Jims, but you are looking for a milder green chile to tame down the super hot chiles, or to make a milder chile that everyone in your family will enjoy, try growing our Anaheim seeds, which grow into productive plants with chiles that have 500-1,000 Scoville units, about half the heat of some of the milder Big Jims. Or try our Mild Hatch Chiles which are also around 1,000 Scovilles. This Hatch Green Mild NM 6-4 has always been t...
Purple Bell Peppers
Looking for Purple Bell Peppers or other Purple Pepper seeds? If you love purple like we do, you always want to plant purple flowers... but did you know you can also plant purple vegetables like Purple Bell Peppers or Purple Tomatoes? Purple is one of the best colors in your garden, it compliments the green leaves and everyone who sees a purple pepper or fruit are delighted! View all our beautiful Ornamental Peppers » If you like hot peppers like us, check out the Bhut Jolokia Purple pe...
Canned Chiles & Tomatoes Recipe
Want to can your tomato and chile harvest? Here's a great recipe that will use up your abundance of Heirloom tomatoes and chiles. This is kind of like Rotel, but WAY better as it's homegrown! INGREDIENTS 12 cups cored, peeled, and quartered Heirloom Tomatoes* 1 Onion, finely chopped 1-2 Cups of Diced Roasted Hatch Green Chile (or you can also use fresh Jalapeños or other hot peppers – use more or less to taste, we like it spicy!) 3 Sweet Peppers, finely chopped (use Pimento Peppe...
Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa Recipe
Canned Habanero & Green Tomato Salsa /Sauce Recipe This is a delicious way to use up all your unripe, green tomatoes before the first frost of winter. Don't throw them away! This makes for a great sauce for enchiladas, casseroles and burritos! 10-20+ chopped cored green tomatoes (any size, type, or feel free to use a mix of green tomatoes, just use all the green ones that you have!) 10-20+ Habañeros, Jalapeños or any hot peppers or even super hot peppers (to taste, add a lo...
Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe
Sandia Seed's Trinidad Scorpion Salsa Recipe 4-5 Large Fresh Heirloom Tomatoes (use any fresh Heirloom Tomatoes)~or~ 1 Large (28oz) can Organic Whole Tomatoes 1/2 Cup - Fresh Cilantro leaves (use as much as you'd like)Small slice of a Trinidad Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper or Trinidad Scorpion Butch T (fresh or dried) 1/2 Onion (diced, soak in cold water 20+ minutes to sweeten and reduce onion bitterness) 3-4 Garlic ClovesFresh Lime Juice (1 lime)1 Tea...
Super Hot Pepper Seeds
Looking for Super Hot Pepper seeds? Sandia Seed has a great collection of super hot pepper seeds, as well as the not-quite-as-hot-but-still-pretty-darn-spicy hot pepper seeds. We have the infamous Carolina Reaper seeds, and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion seeds, as well as Hatch chile varieties that are super hot like Hatch Green Hot DoubleCross Chile seeds or Hatch Green X-Hot Lumbre Green Chile seeds, or Barkers Hot Hatch Green chile seeds. Growing super hot peppers from seed is one of the...
Pueblo Chile Seeds
Discover Pueblo Chile Seeds from Colorado! We are excited to share two new Pueblo Chiles that we just added to our seed collection: the tasty Pueblo Mosco Chile (shown above) and the spicier sister, the Pueblo Giadone Chile. Both of these Pueblo Chiles have a different flavor from the New Mexican Hatch chile varieties, (some say they taste better than Hatch, but we think both Hatch chiles and Pueblo Chiles taste amazing, they're just different. It's like comparing jalapeños to serraño...
Orange Salsa Recipe
If you grow our Orange Jalapeño seeds or our other Orange Jalapeño Pumpkin Spice Seeds or any of our other orange hot peppers, then you gotta try this Orange Salsa recipe. For this salsa, we recommend growing some of our favorite Orange Heirloom Tomato Seeds such as our Big Rainbow Tomato, or the Chef's Choice Orange Tomato, or the delicious Garden Peach Tomato... and you'll have a brilliant orange salsa that is sure to be the talk of the party. You can use any of our orange hot peppe...
