Sentences with phrase «cactus leaves»

Oaxaca is known for its uncommon foods: floras de Calabasas or squash blossoms are frequently used in dishes (delicious); nopales or prickly pear cactus leaves grace some salads and soups (without spiny needles, of course); and there are chapulines, grasshoppers grilled in oil until crunchy and sprinkled with red chile powder (okay, I did eat one e... ah, several).

Place the cactus leaf and the onion slices on the Grid.

Ingredients 2 pounds red potatoes, halved 1/4 cup olive oil 1 tablespoon Red Chile Rub (see recipe) Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 large cactus leaf 1 medium red onion, thickly sliced 1 medium jicama, peeled and diced 1 teaspoon sliced pickled red jalapeño, seeded and chopped 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (2 to 3 limes) 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon adobo sauce (from a can of chipotles in adobo sauce) 1/2 cupped chopped fresh cilantro

Add fresh prickly pear cactus leaf, which has a flavor similar to that of green beans, to vegetable and fruit salads, soups or omelettes.

Cactus leaf also offers certain nutritional and other health benefits.

You can also boil or fry cactus leaf or cook it into a jelly.

To prepare fresh cactus leaf, scrape the spines off and peel back the skin to reveal the fleshy meat.

Alternatively, you can pickle cactus leaf and use it as a condiment with other dishes or ferment it into a cheese - like food.

Including cactus leaf in your diet may boost your antioxidant levels, according to a study published in the January 2006 «Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.»

Not exact matches

Driving through the Valley of Aijalon, we passed fields to our left covered now with prickly pear cactus and scrub trees.

As children, we first mourned the roses in October, the neighbor's night - blooming cactus when we left for school, the rotting tree wrung out by lightning.

The rose had no thorn, cacti were spineless, holly leaves were smooth, and the nettle had no sting.

Every field is carefully fenced in with paling formed of the mid-ribs of the palmyra - leaf, or by rows of prickly plants, aloes, cactus, euphorbias, and others; and every one is divided into small beds, each containing a different crop; but the most frequent and valuable crops are the ingredients for the preparation of curry; such as onions and chilies, which are exported to all parts of the coast and carried in large quantities into the interior.

Nopales or nopalitos are the leaves or pads of the opuntia or prickly pear cactus and are very popular throughout Mexico.

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The Spanish word for cactus is nopal, and nopales is the term for the leaves or pads of the opuntia or prickly pear cactus.

For example, the leaves of Pereskia plants can store much more water, and they seem to use an alternative, water - conserving photosynthetic pathway typical of the leafless cacti when conditions are particularly dry.

Since these physiological features are shared by both Pereskia groups as well as other cacti, despite their ancient evolutionary split, the team concludes that they must have evolved first, and that the first cacti were «shrubs or small trees with photosynthetic leaves.»

As we leave the Valley of the Sun, the Sonoran Desert landscape is dotted with an incredible variety of cacti, while ahead you begin to see the amazing rock formations that reveal different shades of pink, crimson, orange, and umber with each turn in the road.

With notes of green cactus mingled with fresh salty ocean air, Remy & Rose Sea Salt + Cactus Bar Soap not only smells amazing but leaves skin soft and scactus mingled with fresh salty ocean air, Remy & Rose Sea Salt + Cactus Bar Soap not only smells amazing but leaves skin soft and sCactus Bar Soap not only smells amazing but leaves skin soft and supple.

Photographers Matthew and Renee Hahnel have spent the last six months roaming cacti - dotted deserts, hiking mountainous terrain, admiring serene lakes, and lounging on sun - splashed beaches — and they haven't even left the U.S.

While direct light can burn the leaves of most plants, desert natives like cacti can thrive in bright, direct light conditions.

Made with natural Cactus Sisal bristles to help leave your skin looking bright, fresh and even.

Common sources of mucilage include Aloe vera leaves, ambrette, arnica, balsam fir, basil, borage, cactus, celery, chia seeds, evening primrose, fenugreek seeds, fig, flaxseed, hibiscus, Irish moss or carrageenan (a seaweed), kelp (a seaweed), lemon, linseed, liquorice root, mallow, marshmallow root, mustard seeds, nettle, nutmeg, okra, parsley root, plantain (a herb) seeds, potatoes, psyllium seed husks, quince seeds, sage, slippery elm inner bark [2,3].

With notes of green cactus mingled with fresh salty ocean air, this bar not only smells amazing but will leave your skin soft and supple.

Play up your greenery theme by placing your plants inside a mug with a leaf motif (like this one from IKEA's spring collection) or in front of floral prints (we love this cute cactus from Living Pattern).

Formulated with Cactus Flower and «Tibetan Ginseng,» this anytime skin - refresher helps skin maintain its essential moisture throughout the day and leaves the skin feeling soft, smooth and refreshed.

However, despite the fact that we stayed until sunset when we parked the Porsche alongside the road to romanticly watch the sun set behind the beautiful rocks, we didn't manage to see all we wanted to and had to leave some spots such as Cholla Cactus Garden until next time.

Today's look it's all about summer prints with green leaves, off shoulder and the cutest summer bag looking like a super adorable little cactus.

There were gorgeous peonies, hydrangeas, ranunculus and a plethora of succulents, cactuses and fiddle leaf fig tress.

Last weekend when I was in Dallas, my mom and I went shopping to find some new things for her and she left with this adorable cactus shirt and several pairs of their Pilcro chinos which I love (wore them here and here)!

... will leave a parched sensation in one's dry throat... a recycled buddy - buddy vehicle that's about as welcoming as hugging a cactus tree

This game uses pictures for 16 plant - related vocabulary words: flower, leaf, bud, stem, thorn, seed, plant, rose, tulip, tree, cactus, palm tree, trunk, roots, branch, bark.

A baby orangutan gazes mischievously from underneath a «hat» of leaves; a koala snoozes while hanging slumped in a tree; and a bobcat sits atop a tall cactus in a prickly attempt to avoid the wrath of a cougar.

Indian Rubber Plant Janet Craig Dracaena Japanese Show Lily Jerusalem Cherry Kalanchoe Lacy Tree Philodendron Lily of the Valley Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marijuana Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Morning Glory Mother - in - Law's Tongue Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade Oleander Onion Oriental Lily Peace Lily Peach (wilting leaves / pits) Pencil Cactus Plumosa Fern Poinsettia (low toxicity) Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Red Emerald Red - Margined Dracaena Red Princess Rhododendron Ribbon Plant Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Silver Pothos Spotted Dumb Cane Striped Dracaena String of Pearls Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant Taro Vine Tiger Lily (especially cats!)

Likewise, Christmas cactus can cause vomiting and diarrhea, and the spiny leaves of the Christmas or English holly can cause irritation and damage to pets» stomachs and intestines.

Great for a variety of animals, Reptile Salad contains kale, red Endive, dandelion greens, leaf lettuce and fresh - cut nopales cactus.

Most of the island remains undeveloped and has been left to Mother Nature: cactus, thorny scrub, and windswept woodlands interspersed with «kunukus» (small holdings) growing «maishi» (corn) and raising goats and sheep.

The LABRANDA Cactus Garden features 150 new and modern designed double and junior suites rooms and an all - inclusive concept that leaves nothing to be desired.

Located in the shaded gardens of this luxury resort, central to Aldea Maya is a purpose built hut with a Palapa roof, what guests are invited to delve deep into ancient Mayan culture by sampling a dinner menu based entirely on regional specialties such as black bean stew with sour cactus fruit salsa and banana leaf cooked lion fish with mint and tomatillo.

The Chomper's ability to bite right through armor allows him to take care of pesky Coffin and Outhouse zombies, leaving the Cactus free to snipe ranged zombies from a safe distance.

We also left out any games we covered in 2013; Framed and Assault Android Cactus, in particular, remain indubitably awesome.

It creates the perfect environment as we spot cacti between the leaves of other plants.

Cactus received the prints «blank», ready to be scratched off by the curator, leaving the artist seemingly as curious as the viewer as to when and why the curator stopped scraping.

Notes towards a Sculpture Cycle, NOMAS Foundation, Rome Bloody English, OHWOW, Los Angeles If this is left, what about right, Kate Werble, New York Hey, I'm Mr Poetic, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge Rx for Viewing, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York (with Grant Foster) Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs, Cactus, Liverpool (with Glen Pudvine) Pleasure Principles, Fondation d'Enterprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris

It was difficult to find a deciduous tree with leaves still on during Utah's cold season, so for the «wish tree» in Ono's «Wish Piece,» UMOCA borrowed a ficus from local shop Cactus and Tropicals.

They teem with figurative references to vestigial body parts (fingers, hands, eyes, noses, lips, sex organs); flora (leaves, cacti); fauna (birds, snakes); domestic objects (windows, doors, pieces of furniture, kitchen utensils, handkerchiefs); symbols (arrows, speech balloons, hearts).

After two hours of searching the cactus, aloe, and prickly acacia — sometimes crawling to get a better look at tree trunks and leaf litter — I counted exactly six whiptail lizards, three toads, two geckoes, and one santanero.

For example, cacti spines share the same fundamental structure and development as leaves of other vascular plants, thus cactus spines are homologous to leaves.

Plants loose a lot of water by evaporation when they open their stomata (pores in their leaves) to absorb CO2 (a small percentage of plant species, especially cacti, have particular mechanisms to drastically reduce this problem).