Southwestern Cooking School, classes, and cuisine- Santa Fe School of Cooking, New Mexico

These are the can't-live-without ingredients we use for tasty meals with a Southwestern touch. We use these goodies in our everyday and fancy dishes to enhance or add depth of flavor to dishes. This gift basket is a perfect collection for the "well-seasoned" cook or one who is just starting out. We include our favorite tips for making your own new favorite dishes.

Almost all the essentials you would need for a special New Mexican brunch: Santa Fe Ole's Roasted Green Chile for topping your favorite eggs and potatoes, Santa Fe Culinaria's Blue Corn and Pinon Nut pancake mix with Cheri's Prickly Pear Syrup (delicious with berries too) and two Santa Fe School of Cooking mugs for Pinon Nut Coffee or real Mexican hot chocolate made frothy with a molinillo! Cushy robe and your favorite breakfast buddy not included.

A few of our favorite imbibing essentials when we're a little parched...! The margarita mix is fabulous by itself or mixed traditionally with fine tequila or mixed with sparkling water for a refreshing non-alcoholic drink. Add a splash of Cheri's Prickly Pear Cactus Syrup for a real Santa Fe twist. The Jalapenos en Escabeche are a delightful, spicy snack on their own or in place of an olive in your fave martini. The Bloody Mary mix, perfect for a summer evening or brunch is the right spicy blend to stand up to your favorite vodka or kick it up further with a shot of Roasted Garlic Hot Sauce. What's a natural to accompany your bar specialties? Spicy nuts, of course! (Did you know that NM is the nation's second largest producer of pistachios?)

Something new, something old, something borrowed... This traditional Native American bag of blue corn is the perfect gift for a bridal shower, a wedding or anyone who cooks! Our favorite Santa Fe Culinaria's Blue Corn Pinon Pancake Mix (a tasty pancake or waffle mix or for hors d'ouevres, make blini-sized pancakes and top with crème fraische and caviar), blue corn meal (with a recipe for blue corn-cheddar muffins), blue posole (mix with red posole for a patriotic Labor Day meal) and blue popcorn.

Beautiful La Chamba pottery perfect from the fridge to the stovetop to the oven to the table... Our favorite easy recipe for warm green chile dip made with the Santa Fe School of Cooking's Green Chile Dip and Santa Fe Ole's Roasted New Mexico Green Chile. The dish is also perfect for an individual serving of your favorite stacked enchiladas.

This special gift includes many of our favorite treats from New Mexico! With everything from raspberry chipotle sauce and jalapeño cheddar biscuits to more traditional fare such as red chile sauce and some fantastic New Mexican green chile! Attractively wrapped in a reusable leather like market tray - great for pine cones fruit or use your imagination.

This special gift highlights the most popular items sold at the school! It features the Santa Fe School of Cooking, Flavors of the Southwest cookbook, Chimayo chilepowder, our essential grill, our two popular salsas -- roasted tomato and roasted tomatillo -- chipotle en adobo, an SFSC wooden spoon and an SFSC apron (please specify color -- red, forest green, black, or white). It all comes attractively packaged in a kraft box with colorful ribbon!

An everyday New Mexican dish, but essential during the holidays--POSOLE STEW. This black micaceous pot from Colombia is perfect for cooking and serving the posole. The clay adds a subtle, earthy nuance that metal can't give. Essentials for making authentic posole stew are included--posole, coriander, Chimayo chile powder, and of course, a posole recipe and a hand carved, wooden spoon. You can't go wrong with this gift! Posole pot approximately
8"x 9 1/2."

Whimsical, but practical, this gift includes a charming black chicken pot with lid and spoon to dish up the two Santa Fe School of Cooking salsas - roasted tomatillo and roasted tomato. The chicken-shaped hot pad not only serves as an adornment for the package, but is useful.

Includes all the delicious beverages from the Santa Fe School of Cooking along with two Santa Fe School of Cooking mugs packaged in a gift box. Includes our famous teas - Prickly Pear and Herbal Tea - plus our sumptuous Piñon Coffee and a bag of the School's Piñon Cocoa. Specify regular or decaf.

A collection of our most popular chiles, packed in a decorative box for gift giving. includes a 12 oz. tin of medium Chimayo-style power, chipotle chile powder, chile caribe, green jalapeño powder, ancho powder, and a jar of Santa Fe School of Cooking Chipotle en Adobo.

Most people need that little snack during the day. We have gathered some of our favorites that will satisfy the sweet tooth or spicy cravings. It includes blue corn chips, Roasted Tomato Salsa, Roasted Tomatillo Salsa, green chile pistachios, pistachio caramel popcorn, wedding cookies, and chile peanut brittle. Great to send to the office!

A nice twist for a souvenir of Santa Fe. The Market's snack sack focuses on yummy flavor rather than heat, so this is the gift to give to someone who doesn't like chile. The attractive western burlap sack includes piñon nut brittle, Mexican chocolate bar, pistachio caramel popcorn, our favorite local cookies, and plain roasted New Mexican pistachio nuts.

New Mexico has the distinction of being the only state to have an official state question--that question is, "Red or Green?" referring to red chile or green chile. this gift allows the receiver
to decide for themselves. It includes a jar of the shed red chile sauce, roasted tomato salsa, Chimayo chile powder, a jar of roasted New Mexico green chile, roasted tomatillo salsa, and a tin of green chile dip mix.

A truly unique gift to give! This assortment includes our famous black clay Colombian pottery. We are featuring our enchilada dish with the video to show you how to make enchiladas. Then we include Chimayo red chile, Mexican oregano and cumin seed, and finish off the gift with a chile oven mitt and handmade wooden spatula. All black clay pieces are handmade and one of a kind. Approximate pottery measurements 12" x 10."

This year there are even more salsas for your enjoyment. Included are eleven of our best sellers--from tomato, tomatillo, and bean, to peach and chipotle. There is one to please everyone-from mild to hot.

Give this tasty gift basket to a friend and they will be whisked back to New Mexico with a little variety of some of the local favorites. It includes green chile stew, blue corn pinon pancake mix and of course bizcochitos (anise cookies), plus much more. A traditional holiday favorite for any New Mexican!

The perfect snack with a nutty-sweet twist!