Posts by Nissa
Hands on Higher (Mango) Ed
Mastering #MangoJoy As a by-product of the partnership between Crespo Organic Mangoes, the Crespo Organic Kitchen and Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center (a sustainable, organic and fair-trade food education and marketing company), a Crespo Organic Mango Seminar was born. The seminar experience was designed to educate and inspire mango industry professionals and consumers alike. Starting…
Continue ReadingI don’t like to be called “Honey”
…and neither does the Ataulfo Mango I can’t tell you how many times I have been called Lisa, Melissa, Alissa, and, even, Carissa when various adults have had to read my name, Nissa, aloud. The very existence of the name Nissa (pronounced Niss like kiss with the soft “a” pronounced like uh = Niss–uh) baffles…
Continue ReadingMango Lemon-Lime Ginger Puree Soda
When life gives you ripe mangoes, make healthy soda…. We have a lot of recipes happening each week in the test kitchen for both Crespo Organic Kitchen and the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center. Lemons and limes are a staple item for us, but they can often turn wrinkled or hard (limes) or moldy…
Continue ReadingMango Toum
Lebanese garlic sauce with mango…. Toum is a Lebanese garlic sauce, made by emulsifying raw garlic into oil. It’s a sharp, bold alternative to mayonnaise that is traditionally served over meats and vegetables. The idea for this recipe came about because of a bad garlic purchase I made where about 4-5 heads started to go…
Continue ReadingHerbaceous Mango Mustard Sauce
No need for added sweetener, the mango give this a honey-mustard feel.. This is a super versatile sauce that improves everyday simple weeknight meals substantially. It uses up ANY kitchen herbs you might have laying around, and it tastes great. Brush it on baked chicken breasts or roasted fish fillets, use it as a salad…
Continue ReadingMango Ginger Sauce
Sweet or savory applications! Having access to fresh ginger has changed the way we flavor our food and what we often eat—from healthy morning smoothies to everyday meals, drinks and desserts. Most of the organic ginger on the market comes from Hawaii, Peru, and Mexico. It has to travel pretty far and moves by sea…
Continue ReadingFresh Mango-Turmeric Tabasco
Earthy tumeric and sweet-tropical mangoes in a hot sauce, c’mon….. We had a big bag of mini peppers laying around from a class that got canceled, some old cherry bombs and a bunch of bits and pieces of fresh turmeric root left at the bottom of a bag that seemed worthless at first glance. Of…
Continue ReadingMiyagi Oysters & Mango Mignonette
The magic happens right when you think you went to far I can be quite obsessive with my desire to turn everything into a mango recipe or more importantly and opportunity to teach people that mangoes work in just about any type of recipe or cuisine. I really do not exaggerate their versatility and am…
Continue ReadingStained Facts in Oaxaca
The complexities of facts and slow to move information in mangoes Over the years I have had my own ideas about mango quality. I thought I understood the major problems affecting the “king of fruits”, specifically the varietals with which I worked and the countries they were from. Since I traveled to the depths…
Continue ReadingIntoxicating Mangoes
Warming up to and with mangoes; through booze My love for mangoes started off rocky. As a young girl venturing into Central America with my family in the late 1980’s, down the Pan American highway through Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and into Nicaragua, I had some run ins with mangoes. Few of those entanglements left…
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