Nopales might seem like an intimidating food to cook with, but learning how to use this cactus can help you enhance the flavor of many different meals.

MELENDEZ: One of the beautiful things about nopales is that they're incredible versatile. So you can grill them, you can boil them and - or cook them, and you can have them, like, completely raw.

In Mexico, nopales (prickly pear cacti) are mixed with tomatoes into a bright salad and spooned into tortillas with creamy goat cheese and two types of fresh salsa.

Nopales cactus salad helps with diabetes by improving insulin sensitivity, hydrating the body, promoting satiety, and more.

Where Nopalitos Grow, written and illustrated by Irma L. Hersel, is a tender story inspired by the author’s childhood visits to her grandmother’s village in Mexico. The book follows young Roberto as ...

They should rinse nopales thoroughly to remove the slime from the surface before cooking them. They can then sauté diced nopal with olive oil, onions, garlic, jalapenos, and tomatoes to make a salad.

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Discover Eric’s Nopales, a pickled cactus company based in Ripon, California. Learn about the health benefits and uses of nopales.

A family party near Fresno, California, resulted in 10 people being treated for botulism, a rare but serious illness, traced to home-canned nopales, or cactus pads.