Mexican Bean Salad

Like any other dish we prepare at home, this one is based on a certain amount of hot peppers. Here they are paired with crunchy cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, soft avocado and creamy beans Mexican way. Do not forget the onion and tangy lime juice.
This salad is great on its own or with some tortilla chips. Let there be summer!

Hot Pepper Honey

This is again an infusion. Spicy hot peppers providing their taste to a jar of sweet honey - perfect spoon of surprising tastes which could be spread over a Gorgonzola sandwich, a toast of bread with butter or as a salad dressing to tomato peppermint salad. 
This is the source for this fiery recipe.

Roasted Hot Peppers

How hot should a hot pepper be? According to me - very, very hot. 

There is the so called Scoville scale method, measuring the amount of the capsaicin - the chemical compound, which irritates our mucous membranes and wakes our pain receptors. 

It is said, the burning sensation, provided by capsaicin is addictive. According to the theory, the pain induced by eating chilies makes our brain produce endorphins, which create a temporary feeling of euphoria. Heart rate increases, metabolism increases, salvation increases - the whole body is involved.

This mild addiction makes me want to have hot peppers with every meal (even with the breakfast sandwich, I admit).

There are many hot peppers varieties in Bulgaria - a real treasure for the lovers of the hot taste. Roasted chilies are served in nearly every restaurant as an appetizer or a spicy addition to the main course. 

The taste of roasted hot peppers is softer than the fresh ones. Peppers for roasting should be fresh and crisp and for this recipe chilies should have soft skins, bearing in mind they are not peeled after roasting.

Sweet and spicy salmon

It is hot. But also sweet. You can feel the garlic. And the roasted sunflowers seeds. But the fish retains its sea taste. Every single ingredient has its place in this recipe. You do not need to add any butter or oil - salmon is fatty enough. And the spread above the fillet seals it during baking and keeps the meat inside juicy and full of flavor. Baked salmon with Sriracha hot sauce and plum preserves is a dish which requires little effort and little time. And the end result is amazing. I took the sweet part of the recipe from here - the spicy Sriracha sauce was what I needed to contradict the sweetness of the plum preserve.