Recipes from Mexico :: Mexican Vegetarian Recipes

Here are some very nice recipes for making Mexican flour tortillas and some stews for stuffing the tortillas and making burritos.

These stews are prepared while you visit Copper Canyon or "Barrancas del Cobre" in Sierra Tarahumara /Chihuahua state in Northern Mexico.

Copper Canyon is the name given to a network of enormous canyons comprising the steepest part of the Sierra Tarahumara. The system is named after the Copper Canyon a branch of the Urique Canyon which became famous for its copper mines. These sharp differences in height within a space of just a few miles create significant variations climate. There have been times when there has been snow on the high tablelands of the canyons, while at the bottom, where the rivers flow, it has been fairly hot.

The large streams that water the fertile valleys of Sonora and Sinaloa, including the rivers Fuerte, Mayo and Yaqui, rise in the Copper Canyon. The principal streams that produce these rivers include Verde, which flows through the Sinforosa Canyon, the Urique, the Batopilas, the Chínipas, the Papigochi (which flows along the Huápoca canyon). The universe of depths is home to some of the greatest biodiversity in the world. Its vegetation consists primarily of pine and oak forests, located at over 2,000 metros above sea level, in regions where there are heavy snowfalls in winter. As one descends into the canyons, the vegetation changes until at about 400 metros above sea level, plants characteristic of semi-tropical and humid climates appear, such as mangos, oranges, Plum figs, mammee apples and many others. There is also a wide diversity of fauna, including mammals, birds, reptiles, freshwater fish and amphibians. If you want to visit Copper Canyon, call free at: 01800-504-5000 Chihuahua Tour- Fiesta Inn hotels. For flying to "Barrancas del Cobre", call free at:

Aeroméxico 01800-021-4030 or 01800-133-4030 in Mexico

These recipes are mostly prepared in Chihuahua state during visits to "Copper Canyon."