Navajo Nation Home Meals: Hearthside Cooking From the High Desert & Niche Cooking Book

On the Navajo Nation, a good meal has never been about fancy ingredients. It’s about stretching what you have, respecting where it came from, and putting something warm on the table for everyone who walks through the door.Navajo Nation Home Meals gathers 50 humble, home-style recipes built around the foods that have quietly fed Native families for generations—corn, beans, squash, cabbage, potatoes, simple stews, skillet breads, and small sweets when sugar and honey can be spared.Inside you’ll find:Corn at the Center – everyday ways to build meals around corn: Morning Corn Mush, Green Chile Corn Skillet, Corn & Wild Greens, Ash-Treated Corn Porridge, and more.Bread from the Skillet – frybread and no-oven breads that complete any pot of beans or stew: Traditional Frybread, Blue Corn Frybread, Camp-Style Skillet Bread, Pan-Cooked Yeast Bread, and more.Stews & One-Pot Meals – filling bowls that stretch meat and vegetables: Mutton Stew, Slow-Simmered Hominy Stew, Three Sisters Stew, Vegetable Stew with Corn Dumplings, Winter Root Vegetable Stew.Beans, Squash & Garden Foods – budget-wise recipes built on pantry and garden staples: Pinto Beans with Corn, Squash & Onion Skillet, Beans with Toasted Cornmeal, Bean & Potato Pot, Garden Vegetable Stew.Everyday Sweets & Comforts – small treats made from the same simple ingredients: Blue Corn Dumplings with Honey, Fried Dough with Sugar, Skillet Corn Pudding, Cornmeal Cookies, Warm Corn & Honey Bowl.You’ll also find helpful appendices on cooking when money is tight, building a simple pantry, making substitutions, and cooking for both elders and little ones—plus a clear, accurate table of contents so you can actually find what you’re looking for.If you love real-life comfort cooking with heart and history, look for companion titles such as Trailer Park Comfort Food: Hearty Meals, Humble Kitchens, and the Food That…, One-Pot Portuguese Meals: Old-World Comfort Cooking Made Simple, Pacific Rim Breakfasts, Mason Jar Meals: Long-Lasting Convenience in Every Layer, and Dry Mix Magic for even more down-to-earth, budget-friendly recipes.Pull a pot, warm a skillet, and let Navajo Nation Home Meals show you how far simple ingredients can go when they’re cooked with patience, memory, and love.