Spice Up Your Kitchen with Chili Peppers
Spice up your kitchen fiestas with something different!
Chili peppers are a staple of the Southwest culture and are a unique design element. There are so many colorful ways you can "spice" up your home and kitchen with these sizzling hot accessories and design ideas!
Southwestern Chili Pepper Wreath
150 Light Chili Pepper Wreath - Red Chili
Amazon Price: $48.99 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
In the American Southwest Ristras and wreaths appear on doors, gates and entry's in the fall, after the chills turn red. It seems to represent a sign of welcome, adding warmth and tranquility to the entire landscape.
Chili Pepper Matching Dish Set
Hand painted and hand finished; pattern designed exclusively for Pinzon by Caleca
3 Piece Chili Pepper Canister Set
SOUTHWEST chili pepper CANISTER SET kitchen storage
Amazon Price: $59.99 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
This spicy canister set will add a fabulous southwestern flair to your kitchen while keeping your countertops tidy. Great for storing your flour, sugar, coffee, pasta, snacks, cookies, and more while decorating your home all at the same time. Your kitchen will be red hot with this great set. All 3 canisters are ceramic and HAND PAINTED a variety of beautiful bright colors that will add a touch of fun to any home. Each canister is topped with a chili pepper to use as a handle and has a rubber seal for air tight storage
Roasted Chili Peppers

If you want to try roasted pepper at home, the chilies can be roasted under a broiler; outdoor grill or stove-top gas flame.
In all cases, they should be slit along one side or pierced with a fork to prevent explosions and then roasted until the skin is blistered, turning frequently for even charring.
Remove them when the skin is almost all black and the flesh underneath is cooked but not mushy. The roasting makes it possible to remove the tough, transparent outer skin of the chilies.
Protect your hands from burning when preparing chilies by wearing rubber gloves or coating your hands with shortening or other solid fat; don't touch your eyes or other sensitive areas after handling chilies.
If you want milder chilies, remove the seeds and trim the veins from the chilies before roasting.
To broil, preheat broiler.
Place chilies on a foil-lined tray or cookie sheet 3 to 6 inches below the broiler unit; leave oven door open.
On an outdoor grill, place the rack close to the charcoal (or select high heat setting on a gas grill); place chilies on rack, when briquettes have an even white coating. You can add soaked wood chips if you like a smoke flavor.
If you want too freeze the chilies, cool them and bag them without peeling; they will peel easily after they've been defrosted.
If you want crisper chilies, plunge them into ice water directly after cooking and before peeling.
For softer chilies, place in a bowl or pan and cover with a towel, or place them in a paper bag and close loosely, to steam until they're cool enough to handle. Peel the chilies from the stem end down.
Recipe from mex-recipes.com
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Chili Pepper Cutting Board
Cantina Chili Peppers 10"x8" Tempered Glass Cutting Board
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
Treat your favorite chef to a little spice for her everyday life and a gift she'll enjoy with every chop. Thick cutting board features a vibrant fresh chili peppers design in warm gold, yellow, orange, red and green tones.
Hot Chili Peppers Drawer Knobs
BC Kitchen Hot Chili Peppers Drawer Pulls Knobs
Amazon Price: $2.99 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
Wood - Completely Sealed for Lasting Durability & Shine
Adds A Nice Finishing Touch To Any Room
Legend of The Chilies

Legend of The Chili Ristra:
Legend has it, in the Southwest, that hanging chili ristras brings good luck if hung at the entrance of the home. Chilis were also used as amulets to ward off malaria, the plague, and for the evil eye (mal de ojo), bad luck, and bewitchment among Hispanics in United States, a practice imported from Mexico.
A cure for the evil eye from Coahuila, Mexico, calls for a child to be wiped with the inside of a chili. The child is patted on the head, crosses are made over the eyelids and forehead, and the child is laid on a bed with the arms outstretched in the form of a cross. The chili is wiped over the body to absorb the occult power, and then it is burned. Curanderas, "healers", often treat the hexing of adults by rubbing the inflamed areas (such as the feet) with whole eggs, a lime, and a chili, which are then thrown into a fire. Perhaps because of their fiery nature, hot peppers are thought to absorb evil influences, which are then destroyed by fire.
Red Hot Accessory Set
Corelle Napkin Holder, Spoon Rest, Salt and Pepper Shaker Set, Chili Red
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
These bright red accessories are so spicy they practically burn a hole through your table!
Chili Pepper Bowl and Spreader
Chili Pepper Bowl and Spreader
Amazon Price: $11.95 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
Pepper-shaped bowl and spreader, with 3 stacked plastic peppers for the handle. pair perfectly for serving dips and spreads
Chili Pepper Soap Dispenser
CHILI 3-Dimensional Soap/Lotion Dispenser NEW
Amazon Price: $11.85 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
They are made of hand painted ceramic with a very fine gloss finish coating each piece. This would make a great addition to your kitchen decor or this would make a wonderful gift for any Chili Pepper Collector!
Chili Pepper Spoon Rest
CHILI PEPPER Large 3-D Spoon Rest / Trivet *NEW!*
Amazon Price: $11.89 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
This super-cute ceramic chili pepper spoon rest will keep your counters clean and looking hot and spicy. Really nice color and design.
Chili Pepper Scrubby Holder
CHILI PEPPER RED HOT KITCHEN SCRUB HOLDER
List Price: $27.50
Stash your scrubby in this cool scrubby holder. A fun accent for the kitchen, it looks great anywhere...on a windowsill,by the sink, anywhere on the counter. Beautifully made and nicely detailed, these scrubby holders are a unique and practical decor piece you will love looking at.
Hanging Ceramic Chilies
Hanging 3-Dimensional Ceramic 30" CHILI PEPPERS *NEW!*
Amazon Price: $19.67 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
Make a spicy statement with this bright, colorful decorative bouquet of hot chilies.
Chili Pepper Wall Hooks
Cast Iron Chili Pepper Hooks Wall Dcor Kitchen 3
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
METAL-DECOR hanging hooks. Embossed.Chili peppers to add a great decor design. You can use it anywhere in your home. Perfect to hang keys. towels or heavy items.

Chili Pepper Plant
Three Chili Peppers Art Poster Print
Three Chili Peppers by Will Rafuse 10"x8" Art Print Poster
Amazon Price: $4.45 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
Three Chili Peppers by Will Rafuse Image Size 10" x 8" Paper Size 12" x 9.5" Fine Art Reproduction on High Quality Art Paper.
The Great Chili Art Poster
Great Chili Poster (Fresco-Black) by Mark Miller. ART PRINT Canvas Rolled.. 24.00 inches width by 36.00 inches height. Highest Quality Art Poster Print
Amazon Price: $117.00 (as of 11/28/2009)![]()
Great Chile Poster (dried) by Mark Miller Image Size 36"x24". Fine Art Reproduction on High Quality Art Paper.
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- palaceofglass palaceofglass Nov 12, 2009 @ 10:04 am
- What a great lens! Your style is very appealing. Keep up!
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- koolmom koolmom May 24, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
- Chili peppers are a great decoration. I love these designs.
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- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback May 21, 2009 @ 10:22 am
- Beautiful lens. Great picks for your items, they're very unique. Squid Angel blessed!
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Apr 27, 2009 @ 7:55 pm
- Very nice lens with many colorful decorating suggestions. Last night my husband made an Italian fish stew with a hot, hot pepper that one of our friends grew in their garden. It was good, but we sure drank a lot of water. I'm lensrolling to my chili pepper lens. Squid Angel Blessed!
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- marsha32 marsha32 Apr 25, 2009 @ 11:21 am
- This is very cool stuff...I hope to have a kitchen to decorate the way I want soon.
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