When one lives at the the base of a big beautiful mountain in New Mexico, one must, on occasion, go to the mountain, drive around the mountain, and find a nice place to find huevos rancheros on the mountain. In this case, we go to the green side of Sandia Mountain. To the Greenside Cafe. The Greenside’s huevos hit the spot on this misty, light-snow, and great clouds kind of day.

At the Greenside, they start with white corn tortillas and eggs with a choice of pinto or black beans, along with the choice of chiles, and pan potatoes. I choose the black beans, Christmas, and there’s so much on the plate they have to serve my yummy, just-rightly-cooked potatoes on the side; however, it is not long before I make room to add them on the plate so they can mix in with the beautifully done black beans…