Mango Salsa

My next door neighbor makes an amazing mango salsa. And she's kind enough to hand me a bowl of it over our fence when she makes it. How lucky for me! Thank you Yen!!

So, when I had some mangoes at home, I really wanted to try to make some salsa. And so I made it. It was really good - but hers is totally better. That's because I missed a key ingredient and also my mango pieces were a little on the bigger side. So, if you try this, do keep that in mind.

Wash, peel and chop your mango into small pieces. In fact, make it smaller than what I show here. A good option would be to cut them into small pieces and then give a couple of pulses in a food processor. I missed that step and regretted later. Doing that would also bring out some of the juices from the mango.

Chop 1 big tomato into small pieces and add to the mangoes.

Now, add some finely chopped onions to the mangoes and tomatoes.

Then, add some finely chopped cilantro.

Now, add about 1/3rd cup of orange juice ...yes..this was my neighbors secret ingredient too. The other main ingredient I missed here was another 1/3 or a little less cup of lemon juice. So, if you are trying, do add that lemon juice for a way better flavor.

Now, add some finely chopped jalapenos peppers in here - this give that kick needed and the taste buds rejoice between the spice from here and the sweetness from the mangoes.

If you don't finish it off as is from the bowl, scoop some salsa with some chips and enjoy the crunch!

I made this to serve along with my Homemade Veggie Patty Burger dinner. 

What are you going to serve this with?

Enjoy! Peace out!

Simple and Easy Fruit Salad

This is a very quick and easy dessert recipe to make for a party or just for yourself!

Cut your favorite fruits in small pieces and add to a bowl. You can add any types of fruits. I used fresh pineapples, apples, oranges, grapes and bananas.

 

There's the wonderful and colorful array of fruits. Now, you could just have this as a fruit salad.

 

But, since we like kicking up our foods, go ahead and add a can of condensed milk into this. Mix well.

 

Refrigerate and serve. How easy is that? None of my guests have stopped at one serving when they have this - its that good! Really - try it.

 

Now - because there is milk and there are oranges and pineapple, the citrus content could spoil the milk. But, that won't happen for a few hours. So, mix the condensed milk just before serving. Also, do not store this overnight after the milk is mixed.

If you are making this for only 2 or 3 people, mix the fruits but don't add the condensed milk. Serve in your small bowls and then add some condensed milk on top just before eating. You can also do that if there are people who don't eat too much sweet or who should not be eating too much sweets, that way - they'll get the goodness of fruits without all the sugar in condensed milk.

Enjoy! Peace Out!

Fresh Fruit Cocktail Juice

A perfect drink. All the goodness of nature. Serve it with pride and joy to your whole family!

Get your favorite fruits - anything and everything would do -I used pineapples, strawberries and oranges.

Add all the fruits roughly chopped in a blender. Just take out the outer peel and seeds of an orange and throw it in.

 

Add honey to this - about 1 tbsp instead of the plain white sugar. Natural sweetness is way better than processed sugars!

 

I added about 1 cup of Apple juice to this. You can also add ice cubes to get a perfectly chilled juice.

 

Give it all a good whirrrrrrrr....

 

Serve and enjoy!

 

 

Aww...these two strawberries are smooching...get a room you two! Its funny - the flash of the camera makes it look like these two have real eyes!

 

 

Enjoy! Peace out!

I'm sending this across as an entry to Madhuri's blog Cook Curry Nook's event "Serve me Some - Juices, Shakes, Smoothies". Thank you Madhuri for hosting. You have a wonderful blog and keep posting great recipes so all us can satisfy our visual food hunger!