This salsa certainly surprised me! I thought the combination was certainly a recipe for disaster. I did learn how to tell if a pineapple is ripe. First of all, if it is fully green, it will never ripen - it should reflect a golden yellow color. It should smell sweet, if it has NO scent, it is not ripe. It should be firm to a gently press and only yield slightly. I thought if a leaf removed easily it was ripe... not true! I have never tasted a ripe pineapple before, only tasted from the DOLE can... and how unfortunate as I now love pineapple and can't believe what I have been missing! Another tip is to turn the pineapple upside down to allow all the juices to run through it (for 20-30 minutes).
The following recipe is from 5 a day - the better health cookbook. I changed it slightly by using a vidalia onion and used a very mild pepper (above). The store was out of jalapeno peppers. My son thought it needed a spicier kick and added medium peppers to it.
2 cups watermelon, seeded and chopped
1 cup fresh pineapple, chopped
1 cup onion, chopped - (I used vidalia)
1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
2 oz orange juice (I used fresh squeeze)
1 Tbspn jalapeno peppers, chopped
Simply mix all the ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for one hour in order for all the flavors to mix and blend.
Enjoy this taste explosion!
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This is for "Weekend Reflections"#78. This was taken while at Disney in Florida last year. Can't you just feel the summer sun and the lazy day feeling?
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This flower is for "Macro Monday". I just love pink and orange together!
12 comments:
Gorgeous colors in both the salsa AND photo! :)
Love the reflections in the water lily photo; I was looking wondering if I would see some aligator eyes or not.
I'm here for the reflection, but LOVE the entire post! Very nice!
Patrick Tillett, Extremely Overdue
Beautiful pictures! I love them all, but the flower is totally my favorite. I am with you on the pink and orange. I can't wait to try this salsa. What did you serve it on?
I thought about as a side to a fish dish. But by the time I cooked it there really wasn't enough left. We ate them with "blue" tortilla chips.
Texwisgirl - Thanks. The smell of the salsa was great too.
Carol - Did you find any gator eyes? :)
Pat - Thank you. I can just go crazy when I see lilly ponds - they are perfect to photograph.
Such a lovely post ! The recipe, the pictures... Everything is so interesting about it... Bravo !
That last image is awesome, Margaret! I agree...Mother Nature sure knows how to mix-n-match colors.
Wonderful Water Lily. Nice photo!
Tsuki - Thank you. The Salsa recipes have been quite the success here at our home.
Ginnie - Yes, If only we could easily bring the outdoors in! (except the bugs of course). We had a tick episode the other day... not fun.
Elisabeth - A water lily pond always requires numerous photos! :)
Beautiful macro shot!
Gorgeous details and colors in the flower macro.
Happy Macro Monday
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