Just a quick entry today, as I am catching up on household chores after a week long visit with my sister and her utterly adorable daughter. I love babies but it only made me more apprehensive for what may be a coming storm to the Guilty household. We are about to be a family of four, four! I’m exhausted just thinking about it, but I know we’ll enjoy (almost) every minute of it when the time comes.
But how could anyone not love this?
My point exactly. Babies are so darn cute, you can’t help but love their squishy little faces.
But that has nothing to do with today’s recipe, which is for a fruit salsa. I have done a grilled peach salsa before, but I thought I would put up this salsa recipe now as well, as summer is coming and all those fresh fruits in your grocery store can be turned into an amazingly tasty side for many dishes. Served up along side halibut (in season now), fish tacos, chicken breasts, salads, or even just as a delicious side dish, fruit salsa is very versatile.
I’ll be back in a few days with a summer grilling season must-have. Until then!
Fresh Fruit Salsa
1 cup (when chopped) of fresh fruit (ataulfo mango, cantaloupe, strawberries, honeydew, watermelon, peaches, nectarines, papaya, apricot, etc.)
1/2 bunch cilantro (about 1/4 cup chopped)
juice of 1 lime
1/2 medium sweet onion (walla walla, vidalia, etc.)
1 small jalapeño
1. Cut fruit into small cubes about 3/4 cm x 3/4 cm and place in small mixing bowl.
2. Add lime juice and finely minced cilantro.
3. Chop onion and jalapeño (remove pith and seeds first) into cubes the same as fruit.
4. Mix everything together in bowl and let sit in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes prior to meal to allow the flavours to meld.
Elizabeth, to save your fresh fruit salsa, can it in the pressure cooker. You will love the flavour on those cold dreary days of winter,and then you can dream of sunny summer days. George makes a great peach salsa!!!
Just gorgeous, Elizabeth! Makes me glad that warmer weather is coming!
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I am not sure which is a prettier picture…the salsa or the baby! 🙂 I am really looking forward to all the flavors of warmer weather and grilling outdoors!
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The colors of this salsa are beautiful and it looks delicious!
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I came over to your blog from Babycenter and am so excited to find it! This looks D-lish! My only problem is knowing how to pick out good mangoes. Any suggestions?
OH, such a good question! Points to consider when picking a good mango (and this applies to most fruits as well):
1. Look for unblemished fruit (no bruising, black spots, mold, softer areas, dents, etc.)
2. Get your nose in there and smell the fruit. Can you smell it? If you can’t smell anything at all, put it back (including cantaloupes and honeydews in this one). If it smells of sweet, ripe fruit, pick it up and check for blemishes.
3. For mangoes specifically, if you will be eating it that night, look for one that gives a bit when you push into the flesh. Not too much, just enough to feel the flesh give a bit. That means it’s ripe and ready to use (as long as conditions 1 and 2 were also met).
Hope that helps!
Elizabeth
this looks so refreshing! and what a darling baby!
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I was just pondering a fruit salsa the other day. This looks wonderful… I think it’d be great with fish, but I’d probably gobble it all up with some tortilla chips before I ever got around to making fish!
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