Thursday, December 20, 2007

Mango Salsa

Some friends were asking for my new recipe for Mango Salsa. Well friends, here you go:

.75 - 1 finely chopped yellow onion

5-6 salad size tomatoes finely chopped (Not the huge beefsteak tomatoes or the small roma tomatoes)

1 - 1.5 limes - juice

1 - 2 tablespoons vinegar

.25 - .5 cups (lightly packed) finely chopped cilantro

1 mango finely chopped (peaches work too)

.5 - 1 teaspoon crushed red chili pepper

.25 - .5 teaspoon red chili powder

1 clove garlic finely chopped (roasted or lightly sautéed in a pan with oil)

1 teaspoon sugar (optional)

salt and pepper (optional)


I use a hand chopper for the onions, tomato, cilantro (each separately) a food processor/chopper works well, but can chop things too fine if not careful. There's a fine balance between the vinegar, sugar and salt percentages, you almost have to do these to taste.

Chill salsa in the fridge for at least an hour. It will taste hotter the longer it sits thanks to the crushed chili peppers permeating throughout.

Enjoy with your favorite corn chips. Happy Eating!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Doggy presents in the living room

You know your dog was born in a warm climate when she won't go outside at night or in the morning, but she'll gladly leave presents for you to find before breakfast in the front living room. Aaargh! Good thing for wood floors. And it's not even that cold out yet.

Attention to your dog

You know it's time to pay a little attention to your dog when you think to yourself, "self, if I stop feeding the dog, maybe she'll stop pooping on my grass, living room floor or just stop pooping altogether". Sigh...she's a good dog really.

Truly One

You know you're truly one with your spouse when she has a beverage containing caffeine with her dinner, but you're the one who can't sleep. It's true and it happened to me.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Precious People

The most precious three people in my life.
And your thinking to your self that you only see two people. There's another little one hiding - due any day now. This is going to be crazy, but fun and amazing.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Old Floor New Floor

A few weeks ago we managed to rip out the old carpet in the family room, repair the old vinyl floor underneath and then proceed to paint a new rustic wooden floor. Much easier said than done. But now it's done. Here is a little Slide Show and some photos: