The tomatoes are in full swing in the garden. Ya gotta love August around here! I’ve got tomatoes, squash, apples, lemons, and various herbs available for the picking out back. I skipped planting my winter crops of garlic and onions last year and am really missing them when it’s time to make salsa! I’m pretty…
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Cucumber and Mango Salsa
I’ve been enjoying playing around with various non-tomato salsas recently. My favorite is probably still the mango or peach salsa I’ve written up before. The grape and cucumber salsa was also delicious. And this Cucumber and Mango Salsa is worth repeating. It went really well with pork. My parents came down for a visit over the…
Salmon with Peach-Tomato Salsa
I set out tonight with the memory of the delicious salmon dinner my brother and sister-in-law prepared for us up in Washington state last week. We’d gone to Pike’s Market in Seattle and picked up some fresh wild salmon for dinner. My brother created a foil “tray” with a lip slightly larger than the salmon…
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Watch out! I got a digital camera today. First picture had to be of the garden tomatoes. When I first started cooking I wanted exact measurements for everything. Even salsa. But now, I realize that you use what you have, you vary it depending on what you’re doing and whom you are serving–and maybe you…
Grape and Cucumber Salsa
The other night I was in the mood for total summer food. That to me means an easy barbecue. But I like lots of variety on the table, little bits of this or that. I decided to barbecue some chicken and marinated some bone-in chicken breasts in a mixture of 1 part port, 1 part…