Mango Strawberry Salsa

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This is such a versatile salsa - very good on chicken, fish, shrimp, scallops, pork etc... You can add finely diced up jalapenos and sweet onions if you wish - Just remember that both the mango and strawberry are very light flavors and adding to much will kill the taste!

Mango
Strawberries
Cilantro
Pineapple juice (or orange or lemon)

Dice the mango, and slice the strawberries - I would go with equal amounts of each. If you use a cup of each you will need about half a bunch of cilantro finely chopped added. If you have some lemon, orange, pineapple juice it would be good to have a few tablespoons in there to help bring everything together. Mix and let sit for at least 20 minutes before serving.

Salsa on!

~Nikko

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French Salsa - I won the Jalapeno Madness Most Unique/Weirdest Salsa contest

www.JalapenoMadness.com

The contest:

Salsa Cookbook Giveaway: Quick Contest ending at noon November 5th. One Free Salsa eCookbook (or more?) to the most creative response(s) to this question: What is the most unique/weirdest salsa you can think of?

My submission:

The French Salsa -

Pâté de Campagne, diced
Dried sausage, diced
Stilton blue cheese, crumbled
Smoked guda, diced
Chev, crumbled
Tomato, diced
Cucumbers, diced
Radish, diced
French olives, chopped
Peppadew, chopped
Avocado, diced
Jalapeno, minced
Arugula, chopped
pine nuts, toasted
Dijon mustard vinaigrette
Toasted Tumaro's Pesto & Garlic Wraps to eat it with....

In a strange way it was really good. You can use as much or as little of each ingredient as you would like. Try and make all your dices and cubes uniform.

Happy Eating!

~Nikko

Avocado & Shrimp Salsa

Avocados and shrimp are a match made in heaven. If you ask me the light creaminess of the avocado goes well with the light taste of the shrimp.

This fresh salsa doesn't take much prep.

1 small red onion
1 or 2 tomatoes
1 large avocado
1 jalapeno
6 boiled shrimp (can be grilled too)
lime juice
cilantro would be nice if you have it.
salt & pepper

Dice everything up and mix it up in a bowl. Let sit i the fridge for 20 min to get happy. Eat & Enjoy!

Bon Appetit...

~Nikko

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Making Guacamole

When it comes to making guacamole, there are thousands of recipes claiming to be the "best". I don't know that I've had an "oh my gosh this is the best guacamole I'll ever eat" moment. As long as it's homemade it's all good to me. I've yet to try a commercial guacamole that I liked right out of the package. Give me a break all you really need is 3 ingredients so why buy guac that was made in some factory?

As long as you have good ripe avocados, tomatoes, and an onion you're on your way. Of course you can add much more than that, and I usually do, but that's all you really need to get the ball rolling. To me you have to keep the guac simple - KIS it - keep it simple...

In this video recipe you will see that all I used is:

2 Avocados
2 Tomatoes
1 Garlic clove minced
1/4 cup of red onion
1 Jalapeno
Salt
Pepper

If I had cilantro or limes I would have used them - but I didn't, and it wasn't going to stop me from making some guac...

Feel free to add other items such as:

cilantro, lime juice, cumin, hot sauce, tomatillos, red pepper flakes, or any other items you see fit for your guacamole.

Bon Appetit...

~Nikko

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