How To Make Mango Salsa de Gallo

I'm not doing this just to get angry comments from salsa fans, or pico de gallo purists. I swear I'm not. I was just trying to make something tasty with all the cilantro I'm getting from the garden, and the gorgeous mangoes they've had on sale at the grocery store the last couple of times. So the ingredients are sort-of like a salsa recipe, and sort-of like a pico de gallo recipe. And the texture is a bit chunkier than most salsa, but a bit wetter than most pico. One thing I'm sure of: … [Read more...]

How To Modify A Recipe

Sometimes the best recipes are the result of an accident. Like when Allan didn't have the ingredients I listed for the braised ribs so he improvised ... and made the best ribs he's ever had. … [Read more...]

How To Prep a Mango

Living in Cleveland, I'm not about to find locally-grown mangoes. But when they're in season in Mexico the grocery store has them, and they're cheaper than the Florida oranges. So I might as well learn how to prep them, right? … [Read more...]

The Frugal Hostess on Greenwashing

You might remember The Frugal Hostess from her guest posts here. Today she's got a great one on her site that you should go check out. … [Read more...]

Herb Garden, 2010 — First Harvest

About three weeks ago I finally put in some herbs out front. My back yard doesn't get enough sunlight to grow anything useful -- plenty of hostas, but that's about it. The front yard though? Great googly-moogly. That first picture is a cilantro plant. It's gone absolutely crazy. Which is cool, because I loooooove pico de gallo. … [Read more...]