Corn Mango Salsa



 Mostly I blog about books, but occasionally I find a recipe that I love so much that I can't help sharing it.

This is just such a one.  I discovered it in early June and I've made it regularly all summer.  Fresh, delicious, beautiful, and now mostly from my garden.


Toss together the following ingredients--the * items are from my garden. 

• 1 jalapeno pepper* - diced super small
• 1/4 cup diced red onion*
• 1 handful of cilantro*, chopped
• 1 small tomato*, chopped
• 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar
• juice from 1/2 a lime
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 mango - peeled, seeded and diced
• 1/2 cup chopped orange bell pepper*
• 1/2 cup fresh corn kernels (I soak 1 ear of corn in water, then grill it, then cut the kernals off)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon white sugar
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Taste and try not to eat entire salad before serving with dinner!

Full disclosure--I adapted this recipe from the one I found here.

Looking in my blog archives, here's one of my own creation, what I call Summer Stew.  I haven't made it yet this year because the eggplant is just starting to come on, but next week it should be "what's for dinner" one night.