guacamole

I love avocados, yes, simply with sugar--you'll just have to halve the ripe fruit, remove the seed, put in sugar in the hollowed core, and eat it in spoonfuls. Of if you prefer, pour in some condensed milk or cream in it. Or blend it in a food processor for a refreshing smoothie. Or dice it into your salads.

I have yet to try pretending to be a Mexican with guacamole to go with tacos or tortillas, though. This definitely is worth a try! Looks so good and really appetizing!

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Yeah, try, I will, let's do it! Let's head on to two guacamole recipes, at Simply Recipes and the one at The Family Kitchen..!



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salsa

(from Simple Recipes and Our Best Bites)

Actually, Pinoys have their own fresh salsa, sliced tomatoes (kamatis) with grated green mango and sliced onions dressed with patis (fish sauce) or salted shrimp paste (bagoong alamang). The Ilokanos especially has it with bugguong (salted/fermented fish) and they fondly call it as KBL (kamatis, bugguong, lasona; not to mistake as the old political party of the late Apo Marcos).

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Photo credit: simplyrecipes.com

But I want the real Mexican fresh salsa there is, I'll note it on my recipes-to-do list, and maybe dress it with bugguong juice instead of just simply salt to taste.

Here is a simple fresh salsa recipe from Simple Recipes and from Our Best Bites.




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grilled tomatoes

I always fancy grilling veggie fruits, but I tried just a few, like bitter melon, sweet pepper, okra, kabatiti (sponge gourd), banana blossom, rattan shoots, etc. Of tomatoes, I still have to try. Tomatoes are usually grilled in American and European and other cuisines, as part of their barbecues or kebabs or of other grilled vegetables like asparagus, mushrooms, artichoke, etc.

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Here, we can try this simple grilled tomato recipe from Simple Recipes.