When we were at
Trader Joe's recently I picked up some beautiful small heirloom tomatoes. The next night I decided to to something fun and colorful with them...
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| Pico de Gallo |
Let's talk about this in step-by-step detail...
I basically used what I had on hand:
- Tomatoes
- Red Onion
- Jalapeno
- Lemon/Lime Juice
- Garlic
- Cumin
- Coriander
- Oregano
- Salt to taste
Like most things I do, it was super simple, and since I used what I had, more could have been included - cilantro for instance, but this is what I had, so this is what I did...
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| Chop some Red Onion |
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| Juice some Lemon |
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| Juice some Lime |
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| Chop up some Jalapeno |
Of course the star of the show...
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| Heirloom Tomatoes with a dose of Garlic |
And in typical Patrick fashion I threw in the chopped onions...
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| Building my Pico |
And the chopped Jalapeno...
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| Chopped Jalapeno |
Poured in the citrus juice...
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| Lemon Juice Falls |
Finally, I dusted it with cumin, coriander, and oregano and a touch of kosher salt...
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| Spices and Herbs |
I mixed it all up...
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| Bringing the family together |
And Dinner became something very pretty - a taco salad with my pico and a great Woodworth
Golden Maggie (Rose of Merlot)...
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| Dinner |
The Rose was the perfect bright, slightly sweet compliment to this vivid spicy salad.
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