Mango Salsa

This is a great and quick appetizer. I had some last minute guests come over for dinner and decided to have a barbeque. This sweet,tart,spicy salsa makes this dish perfect for summer barbeques. I like to pour the mango salsa over some softened cream cheese to make it more dip like. It's great served with tortilla chips and tastes amazing over burgers. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 ripe mango, peeled, seeded, and diced (If you cannot find a RIPE mango, substitute with a ripe papaya)
• 1/4 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
• 1 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tbs finely chopped jalapeno
• 2 tbs chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 8 0z cream cheese, softened (optional)

Combine mango, jalapeno, green bell pepper,onions, and garlic in a bowl and stir to combine. Add the vinegar, cilantro and salt and stir well. Adjust seasoning to taste. If using cream cheese, pour over cream cheese to create a dip. Serve with tortilla chips, veggies or pita chips.
The salsa can be made up to 4 hours in advance and refrigerated tightly covered.

Steak Spice

I made some steak fillets last night with the steak spice that I make. It can be purchased from http://spicespicebaby.etsy.com/. It's a blend of kosher salt, garlic, black pepper, coriander seed, mustard seed, dill seed, red pepper. I sprinkled it a couple of hours before grilling with a little olive oil. I served it with some garlic mashed potatoes and a spinach salad. It was yummy!