Feeling Saucy

Mango-peach salsa with marinated chicken

Summer is officially in season when fresh produce such as ripe, juicy peaches and fresh mangoes start appearing in the market.  When the produce is good, dinner is a cinch.

To make this meal, start by tuning in to a good salsa radio station online or maybe you already own a nice salsa CD you can pop in.  Trust me, the mood in preparing the food is a very important ingredient.  It might also be wise to make a margarita or mojito to enhance your saucy-type mood.

Now that you're ready, consider what type of meat you'd like to skewer up for grilling.  I chose chicken, but you can pick anything you'd like from scallops, to shrimp, to pork or even beef.  Marinate it for 30 minutes or so in some soy sauce, sesame oil and grated ginger.  Just before tossing it on the grill, brush with a bit of honey and lime juice.  Yum!

Dance around the room a bit.

The salsa can be made well in advance as long as you refrigerate it, see the recipe below.  The best part about the salsa is having some leftover (I know, it will take a certain amount of self-control not to finish it all in one sitting, but try).  The next day I chopped up an avocado and mixed in a sizable amount of the salsa- what a delicious take on guacamole!  The only question left is, what are you still doing at your computer?  Go get saucy!