I’m very excited to be able to participate in this year’s wonderful blogging event, A Taste of Yellow hosted by winos and foodies. A Taste of Yellow is a blogging event supporting Livestrong Day, which is on May 13th this year. Livestrong Day, an event developed by the Lance Armstrong Foundation was created to to raise awareness and funds for the cancer fight.
As soon as I heard about Barbara’s a Taste of Yellow event, I knew I had to participate. My entry honors hubby’s recently deceased Grandfather; he passed away peacefully on March 25th, only 2 weeks after his diagnosis… Grandpa, we miss you!
Onto my dish for this event…I couldn’t decide whether to call this a salsa or salad. When I got to work in the kitchen I imagined a spicy savory sort of pineapple salsa. But I didn’t have cilantro or red onions. So I started to shift gears. I was in the mood for something sweet anyway, so a sweet pineapple salsa it’ll be!
And oh my goodness, I wish I had tried making this sooner because it was so delicious! I literally ate about half of it standing over the bowl in the kitchen as soon I finished making it. It was sweet with just the slightest bit of kick from the jalapeno… absolute pineapple heaven. I plan to make this a lot more in the future!
Be sure to check out the write up on May 13th at winos and foodies!
Pineapple Salsa
2 cups freshly diced pineapple, chilled
1 jalapeno, seeded and minced
2 Tbsp fresh chopped mint
1 Tbsp light brown sugar
1-2 Tbsp lime juice, as desired
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Mix. Taste and add more brown sugar and/or lime as desired. Serve immediately or refrigerate.
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Oooh, how interesting! I never would have thought to pair pineapple with jalapeno but I can see the flavour combo working nicely in my mind – the heat of the peppers offset by the sweet acidity of the fruit and the sugar. Nicely done
Thanks for sharing your story.
We love pineapple salsa with *lots* of jalapeno! I usually don’t add sugar (brown or white) but I’ll have to try it next time – i imagine the brown sugar works quite nicely!
Very interesting. In thailand or vietnam they sometimes serve pineapple with chili salt (=salt with ground chili). Sweet, spicy, salty. Yum!
This looks great! Fresh pineapple is so delicious, and adding jalapeño sounds really interesting.
Interesting, I have to say the closest thing that I’ve experienced would be a mango salsa, although it really isn’t similar at all except for the fact that both are yellow.
Pineapple is one of my favorite fruits.
This sounds fabulous and I think could be served with ice cream as well as fish or chicken. Thanks for supporting A Taste Of Yellow.
I LVOE pineapple. What a fresh and delicious dish!
Wonderful yellow entry!!
Sounds refreshing!
Wow–this absolutely sound fabulous. Pineapple, jalepino and mint? Heaven.
i’d call it a salsa
it looks delicious and would be great with some cheese quesadillas