Spice & Kisses
It’s been pointed out by my carnivore husband that all the recipes posted to date are vegetarian and mostly feature vegetables, despite my earlier promise of a fish recipe. This reflects my tastes—I adore vegetables and want to make sure that you do, too, by sharing my favorite recipes. But our family does have a cache of go-to recipes for poultry, seafood, and the special occasions where we make lamb or goat. I suppose it’s time to share one….
When I lived in downtown Baltimore, a French café across the street from my apartment served one of my favorite salads ever: grilled chicken, fresh mango, tomatoes, and avocado served on a bed of Boston globe lettuce. The combination of ingredients was simple yet genius. Despite missing this salad very much after leaving Baltimore, I never tried recreating it myself until I read a recent issue of Milk Street. Their recipe for “Senegalese Avocado and Mango Salad” zeros in on the flavor champions from my favored salad—sweet mango, creamy avocado, juicy tomatoes—and combines it with a tart, spicy, salty dressing. Instant fruit salad crack…because, yeah, without the lettuce and chicken, this is basically a savory fruit salad.