Monday, June 25, 2007

Whose Tropical Cucumber Salad?

I am going through papers and throwing away anything irrelevant or out of date before we take off for France on Wednesday.

This recipe has been on the desk here since we last had dinner here together on Mothers' Day. That is a good memory. I miss you all.

Anyhow, here is the recipe for whoever copied it onto a napkin.

3-5 t. fish sauce
1+ t. lime zest
2 T. lime juice
1 T. canola oil
2 t. brown sugar
1 t. rice vinegar
1/4 t. crushed red pepper
1 diced medium English cucumber
1 avocado - diced
1 mango - diced
1/4 c. chopped cilantro

Whisk the 1st 7 ingredients to combine and coat. Then toss with veggies.

Let me know if you ever try it. It sounds good. Now I can throw out the napkin.

11 comments:

Jeri Lu said...

I'm afraid I won't be one to try it. I really don't like mangos (at least the ones I have tasted), cilantro is another flavor I can take only in very small doses and I don't even think I want to know how one makes "fish" sauce. jl

AK-mom said...

I don't like mangos either. Tom had a salad at Baja Fresh recently that had mango salsa. It didn't taste quite right.

Kay Lynn said...

Hey, sweet! I copied it out of Molly's "Eating Well" magazine. We love mangos and cilantro AND FISH SAUCE. Hee hee. But I don't like cheese too much. :-)

Laura said...

What in the world is fish sauce? It doesn't sound like it should be anywhere near fruit.

AK-mom said...

It's not something I have on my shelf . . .

Kay Lynn said...

It is a Thai food ingrediant. Mmm Mmmm.

Andrew said...

I'm attempting to eat mangos every day I'm in Thailand. I'm 2 for 3 and I haven't had breakfast yet!

AK-mom said...

Some mangos are good. Boise, ID grocery store mangos are definitely not very good.

Laura said...

Be sure to report if you consume any fish sauce.

mollyb said...

I'm interested to know if you can figure out how fish sauce is made, Andy!!

AK-mom said...

Maybe we would rather not know . . .