Pineapple Pico de Gallo and Guacamole

i love pico de gallo and guacamole. so yesterday when andrew and i were deciding on what to eat for lunch, i suggested tacos!

Pico de Gallo:
2 roma tomatoes (diced into cubes)
1/2 a medium onion (diced into cubes)
1/2 a bunch of cilantro (chopped)
8 oz can of pineapples (chopped into small pieces, though I'm sure you can use fresh pineapples)
1 lime
1/4 jalapeno (chopped into small pieces)
salt and pepper

Mix tomatoes, cilantro, onion, jalapeno, and pineapples in a medium-sized bowl. Add the juice of 1/2 a lime. My lime was not very juicy, so I added the juice of a whole lime. Add salt and pepper to taste. If you want it a little sweeter, you can add a little bit of the pineapple juice. I had some cherry tomatoes in the fridge that needed to go soon, so I just chopped those up and put them in too which accounts for the bright red color. So pretty!


Guacamole:
2 avocados
1/2 bunch of cilantro (chopped)
1 lime
salt and pepper

Cut your avocado into halves and remove the seed. Use a spoon to scrape out the avocado into a medium-sized bowl. Use a spoon to mash up the avocado to the consistency you like. Add the cilantro, juice of 1/2 a lime, and salt and pepper to taste.

I didn't take a picture of the guacamole because, well, guacamole isn't very photogenic.

note: When you pick your avocados, make sure they're ripe! When you apply pressure, they should give just a little. But not too much that your finger goes through the skin... this happened to me once with a cantaloupe. Not cool. Same goes for your tomatoes.

Enjoy with chips, in a taco, or burrito, or be creative! For this taco, we put refried black beans, sour cream, guacamole, cheese, pico de gallo, and seasoned ground turkey! So yummy... I didn't have taco seasoning for the meat, so I just improvised with Lawry's seasoning, onion powder, diced onions and garlic, cilantro, jalapenos, salt and pepper, ketchup, and some italian seasoning. It was surprisingly really good.