How to Make a Summer Salad

It's a beautiful day! Outside, the birds are chirping, hovering over the mango tree. I know, I talk about this mango tree a lot but that's because I just love it!

Anyway, the other day, I wanted something fresh and yummy to go with our Daing na Bangus and that's when I saw all those little Indian mangoes just ripe for the picking. And so, here we go:

How to Make a Summer Salad

1. Ask your sons to get some mangoes off the tree. Sounds easy, right? Well, not exactly, not when the tree is kinda tall and we don't have any tool to get at those fruits. It's called a panungkit, and we don't have one. So K and F and R, Baby S's yaya, ended up throwing rocks at the branches in the hope of shaking those fruits off. At my suggestion, F and K tried banging the branches with this long piece of wood that we had just lying around but, no dice. It was too heavy! Sorry, my bad!

The rock throwing worked (R is a great shot!), and we managed to get four mangoes. Yum!

2. Dice up some tomatoes, the really red, ripe ones. I love tomatoes! I like slicing them up and slathering them with lots of mayonnaise and some salt. This simple salad tastes great with fried anything: fish, pork chops, chicken. Getting hungry!

3. Get a couple of itlog na pula, take out the shells, and dice into bits while watching old episodes of CSI Las Vegas. I miss Grissom! Isn't he ever coming back?!

4. Now, mix the mangoes, tomatoes, and eggs together in a bowl. Chill. Serve!

Happy summer!




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