Pico De Gallo

 I Love a good Pico De Gallo, Sometimes more than Salsa.  The texture and taste of a good Pico is soo much more.......  MORE!!!!  Super easy to make, and goes with soo many dishes!  This is the Pico I added to my Chicken Tortilla Soup I previously posted!  Enjoy!!!

Pico de Gallo

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Ingredients

• 4-5 vine-ripened tomatoes, finely diced
• ½ to 1 tsp. Sea salt (or to taste)
• 1/2 medium onion, finely diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 bunch cilantro, finely chopped 
• 2 Tbsp. chopped jalapeno 
• juice of ½ lime

Instructions

1. In a medium-sized bowl, toss diced tomatoes with Kosher salt until salt is evenly distributed. Add remaining ingredients and stir together well. If you decide to refrigerate the salsa to allow flavors to combine, be sure to let it get to room temperature before serving (trust me-- it is better at room temp)!

BBQ Cilantro Lime Dressing

This dressing is Fabulous.  I've been eating one of my favorite salads (BBQ Chicken Salad) with plain old ranch forever and I thought it was just fine!  UNTIL, my good friend Megan told me about this BBQ cilantro Lime Dressing that is a must on this salad.  So I finally gave it a whirl, and will never turn back!  It's fabulous!  And soo easy to make!

 And enjoy it on this salad:  BBQ CHICKEN SALAD

1 Cup Mayonnaise
1/3 Cup milk
1/3 buttermilk
2 Tblsp fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 Tblsp fresh lime juice
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp white sugar
1 garlic clove finely minced
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 to 1/2 cup BBQ sauce ( I like sweet baby rays)

Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Honey Butter

And here is the easy and delicious recipe for Honey Butter to go along with the yummy Honey Whole Wheat Bread I posted yesterday! The only trick to this recipe is that I sure hope you have a stand up mixer or you will need to pass your hand held mixer off to each of your kids for 5 min each!!! But it's soooo worth it!

1/2 Cup softenend Butter

1/2 Cup Honey

1/2 tsp vanilla

Just stick it in your bowl and turn the speed to high and let it whip for 12-15 minutes until you get a thick butter like texture! Slather that on your homemade bread and you'll be in heaven. Store in the refrigerator when done!