Pork and pineapple

 This is quickly becoming one of my favorite breakfasts.  I can't really call it a recipe... It is more like leftovers with flare.

Ingredients

1 left over pork chop or ham
fresh pineapple, sliced
1 small zucchini shredded
1/2  small onion, diced
coconut oil
salt and pepper

Slice the pork chop and the pineapple so they are about the same size.  Put some coconut oil in a frying pan and heat up the pork chop.  While that is cooking shred the zucchini and dice the onion. Mix together and set aside.  Take the pork out of the pan and put in the pineapple.  Heat it through and just brown a bit.  Place it on the plate with the pork.  Add the zucchini to the pan and more coconut oil if needed.  Cook it through and salt and pepper everything to taste. 

Something about heating up the pineapple is just divine.  The acid taste goes away and it gets really juicy......mmmmmm!

This is very quick and easy.  The best part is it all cooks in one pan.  Quick clean up is a beautiful thing!

Spicy Jicama Salad



I have been having a bit of a sweet tooth lately.   It is spring and everything is super fresh at the market so a fruit salad seemed to be a no brainer.

This one has a bit less sugar then the normal family reunion fruit salad with a spicy twist.

Jicama!  If you haven't used a Jicama before do not be afraid.  They are a large root vegetable that comes from Mexico.  They taste really mild and so they go with almost anything.

The skin of the Jicama is really quite tough so you almost have to cut it off with a knife.  It smells sweet and fresh inside.  Jim says it doesn't taste like anything.  I think it tastes like fresh peas from the garden.

Ingredients:
1 Jicama
2 apples 
pineapple
1 large cucumber
1-2 C. blueberries
1 bunch of grapes
1 lemon
1 t. chili powder
fresh ginger root
1 t. cinnamon
a dash of sea salt

Cube the jicama, apple, cucumber,  and pineapple.  Leave the apple peal because it is pretty.  Mix in a large bowl.  Cut the skin off the ginger root and run it through a garlic press right into the bowl.  Add chili powder, cinnamon, and salt.  Mix it up a bit.  Add blueberries, grapes, and lemon juice.  Gently fold together so you don't crush the blueberries.

I just think this turned out so pretty!   Everyone thought the jicama was apple.... and I didn't say a word.