soft tacos to soften the blow

Spiced up some of the shredded pork and whipped up some fresh pico for some quick and dee-licious soft pork tacos last night. Sunday nights need no fanfare or fuss. Best to keep it simple and calm. I like Sundays but lets face it, they are a lead-in to a whole 'nuther week of getting it all done and everything that comes with that. It's an exhausting thought! Sure, life is Gooood and I'm super happy to be alive and healthy and working and blah, blah but man, Monday's can suck ass and people are STUPID on the road and I won't go on. But I think its important to put a little love in your belly to soothe all of what you've done and what you're about to do again.

Bobby Flay's got nothing on the Monkey!

To me, summer salads are like tex-mex food in a way. You really can take just about any fresh ingredients and mix them together and it tastes really good. I have been doing the chick peas a LOT lately because I love them for one and for two they're cheap and for three they really fill you up and for four you can add them to anything and they taste good. So I made this salad yesterday and then I got caught in a hour or two of mindless recipe watchin' and I found Bobby Flay did the exact same salad (minus the nectarine). http://www.hulu.com/watch/81708/food-network-chef-bobby-flay-bobbys-crunchy-avocado-salad

Speaking of nectarines, I chopped some fresh green jalapeno and then cut the nectarine with the same knife and ended up lickin' the knife and discovered, you know what tastes really good together??? Nectarine and jalapeno!!! I think I'll do something with those two as the main highlight. Maybe a grilled something...hmmm. I guess fruit in salsa is becoming common but maybe just adding lime and garlic to these two ingredients would be pretty good, especially if the nectarine was not super ripe.

Everyone seems to be adding watermelon to their salads lately and I think that would taste great in this one too. How do they keep it from getting too watery though?