tacxperiments #1 - pineapple mango shrimp tacos.

ok. let's get one thing straight right off the bat. when it comes to putting together recipes, i have little to no idea what i'm doing & when i cook, i tend to just toss a bunch of stuff together & hope that it'll work. as such, we have "tacxperiments," where i toss together a bunch of ingredients & assemble them into taco form. do they taste good? surprisingly most of the time, yeah...& when that's the case, it's a successful tacxperiment.

a couple weekends back, i was having a staycation in the UES, staying at my sis's apartment & watching her two totally-puntable but ultimately-lovable tiny pooches. as is par for the course lately, when i watch said pooches, my sis pays me with a fresh direct order for the weekend, meaning i actually make meals instead of eating out, which is par for the course in 2012. every time, that's meant that it's time for another tacxperiment. on this occasion, i decided to go with shrimp tacos with a pineapple-mango salsa. for the most part, here's what i put into them (shrimp, spices & tortillas not pictured)...

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