Monster Mash In A Private Pineapple Boat

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 large pineapple
• 4 avocados
• 3/4 cup onion, finely diced
• 1 cup tomato, diced
• 1/3 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1/3 cup pineapple, diced finely
• 1 jalapeno, finely diced seeds discarded (kids should not handle) (optional)
• 1 lemon, juice of (to taste)
• salt (to taste)
• 1 (8 ounce) jar mild salsa
• 1 (12 ounce) bag tortilla chips, triangle shaped

Recipe

• 1 prep the pineapple by cutting one side off, removing about 1/3 of the fruit from top to bottom.
• 2 tip over the pineapple, so it resembles a flat-topped "boat" with leafy stern. remove the core by cutting the top and bottom of the "v" to loosen and remove the cut piece.
• 3 using a curved, serrated knife or a spoon, remove the rest of the fruit from the pineapple shell.
• 4 cut avocados in halfand remove the pits. give each child a large spoon to scoop the avocado out of the skin and into a bowl, mashing and mushing it along the way.
• 5 add the onion, tomato cilantro, pineapple, and jalapeno (optional). mix throughly.
• 6 add lemon juice and salt to taste.
• 7 scoop this mixture into the pineapple boat and add a triangle tortilla chip sail. serve with salsa and triangle tortilla chips.