With? or Without?

I tried a recipe from "The Pioneer Woman Cooks" blog a couple of months ago & made her salsa.  When he tried it, my hubby said, "You don't EVER need to BUY salsa again!"  It makes a lot but keeps a long time, so after being out of it for quite a while, I made a new batch Saturday.  Literally you can make it up in 5 minutes & it is so delicious!

Knowing that I would be sharing this batch with my dear daughter & her family, I thought I'd follow the recipe exactly (something I rarely do), and add cilantro.  I love almost everything that is edible, but I just don't like cilantro in anything.  I can eat it, but don't choose to have it in anything.

 I picked up a nice bunch of it in the produce section, placed it in the basket of my cart, & hurried on through the grocery to pick up just enough for a healthy fun supper outside.  About half way through the grocery I wondered what the awful smell was... by two more aisles I realized that it was in my basket... & by two more aisles I could hardly stand to push my cart.  How in the world could I incorporate into my wonderful salsa something that smelled that bad?!  By the last aisle I made a left turn & headed all the way back to the produce section... to put the cilantro back into the pretty display from which it had come.

I love my daughter & appreciate that there is ONE thing that she likes and I don't, but I could NOT ruin my salsa with that ghastly smelling "stuff"!  The salsa was still a big hit, not only with her but with both of her daughters.  So for our healthy fun supper we had cheese nachos, salsa, limeade, and ice cream sundaes for dessert.  As we ate the ice cream, granddaughter #2 said, "Grandmas spoil you."  YES, YES, YES!!!!