I'll admit it - this is barely a recipe. It's really mostly just a tasty way to use up extra kiwis and to salvage half of an old avocado. Sue me. Or better - don't.
OVERVIEW
Prep - Quick, less than 10 minutes
Cook - Cooking is not part of this recipe. Pancakes are quick though, and there's a link for them (not mine) in the first note, below.
Serves - 1-2, as a topping piled on pancakes
You'll need - A kiwi, a tomato, half an avocado, salt and pepper
RECIPE
Grab your cutting board, and dice up half an avocado - or in my case, whatever portion of the avocado is still good when you get around to eating it. You're looking for small cubes - about half a centimeter, or whatever you can keep consistent. Push it over to the side of your cutting board, there's no need to dirty up a bunch of bowls for this.
Once the avocado is diced, peel a kiwi (the fruit, not the bird, you monster) and then dice it into similar sized cubes. Mix the kiwi and avocado together a bit on the cutting board; the acid in the kiwi will keep the avocado from turning brown. Acidulants are magic!
Next up, dice the tomato. I used a Kumato (see NOTES below) but any medium-sized tomato will work fine for this; you can also use a handful of cherry tomatoes. Whatever you can dice into small chunks is fine. Mix it all up on the cutting board, add a bit of salt (not much, you'll add more later) and pepper, and you're ready to roll.
When you put it on your pancakes, add a bit more salt - this is a hack to reduce your overall seasoning, since you'll mostly only taste what's on the surface of a given bite, it makes more sense to "under-season" the mixed-up salsa.
Pile it on to your pancakes (or dip chips in it I guess, you do you) and enjoy.
NOTES
But... why? What's wrong with syrup? Nothing! My wife makes excellent sourdough pancakes. I don't have her recipe - but it's probably a lot like this one. She also mixes up whip cream to go with 'em, and they're delicious. That said, I'm not really that into the idea of "dessert for breakfast" that classic "American pancakes with syrup" kind of implies. Instead, I usually make up a savory pancake topping.
Peeling a kiwi. I find that it's easiest to peel a kiwi by cutting off a short side, and putting the fruit cut-side down on the board for the rest of the process, slicing along the skin in downward cuts along the length of the fruit, working your way along. Then cut the skin squarely off the top. If you miss some skin, don't worry about it - the skin is totally edible and good for you, it's just also hairy and kinda off-putting.
Kumato? Kumatos are not new. They're a hybrid tomato owned by a Swiss company called Sygenta and will probably never be sold as seeds to the general public. This person likes them. This person does not. Both of those opinions were written in 2011; neither's really wrong. I've found them to be tastier than your average grocery-store tomato, and therefore a solid option when you can't grow your own tomatoes, or pick them up at a farmer's market. For the record, the best tomatoes you'll ever eat are the ones from your own garden.