My breakfast transported me to Mexico. It’s amazing what some salsa on eggs can do.

When I visited Mexico with my aunt and her friends, two of us really liked the spice. At every restaurant, we’d get complimentary chips and the house salsa, sometimes more than one kind. My favorites were when we’d get three or four of varying degrees of heat to try – like a salsa flight.

Even at breakfast, we’d have hot sauce. I’d follow Chayo’s lead. A native of Chihuahua, he knows his way around Mexican food. He’d try each one, and then tell me which he liked best – usually the hottest. Then, I’d try them, and usually settle on the one he had picked.

It’s not necessary to slather your food – chips or eggs – with hot sauce, but a little bit can really enhance the flavor.

I think that’s when I started eating salsa on eggs. Granted, it’s not all the time. In this case, I’m trying to clean out the fridge, so the last of the salsa and homemade guacamole on eggs was a good choice.

When I eat my eggs with salsa, I’m transported back to Mexico. I can feel the warmth and hear the ocean and remember it all fondly.

Oh, I wish I was going back for a vacation. Instead, I’m going to Wisconsin to visit that grandbaby and his momma and daddy, and though it will be colder, I’ll enjoy it even more. It won’t be quite the same as sunny beaches and palm trees, but breakfast can always take me there.

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How to Be a Better Writer Tip

Put some salsa on eggs in your writing, too

I offer today’s writing tip literally and figuratively. If you like eggs, and you like salsa, and you’ve never put them together, put some salsa on eggs next time you eat them. It works for scrambled, sunny-side up or even hard-boiled eggs.

Figuratively, “salsa on eggs” means adding a little spice to your writing. Try something different – even just a dash. Little changes can alter your routine, and you may find a new flavor in your writing.

Some examples:

• Try to write with a different audience in mind.
• Write something longer or shorter than you usually do.
• Use a different tense – first-person present vs. third-person past.
• Add description to your writing (or remove it).

Try it, you may like it!