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| Once upon a summer, I discovered a wonderful little recipe for homemade salsa in a little cookbook called Desperation Dinners. It called for a can of diced tomatoes and a few pantry and fridge items. I tried it. It spoiled me rotten. Now I cannot eat store bought salsa...this stuff tastes like really great restaurant style salsa and I make it everytime we eat salsa now. Here's how: |
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| Empty a can of diced or stewed tomatoes into a blender or a vessel suitable for using a hand blender. If using diced tomatoes, add a pinch of sugar to it. I also like to add about 1/3 cup of roughly chopped onion and about 2 knife tips of garlic. (This is more of a method...not a recipe with exact measurements. It is very forgiving and flexible so just add more or less of whatever you like!) |
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| A few glugs of lime juice or the juice of half a lime. Salt to taste (about 1/4 tsp?), |
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| Then we like adding a few jarred jalapenos...to add a bit of heat. Adding about 5 slices makes it taste 'medium' in heat. |
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| Then I am ready to use my immersion blender. Love this little gal...quite the kitchen helper. I pulse it enough times to get the texture I like...just a wee bit chunky still. |
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| My husband and I LOVE cilantro...but if you don't, skip adding it. I am growing it in my herb garden so was able to use fresh this time. In the winter I use dried. |
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| Rinse, pat dry, and I put them in whole...stems and all. Use the immersion blender again til the cilantro is chopped the way I want it. |
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| And there she be! So delicious. So easy. So fresh. |
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| So, dig in!! Hope you'll give this a try if you don't already have a favorite salsa recipe. For less than $1 and about 5 minutes of time, you don't have to settle for store bought anymore! Ole! |
Blessings!
