Friday, August 29, 2008

Fresh Salsa


This is my absolute favorite salsa recipe, and even better that you don't have to cook it! All of the ingredients in it are somewhat mild so they don't completely overpower when you take a bite.

4 large tomatoes and
1 serrano pepper (add another if you want more heat)
together blended VERY WELL in the blender--no one wants a huge bite of one of these peppers, they are HOT!

4 large tomatoes, chopped
2 bunches green onions, finely chopped
1 small can diced green chili's
juice of 1 lemon
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
garlic salt, salt, and pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients; chill.

This recipe is also very versatile--sometimes I like to add black beans and corn, and sometimes I add some chopped mango for a little sweetness. You can play with the amounts if you want as well-I don't always add the whole amount of onion and cilantro. If you want to be extra-fancy you can use orange and yellow tomatoes along with red....makes it very pretty!

Do make sure that you use garlic salt and not fresh minced garlic-the raw garlic taste would be too much! And last but not least, don't worry if when you first taste it that it doesn't seem hot enough because the longer it sits, the hotter it gets!