Fresh Salsa!

I love making salsa since it is a great addition to so many dishes! It's very easy to make and very easy to customize your flavor.

Ingredients:
6 Roma Tomatoes
1 Red Onion
1 White Onion
1 Cubanelle Pepper
1 Bell Pepper
2 Caribe Peppers
2 Red Fresno Peppers
1/4 cup of Lime Juice
2 healthy pinches of Italian Herbs Mix



So first off you start with using a food processor to puree the Roma Tomatoes. It will look pink, but that's how fresh tomatoes look, so don't worry just yet.

After that is done you do the same to the Onions and Peppers. Put all of this into a tupperware container and add the Lime Juice and Herb Mix. Stir together quite thoroughly. Seal and put into your fridge. Serve when cold!

You can just serve it fresh, it does taste quite good as is. I think that putting the salsa in the fridge overnight, or at least for an hour or two, lets the flavors blend together better.

Salsa Spectacular!

Had a relaxing weekend and today I decided to make some salsa. Two different kinds really. I didn't think one kind would do it, however the second is almost half salsa - half arriabata sauce.



Verde Salsa

Ingredients:
4 Roma Tomatoes
2 Med. Yellow Onions
2 Poblano Peppers
3 Anaheim Peppers
2 Jalapeno Peppers
2 spoonfuls of Spice Mix

Spice Mix:
McCormick's Steak Seasoning
Garlic Salt
Tumeric Powder
Curry Powder
Marjoram
Oregano
Basil
Ground Black Pepper
Ground Cumin
Ground Allspice
Ground Nutmeg

The Spice Mix is pre-mixed together and was mixed in once everything else was mixed together. The Ingredients were added in the order listed, top to bottom. The Roma's, Onions, and Peppers were all diced up/almost pureed in a food processor first.

Mix together and serve with tortilla chips. I used Tostito's Scoops since they are the best for salsa if you ask me.

Roja Salsa

Ingredients:
6 Roma Tomatoes
1 Lg. White Onion
1 Orange Bell Pepper
1 Yellow Bell Pepper
3 Hungarian Wax Peppers
2 Jalapeno Peppers
3 spoonfuls of Spice Mix*

*Spice Mix is same as listed above. I keep it in a jar since I tend to use it a lot.

The Roma's were pureed in my food processor, along with the onion, wax peppers, and jalapeno's. The bell peppers were just diced up by hand. What makes this one very different is that once the tomatoes and onion were ready, they went into a saucepan. I turned on the heat to medium and added in the bell peppers, then the wax peppers, finally the jalapeno's. On top of all that, the spice mix. I stirred it all together, as well as every few minutes for about 10 minutes. Then turned heat off and it was ready for serving, also with Tostito's Scoops.