Spicy Homemade Salsa

My husband and I eat a lot of Mexican dishes–at LEAST one per week if not more–so we always have salsa on hand.  Lately though, we’ve started making our own.  I love how you can play around with what flavor you are looking for.  I also like that I can make a chunky salsa, or one that is more pureed by using my food processor.  I thought I’d share our recipe with you so you can enjoy homemade salsa too.

I start by roughly chopping up 3 Roma tomatoes and 1/2 of a red onion.  I also throw in just a few Jalapeno slices, although this is totally optional.  We like ours spicy!

You could use any kind of tomato, but I think the Roma’s have a better salsa flavor.  I may change my mind once I start getting Mortgage Lifters in my garden this year.  We shall see.

I put the chopped pieces of tomato and onion in the food processor and give it a few good pulses.  I just want to dice everything up at this point.

Next I add in a handful of Cilantro.  You can use how ever much your prefer.

I also sprinkle in some Garlic Powder, Salt, Pepper, and the juice from one lime, and give the mixture another few good pulses until I reach the consistency I’m looking for.

Serve it on Quesadillas, Tacos, Fajitas, or just with some Tortilla Chips!

Enjoy!

Homemade Salsa

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Total Time 5 mins

Ingredients

  

• 3 Roma Tomatoes or whichever you prefer
• 1/2 Red Onion
• 2-3 Jalapeno slices seeds removed (optional for heat)
• Cilantro to taste
• 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Juice from 1 lime

Instructions

 

• Roughly chop tomatoes, onion and jalapeno and add to a food processor. Pulse a few times to get the vegetables diced. Add in cilantro and pulse a few more times. Next, sprinkle in garlic powder, salt, pepper and lime juice. Pulse until desired consistency is reached. Store in refrigerator in airtight container up to one week.