my new favorite thing: homemade salsa.

while i'm waiting to get the pictures we took in ooooooooklahoma on julie's camera {that looks exactly like mine, as i stole her idea, & thus is difficult to tell apart}, i'm going to tell you about my new hobby:  making homemade salsa!!

if you have a food processor, this is the easiest recipe ever.  & it is super delicious!  you can even change it up to make it more like you like it.  is super chunky salsa your favorite?  great.  rather have the watery version?  totally doable.  spicy?  of course.  sweet?  got it.

here is blakey & my favorite version, although it always turns out new every time :)

super awesome homemade salsa

4 large tomatoes

1 large yellow onion

2 bell peppers 

{i go with orange & yellow.  there is enough red in the salsa already & i hate green.}

3 jalapenos {de-seeded, if you don't want it ridiculously spicy}

5 cloves garlic

a bunch of cilantro

a few limes, just juice

1 T-ish salt

2 tsp-ish sugar

some cumin

1. chop the tomatoes, onion, & bell peppers into big chunks.  i go ahead and finely chop the jalapenos & garlic to make sure it gets well distributed.

2. process away!  i like to do it in batches of the different items, to make sure they get chopped to the consistency i want.  

3. add in the cilantro, lime juice, salt, sugar, & cumin to taste.  

4. it's better after sitting a little bit.  let the flavors "marry".  really, they want to fall in love with each other.

5. eat eat eat!  if you are anything like blakey & me, it will be gone in a couple of sittings.  if you eat normal amounts of salsa, it is plenty for a party.

ps this makes a relatively "juicy" salsa, which is exactly how we like salsa to be.  if you want it less watery, strain the liquid out of the processed tomatoes.  if it is still too water, use lime zest instead of lime juice.  oooh, actually, now that i thought of that, i'm going to try that next time too.  i love fruit zest.

oh!  & one of my favorite parts about making salsa: tanky LOVES cilantro stems.  he was whining at me one day while i was chopping, so i tossed him a stem certain he would hate it.  he showed me.  he chews & chews & then asks for me.  cheapest treat ever.

love love,

kjp.