This page was exported from 110 Pounds and Counting [ http://www.110pounds.com ] Export date:Thu May 23 21:46:25 2013 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Salsa Fresca --------------------------------------------------- Sooo many tomatoes! What to do? What to do?? Salsa. Salsa Fresca Ingredients: 2 medium sized ripe tomatoes quartered 1/4 medium size red onion) 4 sprigs cilantro (parsley) 2 cloves garlic 1 tsp garlic salt 2 TBs lemon juice 1 jalapeno (1/3 for mild, 2/3 for medium, all for spicy) Bell pepper for added flavor Directions: 1. Put all ingredients in food processor and mix to consistency desired. It was a rainy, gloomy Saturday afternoon recently and I decided I should try making some salsa. I went out to the garden and picked some fresh onions, jalapenos and tomatoes and got to work. Remember when I planted my garden in the Springtime I thought I'd planted cilantro? Then I went to use some cilantro and realized I had parsley? Yeah I remember that time too. :P So when I went to make the salsa I had to buy a bunch of cilantro at the store. I did pick some parsley from the garden to mix into the salsa because what the heck am I going to do with all this parsley?? The jalapenos from the garden were surprisingly un-spicy. I was a little surprised by that. I don't know why they aren't spicy. I picked two jalapenos and used them both because of that fact, and they were small. I did not use a food processor for this. I chopped everything up and didn't really measure any of it. I'm definitely a recipe follower and I don't just "throw things in a bowl" but with this I did. I used as much lemon juice as it tasted good. I sampled it a lot along the way to test the flavors. I used a mixture of tomatoes from the garden. Some heirlooms, some romas, and a few other kinds I don't remember. I chopped up the tomatoes and onions and mixed everything together. I added more garlic than the recipe called for. I love garlic and there's no such thing as too much in my book. I didn't have garlic salt, so I skipped that ingredient. I'm not sure how much of a difference it would have made with the flavors. I added a dash of onion powder to it and mixed everything up. The salsa tasted pretty good. I enjoyed the flavors, even though it wasn't spicy at all. The salsa sat in the fridge over the weekend and the flavors were much bolder and nicer after that. I liked the salsa but would prefer some zip to it. QUESTION: What is your favorite salsa recipe?  --------------------------------------------------- Images: http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0577-300x225.jpg http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0580-300x225.jpg http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0578-300x225.jpg http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0586-300x225.jpg http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0584-300x225.jpg http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0590-300x225.jpg http://www.110pounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/IMG_0587-300x225.jpg --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2011-10-01 11:49:38 Post date GMT: 2011-10-01 18:49:38 Post modified date: 2011-09-25 12:50:09 Post modified date GMT: 2011-09-25 19:50:09 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.ProfProjects.com