Friday, August 17, 2012

Straight from the Garden Salsa










I was checking out all of the wonderful veggies I have been given this week and wondering what on earth I could do with them that my family would eat.  Salsa is always a winner at our house so this is what I have come up with.  My kids loved it!  If you let it sit in the fridge for a few hours before eating it the flavors really come together.  Ours didn't make it that long, we ate it right away!

Equipment:
Cutting Board
Good knife
Medium size bowl for salsa
small bowl and strainer for tomatoes
Measuring spoons
Can opener-if you add alternate items

Ingredients:
1 large tomato diced-salt it a little to help bring out some of the water.  Drain them before adding to the bowl
3 inch segment of a cucumber diced
1 small can of green chili
2 T minced onion
2 regular cloves of garlic-minced
1 tsp ground coriander or 2 T minced fresh cilantro
1-2 T lemon or lime juice or to taste
½ t salt or to taste
Optional:
1 small beet cooked and diced-the beet gives this salsa a very earthy flavor
1 can of black beans rinsed
½ cup of corn
1 jalapeno pepper diced-with our without the ribs and seeds
 
Procedure:
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and enjoy with your favorite corn chips

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