Some of you were wondering how on Earth I will ever use the giant bag of hot peppers that I received in my farm share. Well, I made salsa- and lots of it! Fresh salsa is absolutely wonderful.
Here’s the recipe that I use:
(Of course, substitutions are encouraged.)
About 6 lg. tomatoes, diced (if you prefer, seed the tomatoes to reduce the liquidity of the salsa)
1/2 sweet onion, diced (you could use red onion, but only use 1/4 or it will be too powerful)
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 to 1/2 cucumber, seeded and diced
1/2 bell pepper, diced
5 hot peppers, seeded and diced (keep seeds in for more heat or remove the seeds and membrane for less heat)
1 Tb. extra virgin olive oil
1 t. lime juice
1 t. cilantro spice or 2 Tb. fresh cilantro
1 t. sugar
1/2 t. salt
Fresh ground pepper
Stir well and let it sit on the counter, covered for about an hour. Enjoy with tortilla chips or add to scrambled eggs, quesadillas or serve as a dressing for grilled chicken. You can’t go wrong with this garden fresh concoction.
Once we finally have a ‘real’ kitchen again, I will unpack my box of cookbooks. Somewhere I have a salsa cookbook and I’d love to experiment making peach salsa and salsa verde. Oh… I can’t wait, I can’t wait.
Progress is moving forward on the kitchen project. In fact, stay tuned for a sneak peek at our cabinets!
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