Fresh Salsa

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*Note: I like my salsa chunky so I always hand chop the tomatoes because food processors make them too mushy. Everything else is okay to be chopped with a food processor or by hand. If you don't like chunky salsa, blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

INGREDIENTS:

6 large tomatoes, chopped (For less runny salsa I use 8-10 Roma Tomatoes)

1 med. onion (I use different kinds - Purple, Spanish, yellow, sweet, etc)

3 cloves fresh garlic, minced

1/2 green pepper, chopped

1/2 red pepper, chopped

2 T. fresh squeezed lime juice (about 1 lime's worth)

2 tsp. sugar

1 jalapeno or Anaheim Chile pepper, chopped fine

bunch of cilantro (how much depends on your liking to it)

½ tsp. black pepper

2 tsp. salt

Salt & pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS:

Mix it all ingredients together. Add salt & pepper to taste and dig in! Great served with chips or on Mexican food.

*Variations: Try different varieties of peppers whatever you like. For very mild salsa leave out the jalapeno or take out the seeds first. For hotter salsa add more hot peppers. Sometimes we add a tomatillo or two and it’s yummy. We also love “lemon boy” tomatoes in this salsa (they’re yellow and make things beautiful).

Recipe Source: adapted from a recipe given to me by my mother-in-law Jenny