How to Make Garden Fresh Salsa

Serve your garden fresh salsa with tortilla chips.

Only gardeners can make garden fresh salsa, but everyone else will appreciate it. Harvest your vegetables from your garden early in the morning for the freshest flavor. Serve the salsa with tortilla chips.

Things You'll Need

• 4 tomatoes, diced
• 1/3 cup of onion, diced
• 1/2 bell pepper, with seeds removed and diced
• 2 tablespoons or small bunch of cilantro, chopped
• 1 clove of garlic finely minced
• 1 jalapeno or serrano pepper, with seeds removed and diced
• 1 tablespoon of fresh lime juice
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Prep your ingredients by dicing your vegetables and chopping up the spices. Add the diced vegetables, peppers, garlic and lime juice into a bowl.

2. Stir in salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with freshly chopped cilantro.

3. Serve immediately with chips or store in the refrigerator for no more than days.

Tips & Warnings

• You can replace your jalapeno/serrano chili with a habanero for a fiery salsa. You could also pan roast an anaheim chili, turning it into a chipotle, dice and add it to the salsa.

• For a zesty tomotillo salsa, replace two of the tomatoes with four diced tomotillos.

• Add a bit of chopped oregano for extra flavor.

• Be careful not to touch your eyes anytime you're handling hot peppers and for several hours after.

References

• Taste of Home: Garden Salsa Recipe