Garden Fresh Salsa

This garden fresh salsa recipe takes advantage of seasonal ingredients. It is so easy to make, just toss the ingredients into a food processor or blender, pulse it to the consistency you like, and enjoy.

With fresh ingredients available from the garden or farmers market, and a food processor, it is easy to whip up a batch of fresh salsa. This is a simple go to recipe. This recipe makes about 3 cups of garden fresh salsa. Store the extra in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

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Garden Fresh Salsa

This garden fresh salsa recipe takes advantage of seasonal ingredients. It is so easy to make, just toss the ingredients into a food processor or blender, pulse it to the consistency you like, and enjoy.

Course Pantry Ingredients

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword fresh salsa

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 6 half cup servings

Calories 70kcal

Author Grow a Good Life

Ingredients

• 2 pounds paste tomatoes
• 1 Anaheim chili pepper
• 2 medium jalapeño chili peppers
• 1 medium onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1/8 teaspoon cane sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder

Instructions

• Blanch and skin tomatoes.
• Wear gloves and remove seeds and membrane from Anaheim pepper. Keep jalapeño seeds if you want a hot salsa.
• Give vegetables a rough chop, add all ingredients to food processor, and pulse until the consistency you like.
• Test seasoning with a tortilla chip and adjust as needed.
• Refrigerate for a least an hour to allow the flavors to blend.
• Serve with tortilla chips.
• Store extra in refrigerator. Makes about 3 cups.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.5g | Protein: 3.1g | Fat: 0.7g | Sodium: 20mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g

I usually fill one-pint jar and a small bowl and refrigerate. This will last for a while in the fridge although I have to say it doesn’t last very long in our house. But it is easy to make another fresh batch as needed.

Note: This is not a safe canning recipe. Please check out this recipe for canning salsa: Tomato Salsa Recipe for Canning

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