salsa

It has been a very busy week here in Arizona! My aunts came in the last weekend of February then Bill's parents on Wednesday...on top of that my computer broke for the second time this year.

We ate out a lot over the last week, but I did get some cooking in. On Wednesday as Bill worked a long night, I decided I need to make some salsa because 1.  we LOVE salsa 2. we were out of salsa. Our original salsa recipe came from non other than the pioneer woman, but as we have perfected and adapted it, we made it our own.

Salsa is very cheap to make, and when you make a big batch it is even more cost effective. Our entire cost for meggan + bill's salsa was under $3. I always keep my eyes open for sales of the canned tomatoes because I know how much we love our salsa. The other day at Frys the cans of Rotel, plum tomaotes and fire roasted tomatoes (all brand names) were $.50 a can! The other ingredients are all things we have keep in our pantry besides cilantro, which is $.60 a bunch.

meggan + bill's salsa
1 can (14.5oz) Whole Tomatoes With Juice
1can (10 oz) Rotel (diced Tomatoes And Green Chilies)
1 can (14.5oz) Fire Roasted Tomatoes
1/2 cups Chopped Onion
2 clove Garlic, Minced
2 whole Jalapeno, Quartered And Sliced Thin
¼ teaspoons Sugar
¼ teaspoons Salt
¼ teaspoons Ground Cumin
½ cup Cilantro or more to taste
1 whole lime, juiced or more to taste

This is a very large batch. We use a 12-cup food processor, but you could use a blender too.

Combine whole tomatoes, Rotel, fire roasted, onion, jalapeno, garlic, sugar, salt, cumin, lime juice, and cilantro in a blender or food processor. Pulse until you get the salsa to the consistency you’d like—we do about 10 to 15 pulses. Make sure you have a whole bag of tortilla chips ready for testing because once you start, you won't be able to stop. Adjust as needed with seasonings. 

Our FAVORITE chips with salsa is Kirkland Organic Corn Tortilla chips. Once you try them, you won't eat anything else!

meggan's mango salsa
1 mango, chopped
1 avacado, chopped
1 plum tomato, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
2 tablespoon honey
1 lime, juiced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon tabasco or more to taste


Combine all ingredients. Test with tortilla chips and adjust as needed. 

Tip of the Day: make your own salsa!


xoxo

Meggan