Salsa

When I went to pick up apples with Mom the other day, I also bought a half bushel of tomatoes for $4.50.    The only logical thing for a single person to do with that many tomatoes is....

MAKE SALSA!

I looked online for the first recipe, and found a good looking one at food.com.

Ingredients:

14 cups chopped roma tomatoes 

3 cups onions, chopped

1/2 cup jalapeno pepper 

1 cup green pepper, chopped

1/2 cup vinegar

1/2 cup tomato sauce

3 tablespoons salt

1 tablespoon chili powder

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 1/2 teaspoons cumin

5 tablespoons Clear Jel, that will not break down in high heat during processing. don't substitute 

5 garlic buds minced 

Directions:  Chop all vegetables and place them into a saucepan.  Add remaining ingredients, mixing clear jell with water before adding slowly to veggies. Bring to a boil. Cold pack for 10 minutes.

Read the full recipe here.


Clearly disobeying, I did not use the Clear Jel. 


For the next batch of salsa, I used the same basic recipe, but cut out the cumin and chili powder and instead added habenero hot sauce. I was slightly disappointed each time when all I ended up with was two large cans of salsa (and a little left over to eat right away).


Both batches turned out very different and so delicious!!