Three homemade salsas and how to use them!

Feb 16, 2018

One of my favourite ways to use fruits and veggies up is to make salsa. It’s such an easy way to add lots of bursting flavour to any meal you’re eating. Here are a few easy salsa recipes, variations and ideas on where to use them.

Sunshine Salsa

Recipe
Ingredients

2 red tomatoes
1 yellow tomato
½ small red onion
1 jalapeno pepper*
½ cup of fresh chopped cilantro
Juice from 1 lime
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Chop your tomatoes into rough small pieces and put them in a bowl
Dice your onion, the pepper and cilantro and add them to the bowl
Slice your lime in half and juice over the salsa
Add salt and pepper to taste

*If you prefer a milder salsa, remove the jalapeno seeds. A tip that I use is to remove all the seeds and keep them in a small bowl. After I’ve finished making the salsa I give it a quick taste and if it isn’t spicy enough I’ll start to add some seeds. It’s much easier than taking them out!

Express Directions

Use your food processor to save time. Chop your onion, jalapeno and cilantro right in the food processor. Cut your tomatoes into 4 and add them. Pulse a few times until your tomato pieces have turned into cubes and before they become a puree.

Storing

Since the salsa is made with fresh ingredients you can keep it in your fridge for up to 5 days.

Ideal for….

This recipe is delicious as a dip for tortilla chips. It’s so taste you can even use veggies to dip instead of the chips!
Add it as a topping to Mexican meals like tacos, burritos or quesadillas
Use it in your egg dishes, like an omelette or frittata
Use it on your pizza instead of pizza sauce
Stuff your zucchini with it, add some lentils or ground beef for protein
Mix the salsa with Greek yogurt and use it as a topping for baked sweet potato
Add to your canned tuna and use it as filling for sandwich, topping for salad or on crackers

Fruity Salsa

For a special sweet treat, add fruit to your salsa just like this grilled pineapple salsa recipe

Peach Salsa
Ingredients

4 peaches, cut into cubes
1 red pepper, cut into cubes
½ red onion, chopped
1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut into 4
¼ cup fresh cilantro
Juice from 1 lime

Directions

Combine all the ingredients and keep in the refrigerator

This goes great with meats like pork, beef, fish and shrimp
Top your hamburger
In your lunch sandwiches
It makes a full meal when you add it to leftover pasta, quinoa or barley, as well as leftover chicken, fish or legumes (lentils, kidney beans…)

Strawberry basil salsa

Looking for fresh taste and bright colour. Try this fruity strawberry basil salsa and picture yourself transported to July no matter what time of the year you’re snacking on it.