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So now I'm eating much much healthier. I'm down 45 pounds since April 1st. One of the keys has been homemade salsa. For lunch almost every day I have a big bowl of celery, carrot sticks, peapods and sliced cucumbers. I started out using hummas to dip them in, but didn't want the extra calories. So I switched to homemade salsa. I'm looking for new recipes so if anyone has a favorite, please share.
Here is what I've been using in my food processor:
10 tomatoes cut in half
1 red bell pepper
7 or 8 fresh jalapeno seeded and sliced in half long
1 anaheim pepper seeded and sliced long
10 - 12 soriano peppers seeded and sliced long
3 or 4 yellow chilies
1 large yellow onion
5 green onions cut to the stalk
3 tablespoons of minced garlic
dash of cumin
dash of cinnamon
dash of chilli pepper
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
1 lemon
2 limes
small bunch of cilantro stems cut off
Pre heat the oven to 450. On cookie sheet put the halfed tomatoes and peppers in for about 12 minutes.
While roasting the tomatoes and peppers I cut the yellow onion into quarters and put in processor with garlic and spices. Chop.
Remove tomato skins under cold water. Put all but 3 full tomatoes in the processor. Add all peppers. Blend. Squeeze lemon and limes into the mixture. Blend again for 5 seconds. Add green onions and dice. Add cilantro and dice. Add last tomatoes and blend quickly.
The salsa is not as chuncky as some like, but holding out some tomatoes to the end helps. Very fresh tasting and very healthy. Really makes eating the other veggies much easier for me.
Here is what I've been using in my food processor:
10 tomatoes cut in half
1 red bell pepper
7 or 8 fresh jalapeno seeded and sliced in half long
1 anaheim pepper seeded and sliced long
10 - 12 soriano peppers seeded and sliced long
3 or 4 yellow chilies
1 large yellow onion
5 green onions cut to the stalk
3 tablespoons of minced garlic
dash of cumin
dash of cinnamon
dash of chilli pepper
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
1 lemon
2 limes
small bunch of cilantro stems cut off
Pre heat the oven to 450. On cookie sheet put the halfed tomatoes and peppers in for about 12 minutes.
While roasting the tomatoes and peppers I cut the yellow onion into quarters and put in processor with garlic and spices. Chop.
Remove tomato skins under cold water. Put all but 3 full tomatoes in the processor. Add all peppers. Blend. Squeeze lemon and limes into the mixture. Blend again for 5 seconds. Add green onions and dice. Add cilantro and dice. Add last tomatoes and blend quickly.
The salsa is not as chuncky as some like, but holding out some tomatoes to the end helps. Very fresh tasting and very healthy. Really makes eating the other veggies much easier for me.
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