Tasty Tuesday: Quick Salsa

I love salsa– on tortilla chips, tacos, pretzels, eggs, even with chunks of cheese. Seriously, I think I could eat salsa at every meal. I get tired of the boring salsa at the store– I can never find one that tastes the way I want it to on a particular day. So, I decided to experiment. The recipe below is yours– tweak it to your liking. Some days I dump in an entire jar of jalapenos, other days I omit the green pepper– it’s completely up to your tastes. The only suggestion I do have it to definitely make sure you add the sugar to break down the tomatoes and refrigerate it. It’s better after it sits for awhile and chills. (Okay, not saying I don’t take several tastes prior to chilling it…) Enjoy!

Tasty Tuesday: Quick Salsa

Recipe Type: Appetizer

Cuisine: Mexican

Author: Julia – Mom on the Run x2

Prep time: 5 mins

Total time: 5 mins

Serves: 6

Ingredients

2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can jalapeno rings
1 green pepper, de-seeded and chunked
1 medium onion, peeled and quartered
cilantro, to taste
1/2 lemon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2-3 Tbs white sugar

Instructions

In a food processor, pour diced tomatoes with approximately a quarter of the juice of one can; pulse for 5 seconds
Add green pepper and onion; pulse until chopped up.
Add jalapeno rings and some of the juice, if desired; pulse for 5 seconds.
Pour salsa into a large bowl.
Add salt, pepper, and sugar. Stir to combine well.
Squeeze the juice of a 1/2 lemon into the bowl; Stir.
Tear cilantro leaves from the stems and stir into bowl.
Place in refrigerator at least 2 hours to chill and for the flavors to combine.