Garden Fresh Salsa

This garden fresh salsa recipe takes advantage of seasonal ingredients. It is so easy to make, just toss the ingredients into a food processor or blender, pulse it to the consistency you like, and enjoy.

With fresh ingredients available from the garden or farmers market, and a food processor, it is easy to whip up a batch of fresh salsa. This is a simple go to recipe. This recipe makes about 3 cups of garden fresh salsa. Store the extra in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

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Garden Fresh Salsa

This garden fresh salsa recipe takes advantage of seasonal ingredients. It is so easy to make, just toss the ingredients into a food processor or blender, pulse it to the consistency you like, and enjoy.

Course Pantry Ingredients

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword fresh salsa

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes minutes

Total Time 15 minutes minutes

Servings 6 half cup servings

Calories 70kcal

Author Grow a Good Life

Ingredients

• 2 pounds paste tomatoes
• 1 Anaheim chili pepper
• 2 medium jalapeño chili peppers
• 1 medium onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1/8 teaspoon cane sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder

Instructions

• Blanch and skin tomatoes.
• Wear gloves and remove seeds and membrane from Anaheim pepper. Keep jalapeño seeds if you want a hot salsa.
• Give vegetables a rough chop, add all ingredients to food processor, and pulse until the consistency you like.
• Test seasoning with a tortilla chip and adjust as needed.
• Refrigerate for a least an hour to allow the flavors to blend.
• Serve with tortilla chips.
• Store extra in refrigerator. Makes about 3 cups.

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 70kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.5g | Protein: 3.1g | Fat: 0.7g | Sodium: 20mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g

I usually fill one-pint jar and a small bowl and refrigerate. This will last for a while in the fridge although I have to say it doesn’t last very long in our house. But it is easy to make another fresh batch as needed.

Note: This is not a safe canning recipe. Please check out this recipe for canning salsa: Tomato Salsa Recipe for Canning

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If you love salsa, consider adding our eBook, Grow a Good Life Guide to 50 Salsa Canning Recipes, to your resource library. This 72-page eBook is packed with a variety of delicious salsa recipes, including classic tomato salsas to roasted and grilled salsas to tomatillo and delicious fruit blends, all safe for water bath canning. It’s the perfect guide to help you preserve your garden harvests.