Homemade on Long Island

Here you will find my adventures in gardening, baking, cooking, preserving and environmentally friendly living. Local and organic products are what I strive for. I love to bake and cook from scratch. There really is a difference when you use the freshest ingredients and make it yourself. I do it all from my home on Long Island, NY where the farm stands and my garden give me much of what I need. When you use local and organic ingredients you are being kind to the planet.

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Fresh Tomato Salsa

My CSA was giving me tomatoes up until last week. Combine those with the cilantro and garlic they gave me and I was halfway to some great salsa. This salsa is great with chips or even on top of some grilled chicken. The recipe is easily doubled or halved based upon how much you want. After eating this, you will not go back to the stuff in the jar. If you like it spicy, feel free to add more jalapeño.

Ingredients:

3 large tomatoes, diced

1 pepper, diced, I had a yellow one but you can use what you have

1 jalapeño pepper, minced

1/2 onion, small diced

1 TBS fresh cilantro, chopped

1 TBS salt

Juice of one lime

2 garlic cloves, minced

Here's how:

Combine all of the ingredients.