Thursday, February 16, 2012

My (Almost) World Famous Salsa!

So I have decided what my give-a-way will be for March 1st.  The idea came from my sister, Christy, so I have to give her credit for this one.  I love food and I enjoy cooking so I am going to give away one of my favorite cookbooks!  It is one of Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Cook Books!  It is full of great recipes that are easy and quick to make (hence the name).  I have tried many of them and it has always been an "oh wow this is delicious!" food experience - and who doesn't like great food?  So if you are reading this and you love Rachael Ray - just make sure you are a follower on my blog and I will announce the winner March 1st!

In the spirit of great food - I wanted to share one of my own recipes.  I love salsa and started making my own and it seems to get a lot of praise!  Some have even said that it's like crack because it is so addicting - and there really is no higher compliment than that!  It is basic salsa really but there are just a couple of twists with mine that I believe helps with great flavor! 

I hope you all have a great weekend and I will see you back here on Monday!  Here's the recipe for the salsa (otherwise known as crack salsa!)

Ingredients

3 Tomatoes – chopped
1 Green Pepper – seeded and diced
1 Red Pepper – seeded and diced
1 White Onion – chopped
1 Jalapeno – chopped, diced, leave as many seeds in as you dare
Cilantro – chopped
2 Limes – use the zest and juice from the lime
Salt – to taste
Cinnamon – it’s the secret ingredient!  All you need is a pinch
Combine tomatoes, green pepper, red pepper, white onion, jalapeno, and cilantro together.  Add lime zest and juice from both limes.  (The best way to get all the juice is to use your teeth to squeeze the limes – something I learned from Oprah!)  Add salt to taste and a pinch of cinnamon. 
Here is the other secret part to the recipe.  Pour half of the combined ingredients into a blender and pulse a few times until well blended.  Mix blended and chopped ingredients together and refrigerate for about an hour (if possible) before serving.

Enjoy!
Serves 5 – unless you are my sisters – in that case, it serves only one J

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