What Salsa is Supposed to Taste Like

After making and tasting this salsa, I said out loud, "I'm not bad at cooking." I know, I know, who decides to write a blog that centers around cooking and feels the need to proclaim that? Like most women, even when I do something well, I'm tough on myself. I've been making a point recently to use my voice to give credit where it's due with the people in my life, as well as myself.


Back to the salsa...it's really good and really easy. I like the thin, tex-mex salsa you get at restaurants as much as the next girl, but this stuff is hearty and fresh and healthy! It's great with chips, but I also like to top taco salads with it. YUM.


Note: You can toss everything in a blender or food processor if you like, but it will change the consistency and I believe turning on a little bossa nova and chopping away may be the best stress reliever of all time. Shout out to The Skinny Confidential for the bossa nova introduction. You'll only feel like a bougie hipster the first few times you turn it on, I promise.

What you'll need:
3 heirloom tomatoes, chopped - I know, they're pricey, but it's winter in the South. Just do it.
1 jalapeno pepper - seeded and minced aka cut into very tiny pieces. Like the size of a sunflower seed
1/2 an onion, diced - I use Vidalia onions in almost everything, including this
1 clove garlic, minced - you can put it through a garlic press, just please don't scoop any garlic out of a jar, ever.
1 lime, juiced
3 grinds of salt - don't use coarse salt for this
1 teaspoon cumin
Handful of cilantro - equals to about 1/4 of a cup, use scissors, your hands, a knife, whatever to get it into small pieces. Don't use the stems for this.


Combine all of the above in a bowl, stir and put in fridge for 20 minutes or more to meld before serving.

Oh, and if you need a simple, tasty margarita to go along with it, do this:
Over ice, squeeze the juice of 2 limes, pour in 2 shots of your favorite tequila, 1 shot of simple syrup and top with sparkling water/club soda. Tangy and refreshing with no weird crap added! Cheers!