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    Homemade Salsa

    September 9, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

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    Homemade Salsa

    My favorite nearby farmer’s market is presently having a “you pick em” Roma tomatoes sale…$.65/lb!!! What! I couldn’t believe it! I spent a few minutes picking through their plants, grabbing the ones that were about to fall off and perfectly ripe! It was quite therapeutic to be out there in the field, by myself, hanging out with the tomato plants, longing for those “simpler” times of the olden days!

    With my 12 lbs of tomatoes ($7.80!), I made spaghetti sauce that made enough for 6 meals. I also made 2 batches of salsa. (They gave me 6 hot peppers free!) I plan to get more tomatoes next weekend and will share my homemade spaghetti sauce with you all!

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    Homemade Salsa

    Super easy and so much better than store bought!
    Prep Time5 minutes minutes
    Cook Time0 minutes minutes
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 6-8 tomatoes (enough to 3/4 fill the food processor)
    • 1 green pepper
    • 1 onion
    • 2 garlic cloves
    • 4 hot peppers
    • splash of vinegar

    Instructions

    • Put it all into the blender/food processor and go! Make it as chunky or pureed as you like!
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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Healthy Snacks, Homemade Recipes Tagged With: green pepper, tomatoes

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    1. Jennifer says

      September 9, 2008 at 8:41 am

      Wow – and I thought I got a good deal at $1/pound last week. In which I bought 8 pounds. I used 3 lb. for tomato soup, and have used a few more for other things, and now trying to figure out how to use up the rest of them! My absolute favorite salsa recipe actually calls for canned tomatoes, but I think I’m going to be experimenting it with fresh ones now!
      How fun to go get to pick your own though – I had to pick mine out of the basket at the grocery store – not nearly as much fun!

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    2. Sherry says

      September 10, 2008 at 4:30 pm

      Yum! WE love fresh salsa!

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    3. Jill says

      September 10, 2008 at 4:37 pm

      Sounds delicious, I could use some right now!

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    4. sarah says

      September 15, 2008 at 9:13 am

      Love the whole premise of your site! I am subscribing now. I look forward to getting more great ideas.

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