Showing posts with label salsas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salsas. Show all posts

October 3, 2012

Pico De Gallo with Zucchini


Well, it's time to use up the last of the summer zucchini, and I don't know about you guys but I cannot eat another bite of zucchini bread. I love the stuff, but there's only so much you can make and eat in one summer... 
Oh, who am I kidding? I can always eat another bite of zucchini bread! 
Really, I was just looking for a creative way to get my "zuke vites." That's what I call the vitamins from zucchini. This is a throwback from ten years ago when I worked at Starbucks and the button on the cash register for zucchini bread said simply, "ZUKE LOAF." So, my coworkers and I would quip, in a thick Italian accent, "You look thin! Come inta the kitchen and have some ah ya mutha's zuke loaf." It still makes me chuckle to say it. 
Anyway, try out this pico de gallo recipe. I literally never measure my ingredients when I make pico de gallo. I just start throwing stuff in and then I adjust the ingredients to taste. So, this recipe is really just a starting point. You will need to taste it a lot as you make it, and adjust as you go. If you're going to be eating it with tortilla chips (is there any other way??) then you will want to taste it with a chip as you make it. The salt from the chip is more than adequate to salt your pico, in my opinion. If you don't intend to eat it with chips, you might need a bit more salt.

8 to 12 Roma tomatoes, chopped
Half a white onion, chopped
1 medium zucchini, chopped
1 large jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely minced
2 cloves of garlic, finely minced
A generous handful of fresh cilantro leaves, finely chopped
Lime juice, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste
  • Toss everything into a bowl and stir. Easy peasy.
  • I recommend covering with and airtight lid and allowing it to chill in the fridge for a few hours before eating. You don't have to do this, but I find that after it sits a while and the flavors mingle together, it tastes even more fantastic.
  • Enjoy!

May 15, 2010

My Favorite Summer Salsa


In several recent recipes I've referenced homemade salsa, and the only link I have takes you to a hummus quesadilla recipe wherein the salsa is defined. So, I figured it was high-time to give my favorite salsa a place of its own. And when I say "favorite" I mean it! I make a veritable troff of this stuff once a week and we ladle it on everything we eat. When we want a snack, we grab a bag of Santitas (hey, they're 2 bucks) and go to town. It's delicious! Give it a try. Here's the recipe...

8-10 large tomatoes, diced
1 white onion, diced
3 - 4 large cloves of garlic, crushed and minced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
1 bunch fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 15-ounce can of sweet corn, drained
1 15-ounce can of black beans, drained and rinsed
1/3 cup lime juice (or less, to taste - I like it "lime-y")
1 tablespoon paprika (optional)
1 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • Throw it all in a big bowl, stir it up real good, cover it and stick it in the fridge.
  • Tastes best after it's had a few hours in the fridge.
  • This makes a HUGE bowl. Perfect for parties. If you don't want so much, try cutting the recipe in half.
  • It will keep well in the fridge, covered, up to a week.
  • Enjoy!