Homemade Blender Salsa

My sister-in-law brought some tasty salsa to the lake last month. I’d never attempted making homemade salsa before, I’m not sure why not. I got the recipe from her so I could try it out myself. I’ve been making it weekly ever since!
Original recipe:2 cans (large, 29 oz. each) whole tomatoes, mostly drained3-5 jalapeños, fresh – put in water and microwave 4 minutes until soft1 and 1/2 Tablespoons garlic salt1 Tablespoon cuminfresh cilantro to tastefresh onion to taste
Blend until desired consistency. Store sealed in the refrigerator. Makes about 1 quart.
I can’t follow any recipe exactly. And since I wasn’t sure how mine would turn out, I went for making just half the amount the first time. I was very happy with the results! My husband would like it hotter, but it is perfect for me, and the kids will eat it, too.
My recipe:1 standard can diced tomatoes and green chilis (this way I don’t have to mess with the jalapeños)1 standard can diced tomatoesminced garlicsaltcuminfresh cilantrofresh onionlime juice
I pretty much eyeball the seasonings, adding the amount of my desired taste. Dump everything in the blender, pouring the cans in last, juice and all. Pulse until desired consistency. Store sealed in the refrigerator. Yum.
I’ll add a better photo when I get one. Missing the natural light and brightness of my old kitchen!
Enjoy!
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Pepper Jack Stuffed Poblano Peppers

Black beans and pepper jack cheese make a hearty, delicious filling for these stuffed poblano peppers. And if you have leftovers, well that’s perfect, because they’re even better the second time around!
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Shrimp and Black Bean Salad with Cilantro, Cumin, and Lime

I love the combination of flavors in this Shrimp and Black Bean Salad with Cilantro, Cumin, and Lime

(For Phase One Fridays I feature Phase One Recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and I love this Shrimp and Black Bean Salad with Cilantro, Cumin, and Lime.  Photos for this recipe were updated May 2014 and I’m so happy to have better photos for this favorite salad!)

Shrimp, black beans, cilantro, and lime. It’s a combination that goes together so well that you could easily come up with hundreds of recipes featuring this quartet. I bought a big bag of cooked frozen shrimp from Costco, and this was a salad I made for lunch after thinking to myself, hmmm, what else can I make with shrimp? The ingredients were determined by what I had in the fridge and pantry, as well as a well-documented love for cilantro, and this recipe has cilantro in the dressing and more cilantro in the salad, which is just fine with me.  If you’re not a cilantro fan I think you could still get a pretty good result with thinly sliced green onion replacing the cilantro in the dressing and just using a little more green onion in the salad, but I wouldn’t use parsley in place of cilantro here.
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