I have got an amazing, fresh summer recipe for you today! This recipe is slightly adapted from an old fiend whose parents owned a Mexican food restaurant.
When my husband was in the Marines, we were stationed near San Diego for many years. There was always some kind of event going on that always turned in to a potlock situation. I always made my cookies! Anyways, this friend I mentioned always brought this awesome salsa. You know, the kind you literally can’t stop eating once you start? It was always a huge hit. For years we begged him for the recipe, but he always said no it’s my parents restaurant recipe!
On their last day being stationed with us, they stayed at our house for the night before they took off down the road to their new future. When we woke up that morning they were gone, but they had left us a note on our fridge. On that note was the ingredients to the salsa! Now, each time we make this recipe, we always think of them. Over the years, we’ve adapted it to our taste to make it the perfect pairing for any taco night! Bonus, it only has 6 main ingredients, the rest is just usual pantry spices!
Mexican Restaurant Fresh Garden Salsa
♥ 8 Ripe roma tomatoes
♥1/2 large white onion (or 1 small)
♥ 1 jalapeno (we add more if they are weak, add more or less to taste)
♥1 small bunch of cilantro
♥8 oz of tomato sauce (we like the kind with some good spices already in)
♥1 lime, juiced
Spices used: Garlic powder (could also use fresh garlic gloves), onion powder, salt, pepper, cumin
In a food processor, or good blender, blend all top five ingredients until desired consistency. We like it mostly smooth, with a few tiny chunks. Next, squeeze the juice of the lime, and add in spices. We recommend, heavy salt and cumin, then some garlic, onion, and pepper. Depending on how fresh your ingredients are, you may need more spice just to jazz it up. Taste after each spice addition to see what you need. That is the beauty of this salsa, you can add the spices to your taste.
Enjoy right away, or let it sit in fridge overnight. It is even better the next day!
We make this all the time, and I love how cheap it is to make. Especially this time of year when produce is so abundant. I love recipes that involve fresh ingredients and that are easy! Easy is the name of the game for us! Are you a chips and salsa fan?
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I think I’m going to make this tonight… I have all of these ingredients in my fridge. YUM!
Awesome! I hope you like it! We love a lot of salt and garlic, although the last batch we made everything was so fresh we didn’t need as much salt! This would go great with that avocado recipe you posted recently 🙂
We love trying different recipes for salsa…always looking for the perfect one! Thanks for sharing.
This is definitely our favorite one, hope you like it!
This looks delicious! We just made a batch of chunky salsa last week – hand chopped – but this would be a great variation. tastes good on rice and fish. Have a great day.
Sometimes we hand chop, but I love a good processor to give it that restaurant texture! Your right it would be great on rice or fish, we also put it on eggs 🙂
Looks delicious my son loves salsa. I will definitely give this a go for our BBQ on Sunday.
Thank you Claire! I hope you enjoy it!
I like how simple this is. I feel like done people make salsa too much of a production. Throw stuff in a blender, few staple spices and you’re done. Perfect! Thanks for sharing!
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I agree! I know some recipes call for so many ingredients, the simpler the better for me!
I love salsa. This sounds just like the way I like my salsa. I have pinned it for safe keeping. Tomorrow after church I will make some. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome Maria! Hope you enjoy it!
This looks so yummy. I want some salsa right now . Thanks for linking up this week on the #HomeMattersParty. Hope you will come back and link up again next week.
Thank you Melissa! I will for sure be back to link up 🙂
I am a salsa FANATIC and believe that the purpose of chips is to just get more salsa in my mouth!! This looks fantastic… Thanks for bringing this to Snickerdoodle Sunday- hope to see you again this weekend!
Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)
Thank you Sarah! I agree, I usually just pile on as much salsa as I can on one chip!
I have been looking for a straight from my garden salsa! This looks like it might just be it, Thank you. Pinning for future use.
Thank you Jen, hope you can enjoy it!
Your salsa recipe looks amazing! Thank you for sharing it with us. I am visiting from Roses of Inspiration. Have a lovely week!
Thank you! Have a wonderful week!
I have never made salsa even though it seems so easy. This sounds so fresh so it is a must try! Thank you for the recipe. Pinned!
It is very easy and so fresh too! I hope you enjoy!
There is nothing better than homemade salsa! We always make our own…can’t wait to try out your recipe too! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at #FoodieFriDIY! Sending some foodie love your way!
Thank you Michelle! We love this recipe, but salsa in general is just awesome!
This sounds so yummy! I’m glad I found your link on the Healthy Living Link Party.
Thank you Jessica! Have a wonderful day!
Mmmm … My family LOVES Mexican food! I am going to save this recipe and hopefully we can try it out soon. It looks so easy and SO yummy! Maybe we can use our garden tomatoes once they ripen! Thank you for sharing.
I bet it would taste wonderful with fresh garden tomatoes! Thank you Sarah!
This sounds deliccious! When my garden begins to overflow with tomatoes I will be making this! Thanks for sharing on the Healthy Living Link party !
It tastes even better with fresh garden tomatoes! I hope you enjoy 🙂
Oh yum! I love homemade salsa, and it goes fast around here! Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle. 🙂
It goes fast for us too! Thanks Dee!
There’s nothing better than homemade salsa! This is one of my features at Treasure Box Tuesday tonight! Thank you for partying with us! 🙂
Thank you so much Joy! Salsa really is awesome! I will be linking up again tonight 🙂