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Making Salsa in your Kitchen is Quite Rewarding!

Families have passed from generation to generation their favorite homemade salsa recipes. This tradition of passing on to successive generations this ‘family treasure’ allows them to be able to taste the flavors their ancestors enjoyed possibly hundreds of years before.

It’s very easy to drive to your favorite grocery store and pick up a jar of salsa off the shelf, but making it in your own kitchen can be quite rewarding! If you have had a productive garden this year, your stock of fresh peppers and tomatoes would be perfect for your home made salsa.

When you do this once, you may find that stocking up your pantry with homemade salsa will be a regular goal of yours! You only need a basic supply to make salsa, a simple recipe and the process of making the salsa.

Salsa, at its foundation, includes a variation of the following ingredients: tomatoes, green pepper, red chili pepper, Jalapeno, garlic salt or powder, cilantro, onion, lemon juice. Feel free to experiment!

And salsa is full of antioxidants and vitamins that are known to keep your body stay healthy!

Modify the ingredients to your taste - Adding more jalapenos and other peppers will make for a hotter and spicier salsa. Alternatively, for a milder salsa, reduce the number of peppers and add more tomatoes.

The full flavor and strength of spices deteriorate over time so make sure to use fresh spices. And always use fresh oils. Like spices, oils lose their flavor over time and some can go rancid if kept too long.

To avoid chili pepper irritation wear rubber gloves or even small plastic bags over your hands. Don’t touch your face or rub your eyes while handling hot peppers.

You will need all the supplies that you typically need when you are preserving tomatoes. You will need canning jars, lids and bands, a hot water bath canner, a large pot to cook the salsa, strainer, jar lifter, large bowl, and the ingredients from your recipe. Thoroughly wash all the utensils you will be using and boil the jars and bands. Leave the jars and the lids in the hot water up until the time you are ready to use them.

A freezer is also a good place to store your salsa. After making a large batch simply divide it into smaller containers and put them in your freezer. Imagine being able to enjoy your fresh and tasty salsa year round!

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