Family Recipe Fridays: Serious Salsa

Why serious? Well, because it takes a lot of chopping (or hand work with your food chopper--that thing takes some arm strength!).

But this is some good salsa. My mother-in-law cans some each year using tomatoes and anything else she can use from her garden. Despite my disdain for fresh tomatoes, I really like salsa, and I especially love this one because the tomatoes are in itty bitty pieces. Mr. V steals as much as he can each year; but I haven't seen any appear in our pantry this summer, so I guess I'll be making my own soon.

On an extreme side note, one of my favorite things is guacamole mixed with salsa. Apparently BooMama, BigMama, and Rocks in My Dryer took a little trip to visit Ree, THE Pioneer Woman, this week. And she served that exact thing to them. Why wasn't I invited? I mean, BooMama replied to one of my Tweets once, so, really, we're tight.

Humph.

OK, anyway, here's the recipe!

Serious Salsa

This is one of those recipes you can take with a grain of salt. Use however much of everything you like and want.

1 cup green pepper, chopped fine
1 large tomato, cored and chopped fine
1 1/2 jalapeno peppers, cored, seeded, and chopped fine
1/4 cup onion, chopped fine
1 1/2 T cider vinegar
1 tsp. honey
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. chili powder

for hot salsa, add:
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. hot sauce

Combine all ingredients and mix. Cover and let refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours before tasting. Adjust ingredients to taste.

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Family Recipe Fridays: Serious Salsa