I had a Tastefully Simple party recently, and ended up ordering their Simply Salsa mix. It’s a mix of dehydrated veggies and spices, with no crazy ingredients you can’t pronounce. The recipe on the container is simply to mix 1/4 cup of the mix with a can of diced tomatoes, but that sounded way too tame for me. So here’s what I did, and if you like spicy foods, you’ll love this.
1 10 ounce can of Rotel, hot (the one with the habaneros – you can tone this down if you want to), slightly drained
1 large or 2 small tomatoes, chopped
1 diced jalapeno, membranes, seeds and all (to tone it down, discard the seeds & membranes)
1 clove (or 2!) of fresh garlic, minced or chopped small
Fresh cilantro, chopped, to taste
1/4 cup Simply Salsa (click here for more info on this)
Just mix all the ingredients together and chill for at least 2 hours. I left mine overnight. Very tasty, very spicy!
I recently started getting weekly fruit & veggie deliveries from www.farmersmarketbaskets.com. I love it, but have found myself overrun with apples! I looked at several online recipes for apple sauce, and ended up using a kind of hybrid, though I’m sure this exact recipe exists somewhere. It’s very easy! What you need:
10 apples, peeled, cored & chopped (use different varieties of apples for different flavors – I used half Fuji, half JonaGold)
1/4 cup of brown sugar (next time I’ll probably use only 1/8 cup – you don’t need the sweetness so much as the flavor)
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup of water
Combine all the ingredients in the crock pot and stir them well. Cook on low for 8 hours. Use a stick blender to reach the desired consistency once it’s done. I left mine kind of chunky. You can also experiment with adding different fruits to the mix. Very easy and delicious!
Picture from one of the sites where I got recipe ideas, http://cookincanuck.blogspot.com.
