Nothing tastes as wonderful as fresh tomatoes from the garden and if I have some ripe tomatoes I try to incorporate them with almost every meal. 
Tuesday night is taco night at our house and instead of the purchased salsa for our chips I made a quick and easy fresh salsa, that my husband called “magical”. The “magic” ingredient is really just the fresh garden tomatoes — you just can’t replicate that flavor. Here is the simple recipe for my fresh salsa (Pico De Gallo).
Fresh Salsa / Pico De Gallo
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Beautiful summer tomatoes make this simple fresh salsa..
Author: Mary Lovstad
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Mexican
Serves: 2 to 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup diced fresh tomatoes -- Roma or other meaty tomatoes -- quartered cherry tomatoes work great also
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh onion
- 1 to 2 tablespoons finely chopped jalapeno
- 1 clove minced garlic
- Juice of ½ fresh lime
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro or parsley
Instructions
- Dice tomatoes and onions
- Smash garlic clove and mince
- Finely chop the jalapeno - this is approximately one small one without seeds (seeds will intensify the heat, so I leave that to your discretion) Other types of hot peppers can be used with care.
- Lightly sprinkle with Kosher or Sea Salt and fresh ground pepper.
- Add chopped herbs-- I am not a cilantro fan, so I normally use parsley, however in the picture below one of my herbed salt mixtures in lieu of regular salt. You can find the recipe on my Saving Summer in a Jar blog.
- Squeeze in lime juice, mix and let rest in the fridge at least ½ hour to get flavors to mull.
- If you don't get enough heat from your jalapeno you can add a couple of drops to taste of Tabasco or your favorite hot sauce.
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