Recipe Sunday: Salsa

Water colour by me.

For today's Recipe Sunday, I decided to do something different.  I was catching up on reading the archives of Geninne's Art Blog and came across a link to They Draw and Cook, a blog where artists illustrate their favourite recipes.  I thought I would give it a try.  I decided to break my water colours up into individual pictures, instead of drawing it on one sheet.  I'm a rebel that way.

I'm quite proud of this little recipe.  There was a little Mexican restaurant/food store near where I used to live.  They had divine salsa which you could buy in plastic containers and take home.  It was rather expensive (OK, really expensive), but I would buy it every once in a while.  It was so good, when the salsa was finished, I would dip my tortilla chips in the leftover salsa water.  Mmmmmmmm.  Finally, one day, I realized I should try making it so I could always have it on hand and so I wouldn't have to pay so much for it.  Here is my version. 

You will need:

Water colour by me.

Water colour by me.

Water colour by me.

Water colour by me.

Water colour by me.

Method:

Mix the diced tomatoes, the diced onions and the chopped cilantro in a bowl and stir.  Add the salt and shake on the Tabasco sauce.  [I prefer green Tabasco sauce because I think it gives a more gentle heat and a better flavour than the red version.  Feel free to use red hot sauce if you prefer.]  Stir the salsa again and put it into the fridge.  Leave it for 30 minutes (if you can).  Enjoy with tortilla chips. 

I also really like to make a baked potato and fill it with cottage cheese and salsa.  Try it.  It's good, I promise.