Guilt Free Snacking. A recipe.

Salsa, Salsa, Olé!

My name is Kara Bernier and I am a snacker. 

Not like Doritos and Ice cream, but like Salt and Chocolate! If I don't have anything fairly healthy to snack on, I just won't, ok I usually won't. Which kinda stinks! So, I looked online for "Guilt Free Snacks." I want to snack and snack and have a full belly but not get the fat, carbohydrates, etc. I found one thing that I knew I would love; Chips & SALSA! It is all fresh ingredients that can basically only benefit you. The chips I wanted to get were Organic Blue Corn Chips, which is the probably one of the healthiest choice of Tortilla Chips, but honestly, I wasn't going to pay almost $4 for a bag when I knew that when I got home, Maxx and I would kill the bag sooner than later on. Therefor, I just got regular store brand Tortilla Chips.

On to the "recipe" if you will..

Ingrediants:

2-3 Tomatoes 

2 Cloves of Garlic

1/4-1/2 Onion

1 Green Bell Pepper

5 sprigs of Cilantro

Jalapeno (to your liking)

Few squeezes of Lemon or Lime

If you have a food processor or blender, only chop the ingredients in chunks then pulsate. It can be chunky or more pureed. If your like me and used your coffee grinder (don't judge me) then cut into a little smaller pieces. If you don't have either, that's ok too, just finely chop everything and smash with a Pestle or fork. Also, I only started with 1 tomato but used more for more of a red look and to add a better flavor to the salsa.

Cilantro

 

 

 

Onions

peppers

Garlic

Ready to eattt

Trust me, this tasted awesomeeee and oh-so-fresh! Even better the second day! I told Maxx that I was only going to make it and save thru the week to snack on. Well... we ate 98% of it that night. I had all the ingredients left over to make more except the tomatoes so everything goes a long way and it's all really cheap. I know that this is totally all basic but it's just so enjoyable. I basically just took everything I thought would go in salsa and did it. haha. Next time, though, I think I might use some tomato paste or something to thicken up some sauce.

Added bonus...

This is how I cut onions. Every.single.time. My eyes are soooo sensitive to everything and when I cut onions, they just make me sob. And, once you mince them, oh boy! It's terrible. I had to resort to using goggles to make it a little more manageable

Happy Snacking!