My brother’s tomatoes are going gangbusters this year. He’s picked 150 already & says the big ones haven’t come in yet - he picked 25 yesterday morning. He has a couple of small raised beds in his back yard - amazing what he gets out of them, definitely has a green thumb!
To help him out, I sent him a salsa recipe - I would post a link, but the SSL certificate is invalid so I am posting the text. I made this several years in a row with my fresh tomatoes & canned it, but you can freeze it, too. I used jalapenos rather than banana peppers. Here ‘tis (everything below title is from recipe, not my comments):
Wonderful Salsa
Adapted from https://farmbellrecipes.com/wonderful-salsa/
I started canning this several years ago and we like it so much that I haven’t bought any store bought salsa since I made the first batch. It is so good with store-bought canned tomatoes that I make it that way year round and use fresh tomatoes to can in other ways.
Servings: 7 to 8 pints
INGREDIENTS
8 cups tomatoes – can use three 28/29 oz. cans tomatoes, well drained (I buy petite diced when I can find them on sale)
2 ½ cups diced onion
1 ½ cup diced green bell pepper
1 cup diced hot peppers (I usually use all banana peppers)
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. black pepper
1 Tbsp. canning salt
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup white vinegar
29 oz. can of tomato puree
1 ½ cups tomato sauce
1/4 cup bottled lime juice*
STEPS
1) Mix everything together in a large saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil; boil gently for ten minutes (or less – be sure the onions & peppers remain somewhat crisp).
2) NOTE: At this point you could cool & refrigerate & use without canning if desired.
3) Pour into hot jars, cap with hot rings & lids.
4) Process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
NOTES
I started adding the lime juice to increase the acidity when I was making this with fresh tomatoes. I’m adding that in – it’s terrific!
Impressive tomato production! Find out what varieties he grows, Please! That Salsa sounds really good!
I add lime to my cooked Salsa, too. I CHEAT and use Mrs. Wages’ Salsa mix for the seasonings; I use a combo of tomatoes and chopped sweet peppers.
I also add canned, rinsed & drained black beans and thawed frozen corn to my Salsa. Makes it a bit chunkier and it goes further because we go through a LOT of Salsa around here!
You can get Mrs. Wages mixes at Walmart, Menard’s, Farm & Fleet or Amaz0n.
Thanks for Sharing this salsa recipe Qiviut. I
absolutely love salsa and use it in many many ways other than just Mexican.
I am going to save this recipe and give it a try. Everyone else is getting hundreds of tomatoes like your brother . I started my plans from seed and they are now 2 inches tall.
Sigh