Salsa, Standing and Serious Stuff
I don’t know why I waited so long! Today, I made homemade salsa for the first time. My inspiration came last week at the RCA Fellowship Team’s new event, a weekly off campus dinner for the non-dormies on our team. Tacos were on the menu that night, and I could tell the salsa was not from a jar. I asked Anne Swales, the creator of the salsa, if she used fresh tomatoes, and she replied that she had used tomatoes from a can. Aha! Why didn’t I think of that before?
No more waiting for tomatoes to go on sale; no need to spend a great deal of time cooking and chopping tomatoes…I would just use pre-chopped canned tomatoes from fareway. My salsa contained one can chopped tomatoes from fareway, one can chopped tomatoes w/green chiles from Aldi, a handful of chopped onions (did you know they sell pre-chopped frozen onions for 89 cents a bag at Fareway? I discovered that this week too), a generous portion of garlic poweder, a few good dashes of chili powder, and my favorite salsa ingredient, cilantro. After a quick run through in the blender, I had salsa with near-perfect flavor (at least nearly perfect for what I look for in a good salsa) on the first try! I had hoped for a little chunkier texture, but next time I will just blend it a little less I guess. It tasted great on our mexican baked fish, quesadillas, and tortilla chips. What a great cooking adventure.
In other news, Madeline has learned to pull herself up to a standing position on the couch and up to her leapfrog activity table. No foot movement yet, but walking along the furniture can’t be far behind.
I actually started writing a serious post…an analysis of an interesting trend I’ve been reading about…but that was just taking too long to write, so it will not appear until another time. Something to look forward to I guess!