We love fresh salsa- I mean really love it! This time of year with all of the vine ripened tomatoes and just picked jalapenos we are almost living on the stuff. But it can be time consuming to make….unless you know my trick!
This is my dump and chop recipe for delicious and refreshing salsa. In just a little over 5 minutes you can have a big bowl of this salsa ready to go- just add a bag of chips! It’s super easy, thanks to my non-electric food processor. This has got to be one of my all time favorite “appliances”!! (It comes with a lot of attachments, but I would caution anyone on using the mandolin slicer part….I did have an accident with that!) It is totally worth the (inexpensive) price for the chopper portion of this awesome gadget! Here are pics and the recipe for my salsa- and click HERE to buy the non-electric food processor!
- 3 large ripe tomatoes, quartered
- 1 medium jalapeno, sliced in half, seeds removed
- 1/2 sweet onion, quartered
- a small handful of cilantro leaves
- 1 TBS. oregano
- 1 TBS. sea salt
- Dump all of the ingredients in the non-electric food processor
- Chop until you get the desired texture
- Transfer to a bowl (if you can wait!)
- Enjoy!
Seriously, this is the BEST chopper I’ve ever found, and this recipe is so easy! I love to make and eat salsa all summer long.
I have also found that this simple gadget is perfect for chopping fruit for making jams and preserves. To me, making jam is not difficult. But the preparation of the fruit is very time consuming. Now that I am using this chopper my fruit preparation time is cut at least in half, if not more. And I can chop to my desired size- a little bit of cranking the handle leaves larger pieces, and cranking longer makes a fine, smooth jam (I call it Jammy- not quite as chunky as jam, but not as smooth as jelly!).
This chopper also is a tremendous asset if you are chopping salad ingredients- the same as with the fruit preparation, you can chop to any desired size. It’s so easy!
Thanks for letting me go on about this gadget. I’m not big on a lot of fancy kitchen accessories. This is a very simple item, and it’s not expensive, but it is one of the most useful I have found for my homestead kitchen. Just be careful if you buy this- the mandoline slicer can be a problem……you might want to check out this post- Injuries on the Homestead. So I don’t recommend that particular part of this chopper, but I do use the rest often!
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