The Spice of Life

If you know me, you know that I can pretty much live on salsa.  Seriously it's one of my favorite foods and I judge places based on the type of salsa that they make, if you can't impress me there why would I trust you with the rest of my Mexican food!  There is nothing better then a eating home-made salsa. I will eat the jarred stuff but I mean really you compare Pace to any home-made kind and its just a boring substitute.  Once upon a time my dad used to make this amazing salsa recipe that he got from my grandma and I thought nothing can beat this... and then Sean Beckstead and Friends entered my life.  He said they had a great salsa recipe so we decided to have a little competition.  I made my grandma's recipe and they made theirs.  When my dad came home from work he tasted both and said theirs won!! He chose theirs over the recipe he perfected! I was shocked.  Needless to say Sean bragged about winning and I claimed theirs was a fake since it wasn't completely home-made.  They used a jar of premade green salsa to add to their recipe.  I would tell Sean he cheated and he would tell me that my salsa wasn't home-made either because I used cans of stewed tomatoes (totally not the same thing!)  Needless to say Sean's salsa was better because we always make it but recently I decided to make it 99.9% home-made (short of growing my own vegetables and making a bullion cube)  So here we go, I will give you the original and my version:

Original Salsa:
6 Roma Tomatoes
1/2 Bundle of Cilantro
1/2 Red Onion
1 Anaheim Pepper
3 Jalapenos
1 Habanero (optional)
1 Bullion Cube
1 Jar of Herdez Green Salsa
Salt, Pepper and Lime to taste

The Beckstead Salsa:
6 Roma Tomatoes
1 Bundle of Cilantro
1 Red Onion
1 Anaheim Peppers
6 Jalapenos
1 Habanero (not optional!)
1 Bullion Cube
8-10 Tomatillos
Salt Pepper and Lime to taste

Now decide which recipe you are going to use then follow these directions (If you are doing the original version ignore the first step.)
First (again just if you are making the Beckstead Recipe) set your oven to broil and peel your tomatillos, place them on a pan sprayed with oil and place them in the oven.  You will want to wait until their skin has browned a little bit.  Once they  have roasted to your desired amount take them out of the oven and toss them in your blender of food processor.  Add 3 jalapenos and a tablespoon of water, then blend until smooth and pour into a bowl.  Now place the Roma tomatoes in your food processor or blender and blend to your desired consistency (keep in mind if you like it chunky you will be adding the rest of the ingredients too.) Once your tomatoes are as chunky or smooth as you would like stop and roast your peppers.  We like to roast it in the flames of our stove top but you could also place them in the oven with your tomatillos if you would like.  When the peppers have finished roasting cut off the stems and seed if you can't handle the heat!  Then toss the remainder of your ingredients (peppers, bullion cube, green salsa (canned or homemade) salt, pepper and lime.) Then blend until the ingredients are mixed.  Keep tasting the salsa to decide if you need more salt, pepper or lime!  The last step is to enjoy this yummy salsa and try not to eat it in one sitting!!  I know that everyone is different when it comes to taste so add more or less of ingredients depending on what you like! Seriously when we go to store bought salsa after eating this life is not as good in our house.  So I make big batches of this and can it! I hope that this recipe spices up your life... pun intended!