Recipe: Fresh Salsa

I love fresh salsa !! I particularly love my fresh salsa ... so today I will share my not so secret recipe with you. I make a bunch when I do. I am feeding 5 family members and 5 daycare children so I like to make 2 meals worth each time. You can cut the recipe in half if you like. I find that it is yummy the next day, but after that not so much.

What you need:

4 tomatoes finely chopped (I used 2 red, and 2 yellow tomatoes for this batch but I use all kinds of tomatoes ... whatever looks beautiful)

1 cup finely chopped cilantro

1 cup finely chopped parsley

1 large avocado cut into small pieces

juice of 2 limes

finely chopped onion, about 2 -3 tablespoons (now again you can use the onions of your choice. Today I used long green, but I also use red onions, or vidalia as well depending on what you are in the mood for.)

2 cloves of garlic (cloves... not heads !! Don't laugh someone did that once with one of recipes and told me it was yucky !! lol)

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 can of well rinsed black beans (you may be a good person who does their own beans, but I have never had luck with them . )

salt to taste

if kiddies are not eating this you may want to add jalapenos to the mix **yummy**

So ..... mix well and serve.

I eat this with multi grain chips, or use it for my nacho salsa, or in tacos or fajitas (this way you don't need onions or tomatoes... the salsa has both !) It is great over chicken or steak as well.

Let me know if you try this salsa and what you think of it. The children loved it !! ( well not Becca and Justin... but the rest of them. lol)

Happy eating ....

B.