This easy and healthy organic homemade salsa recipe uses all fresh ingredients and comes together in just 20 minutes. Amp up the heat factor by adding more jalapeño. Keeps well in the refrigerator, so make a double batch for later!

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This easy homemade organic salsa is a must for all your Mexican or Tex-Mex dishes, but we like to keep it around to snack on with our favorite tortilla chips. I’ve also been known to use it as a salad dressing. (ahem). What? It’s just that good.

What I love about it is that it’s all natural and fresh. I like to buy organic tomatoes, peppers, onions, limes and cilantro for this recipe, that way I know I’m really making a super healthy salsa. Your local farmer’s market is a great place to find fresh tomatoes and peppers if you don’t grow them yourself, or have a neighbor who likes to share their bounty with you. 🙂

The salsa ingredients spend a little time in the sauté pan (I use my cast-iron skillet) to really bring out the flavor as well as help them blend a bit more. To chunk it up a little further, after the ingredients have cooled, I use an immersion blender like this one to make it less chunky. You could also throw it in a blender, but I like the immersion blender for two reasons: 1) less cleanup (hooray!) and 2) I have more control over how thin or chunky I want the salsa to be.

Serve it up in a pretty bowl and enjoy!

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Easy Homemade Organic Salsa

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

10 mins

Total time

20 mins

 

This easy and healthy organic homemade salsa recipe uses all fresh ingredients and comes together in just 20 minutes. Amp up the heat factor by adding more jalapeño. Keeps well in the refrigerator, so make a double batch for later.

Author: Zesty Olive

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 T. extra virgin olive oil
• ½ medium organic yellow onion, diced small
• 1 medium organic green bell pepper, diced small
• 
1 medium organic jalapeño, finely chopped
• 
Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
• 2 large organic tomatoes, seeded and chopped
• 
½ t. dried Mexican oregano
• ¼ t. smoked paprika
• ¼ - ½ t. crushed red pepper flakes
• ¼ c. water
• 2½ T. fresh organic lime juice
• 2-3 T. fresh organic cilantro, finely chopped

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and jalapeño and season with salt and black pepper, to taste. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion and peppers become soft, around 4-5 minutes.

   
   
2. Add tomatoes, Mexican oregano, smoked paprika, crushed red pepper flakes, and water. Stir to combine and reduce heat to medium-low. Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for another 4-5 minutes 


   
   
3. Remove from heat and set aside to cool for a few minutes. Once slightly cool, puree mixture with an immersion blender, leaving slightly chunky, or transfer to a regular blender or food processor and pulse a couple of times until just blended.

   
   
4. Transfer salsa to a bowl and stir in fresh lime juice and cilantro. Season with additional salt and black pepper, if desired. Serve immediately or cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to use. Enjoy!

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Cilantro shares the stage with creamy avocado and zesty jalapeño to create a truly versatile sauce that can be made in minutes! You can use it on salmon, tacos, meats, and even use it for dips for fries or chips. Truly addicting!

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Cilantro lovers, rejoice! Here’s a quick and versatile recipe that you will make again and again as you find new uses for it. Flavorful cilantro really shines in a base of avocado and plain yogurt. Jalapeño and a little apple cider vinegar give it a zesty kick. Salt and garlic round it out to create an addicting little sauce that will become a family favorite.

Here’s how it comes together:

Using a high-speed blender such as a Vitamix or Blendtec (here’s what I use) or a food processor, add all the ingredients except for the olive oil. Blend (or pulse) until smooth. Add the olive oil and blend again. If you would like more of a sauce consistency, add a little more olive oil. If you like it thick like a dip, leave as is.

We like to use this as a sauce for salmon and chicken. We love it as a dip for fries or crackers or chips! It will keep in the fridge for a few days, tightly covered, if you have any leftovers. Blend some up today!

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Creamy Cilantro Avocado Jalapeño Sauce

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Total time

5 mins

 

Creamy Cilantro Avocado Jalapeño Sauce

Author: Zesty Olive

Serves: 1 cup

Ingredients

• 1 avocado, pitted
• 1 -2 jalapeños, seeded (may also use jarred jalapeño slices instead of fresh)
• 1½ cup packed cilantro leaves
• 
1⁄2 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 clove minced garlic (or ½ tsp. garlic powder)
• 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt
• ¼ cup olive oil

Instructions

1. To a high speed blender or food processor, add all ingredients except the olive oil.
   
   
2. Blend (or pulse) ingredients until smooth.
   
   
3. Slowly add olive oil to machine while blending on low. (If you like your sauce thinner, add a bit more olive oil.)
   
   
4. Sauce may be stored in fridge for up to 2 days, tightly covered.

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