delicious (and nutritious ) salsa and guacamole.

salsa and guacamole are two of my all time favorite homemade snacks... healthy, light and delicious during the summer, and perfect for any movie night in... making them yourself saves so much money, since the ingredients are so inexpensive, and again you can control what you do or DON'T want in it... (especially all the preservatives, pesticides on the vegetables, fertilizers, etc.)

i have been making it myself for about 5 years and i have always played with the recipe but i think i have FINALLY discovered my favorite recipe for both... so here they are.

salsa ingredients:

1 medium onion, diced
3-4 cloves of garlic, diced
1-2 Chipolte peppers (I always use 2, I like it with a little extra kick!)
1 28 oz can organic diced or whole tomatoes in juice (low sodium)
1 15.5 oz can organic black beans, drained and rinsed
1 15.5 oz can organic super sweet corn, drained
3 limes, juiced, set aside
1 handful of cilantro or parsley
1 SUPER RIPE peach, or mango, *depending on the season you can leave this out, but during the summer there is literally nothing better than a throwing a ripened peach or mango in to contrast with the peppers.
salt&pepper to taste, of course :)

directions:

add the onion, garlic and chipolte peppers into the food processor or blender and pulse until finely chopped. Add the can of tomatoes, lime juice, peach/mango salt and pepper and pulse a couple times (depending on how chunky you'd like it). Add in the drained black beans, corn and cilantro and stir together.

I usually make this to serve immediately so I have a bowl and then entire Tupperware container for the future. The salsa usually stays good for up to two weeks as long as you keep it in the fridge.


Guacamole ingredients:

3 avocados, halved and put into a small mixing bowl
1 clove of garlic, finely minced
juice of 2-3 limes, add to avocados
handful of fresh cilantro, chopped
salt&pepper to taste

directions:

add all the ingredients together and with a fork or potato masher, mash together. The lime juice will keep the avocados from turning green and will keep nicely in the fridge for a few days. The longer the ingredients marry together, the more delicious they will taste :)



serve with your favorite chips, tacos, quesadillas, etc. but, most importantly, enjoy. :)