Green tomato salsa

Green Tomato Salsa
One of my all time favorites to make and very easy! I am missing summer so here is a throwback recipe!

Ingredients: 

8 lbs Green tomatoes

4 lbs Tomatillos

1 1/2 Bunches of cilantro 

4 Stalks of celery 

2 Green peppers 

2 Onions 

1 lime  (set aside for last)

Salt to taste

And then any hot peppers you like, I used :

Banana, poblano, jalapeño, anaheim, zerrano, and one small habanero - because I am daring and my husband likes it hot!

I start by chopping up all of the vegetables except for the tomatoes and tomatillos and hot peppers

I chopped mine really fine

I recommend removing all of the seeds from any peppers used, as they create the most heat (and consequently take away from the flavor).

Using a food processor I chopped the tomatoes and tomatillos and then added them to the other chopped ingredients. I taste as I go so not to get it too hot. Start with the milder peppers working up to the hottest ones you want to use.

I used the whole lime, peeling included. Put it through the food processor and then add to your bowl of salsa. Note: you can use vinegar instead of the lime, I like the flavoring you get from the lime however.

Add your salt and then refrigerate over night to let flavor blend.

I used green beef steak tomatoes for this batch and my salsa is sweet with a tang and bite at the end. (Now I sound like a wine taster, don't be mistaken I am merely a wine drinker.) I jarred some for later use, but really I had to because I made so much and my daughter lives too far away for me to slip it onto her doorstep. Of course anywhere but in my own household would be too far away for my daughter to be living.


Makes a great base for Creole foods or even Chili. Try making Crock Pot Cheese Dip: 1 pint jar of salsa mixed with 1 block white cheese, melt together. Yummy. Now I am hungry. May you find comfort in your own full belly!