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This is a food blog with recipes and ideas for using the seasonal vegetables from your garden, friend's gardens and community supported agriculture shares (CSA). If you haven't checked out a CSA in your area, it is worth your time to check out what is available to you, and LOCAL HARVEST is a great place to start.

I am trying oh so hard to become a Forks over Knives type vegan, with no animal products of any kind and no added oil. I have given up meat, fish, dairy, eggs and most processed foods and am moving toward the goal of no oil. While you will find eggs, dairy and oil in my earlier recipes, the goal is not to use them anymore.

Some of my earlier recipes include dairy and eggs, but I am moving away from that, I am endeavoring to create delicious all vegan no fat added recipes.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Salsa Verde



We have tons of tomatoes that aren't going to ripen before the first frost additionally, we got some in our CSA share this week. I decided to make a green tomato salsa with the green tomatoes which would traditionally be made with tomatillos. Makes approximately 4 cups, but the recipe could easily be adjusted to make a smaller or larger quantity.

Ingredients
3 lbs. green tomatoes quartered
1 yellow onion chopped
3-5 jalapeno seeded and chopped (or other chili pepper depending how hot you want your salsa)
4 cloves garlic smashed
1 tsp. salt
1/2 Tbsp. cumin
1/4 cup water
zest and juice of one lime
1/2 Tbsp. honey
1/2 cup roughly chopped cilantro

Toss all ingredients except the cilantro in a large stockpot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Stir. Add cilantro, stir and simmer five more minutes. Remove in batches and run through food processor until desired consistency.

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