Salsa Fresca

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 small red onion, minced and rinsed with cold water
• 1 lb fresh ripe tomato, finely chopped
• 1 -3 jalapeno peppers (seed them for a milder salsa) or 1 -3 serrano pepper, minced (seed them for a milder salsa)
• 4 -5 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice (or balsamic vinegar)
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, toss together all the ingredients.
• 2 allow to stand at room temperature for 15 to 30 minutes so that the flavors will blend and ripen.
• 3 **salsa with avocado—to the above salsa, add 1 small peeled avocado, diced small.
• 4 **salsa with black beans—to the above salsa (or the salsa with avocado), add one 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed.
• 5 **salsa with corn—steam the kernels from 1 ear fresh corn for 5 minutes (on or off the cob), then refresh with cold water, and add to the above salsa.