Homemade Salsa

Ingredients:
10 fresh tomatoes
2-3 green onions
2-3 cloves of garlic
Handful of cilantro
2 jalapenos, seeded and deveined (unless you want it spicy)
Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

Directions:
Clean tomatoes, remove stem, then gently cut an X on the bottom of the tomatoes. Heat a large pot of water until boiling. Add the tomatoes and boil for 10-15 seconds. Remove from water and put into an ice bath. Once the tomatoes have cooled, gently peel off the skin.
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Place tomatoes, garlic, green onions, cilantro, jalapenos, sea salt and fresh cracked pepper in a food processor or blender. Puree until thoroughly mixed. Taste and re-season if necessary. Letting it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours lets the flavors combine and makes the salsa taste even better. Enjoy!

The Results:
I loved this salsa. I've never made homemade salsa and this was just so quick and easy and I will definitely be making it again. Loved, loved, loved it Pam from For The Love of Cooking. Thanks for the awesome recipe as usually. Also I put my ingredients in the blender and it worked just fine.

P.W. Chile Con Queso, Revved Up

2lbs package of Velvetta Cheese

1lb package of Hot Breakfast Sausage (Jimmy Dean's)

1/2 large onion (chopped)

1 regular can Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies)(either regular or hot)

1 7-oz can of diced green chilies

1 to 3 diced jalapeno peppers, according to preference

Directions:
Chop the onion and brown with the breakfast sausage. Drain excess fat so you won’t have a
coronary. Cut Velveeta into cubes and add to warm skillet. Add Rotel and green chilies, and stir
together over low heat until mixture is melted. Add finely diced jalapenos, stir together, and serve warm with tortilla chips. During serving, Queso needs to be kept warm, either in a fondue pot,chafing dish, or Crock Pot.
Queso can be frozen flat in Ziploc bags and reheated.

The Results:

I really liked this. I think the hot breakfast sausage gave it a good texture and taste. I would have added another jalapeno though. I just added one jalapeno. I'm sure I will make it again so next time I will probably add 2 jalapeno's maybe even the third one. I like hot stuff though. So taste it before you go throwing another one in. I did as Pioneer Woman said and I Ziploced the rest of the queso. Try this and check out P.W. website on how she did it step by step.

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/chile_con_queso/