Monday, September 7, 2009

Paints & Pints


What is this mess in the hallway? Well... let's just say it all started with a cool shower curtain. Add a simple tug at the wallpaper, and I plunged headlong into redoing the bathroom!


I am woman, hear me roar!


With lots of help (thanks, Dad!) we got the bathroom done in two days! Woo hoo!


Last night I also went out to our weed vegetable garden and picked lots of tomatoes and peppers...



...thus, salsa! I made a half batch of this recipe from recipezaar. Here's what I did:

I n g r e d i e n t s

* 6 c u p s d i c e d t o m a t o e s ( d o n o t r e m o v e s s k i n s o r s e e d s )
* 1 or 2 l a r g e y e l l o w b e l l p e p p e r s , s m a l l d i c e d
* 1 l a r g e g r e e n b e l l p e p p e r , s m a l l d i c e d
* 1 l a r g e o n i o n , f i n e d i c e d ( o r r u n t h r o u g h f o o d p r o c e s s o r )
* 2 l a r g e j a l a p e n o p e p p e r s , f i n e l y d i c e d w i t h s e e d s r e m o v e d
* 1 t a b l e s p o o n s s a l t
* 1 / 4 c u p s u g a r
* 1 / 4 c u p t o m a t o s a u c e
* 1 /2 c u p b o t t l e d l i m e j u i c e
* 2 t e a s p o o n s m i n c e d g a r l i c ( I u s e t h e j a r r e d m i n c e d g a r l i c )
* 1 1/2 t a b l e s p o o n s c i l a n t r o , p a s t e ( a v a i l a b l e i n f r e s h h e r b s e c t i o n o f g r o c e r y )

D i r e c t i o n s

1 . D i c e t o m a t o s a n d p l a c e i n f i n e m e s h c o l a n d e r t o d r a i n e x t r a j u i c e / w a t e r .
2 . W h i l e t o m a t o s a r e d r a i n i n g , d i c e r e m a i n i n g v e g e t a b l e s a n d p l a c e i n l a r g e p o t .
3 . A d d s a l t , s u g a r , t o m a t o s a u c e , a n d g a r l i c .
4. S t i r c i l a n t r o p a s t e i n t o l i m e j u i c e a n d s t i r t o b r e a k u p p a s t e . A d d t o m a t o s t o p o t a n d s t i r w e l l .
5 . B r i n g j u s t t o a b o i l , t h e n l a d l e i n t o containers. Sample the warm salsa—it’s really good!





I don't have a canner, but I followed this up to step 5 and it's wonderful! It made about 2 pints of salsa.

And since I was already straying from cupcakes this weekend, I made muffins for my Dad and B2.

Have a great Labor Day!

3 comments:

  1. Kirstin-
    You're amazing!!!!! Seriously...your cupcakes were amazing!!! Steve and I were still talking about them last night...and I've been thinking about them today!:) hehe
    Your salsa was delicious. You have a gift given by the Creator!!! So neat to watch your business grow!!! Can't wait to make my first order!:)
    Ashleigh

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  2. I'm so proud of your mad redecorating skills (and a little jealous). Awesome job!

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  3. To can salsa you don't have to have a canner. If you want to know how to do it without a canner let me know and I would be glad to tell you.

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