Homemade Summer Salsa for Canning

Looking for a way to use all those tomatoes and peppers from your garden? If you want a delicious salsa recipe that is quick and easy to make, this Summer Salsa recipe is perfect!

Now that spring is here, I am ready for my garden and all the delicious foods that come out of it!  But, of course, it will be a few months before I will get much from it… anyways, I am already thinking ahead to all the wonderful garden fresh recipes that I can make!  Any time that I can use vegetables from my own garden, I know it is healthier—and saves money too!  It literally costs a few dollars to buy the seeds and plants and I can make several jars of salsa from just a few plants.

While I love to eat fresh tomatoes, I love to make salsa with all those beautiful tomatoes, especially at the end of the season when they all ripen at once and I have to do something with them before they go bad… plus, I just prefer the taste of homemade to store-bought salsa… and making homemade salsa is easier than you may think!

I like to put my tomatoes in the food processor because I like my salsa to be more of a smooth consistency, so just roughly chop any type of tomatoes that you have (remove some of the seeds or else it will get too runny) and the food processor will do the rest.  If you like a thicker, chunkier salsa, just dice to the size that you prefer and skip using the food processor.

Add some peppers, onions, and garlic.  This is where you can really branch out and make it what you want.  I use sweet peppers and jalapenos, but sometimes, I add some pablano peppers if I have them.  If you like it hotter, add more jalapenos, or whatever other hot peppers you like.  I don’t have it in this recipe, but I often add some mangos or peaches to give the salsa a sweet flavor along with the spiciness.

 

Homemade Summer Salsa

 

*if you have a canner, you will not need to boil in water for 30 minutes.