Kumquat Salsa

I didn't know what a kumquat was until a few months ago. A neighbor in Florida trimmed her kumquat tree and left the branches on the side of the road for the garbage man to dispose of.

I picked a few off the branches and asked Marie what they were. Kumquat. Never heard of it and wanted to give it a try.

Pinterest to the rescue! Found this recipe. 

Ingredients:

2 cups kumquats (chopped and seeded)
1⁄2 cup red onion (finely chopped)
1⁄3 cup cilantro (chopped)
3 T oil ( used olive oil)
1⁄2 cup yellow bell pepper (chopped)
1⁄4 tsp. red pepper flakes ( used 2 small habanero peppers- seeded and chopped)
Fresh  lime juice to taste

Directions:

Combine chopped produce items with oil and lime juice- stir. 

Add the habaneros and mix until you achieve a desired spice level

Let sit for 30 minutes or overnight to let the flavors blend.
 
  

Strawberry Avocado Salsa

This recipe is from a blog I frequent regularly.  Kevin Lynch's Closet Cooking has wonderful recipes. When I found this on pinterest I wasn't surprised it came from Kevin's blog.
I adapted the recipe slightly.



This recipe by the way was excellent! Great combo and will make again.

1 1/4 cups washed strawberries, cut into small pieces

1/2 cup avocado, cut into small pieces

1 jalapeno, finely diced( I used jalapeno flakes and chili garlic sauce to taste)

1/4 cup red onion, finely diced

1 lime, juice and zest( I used 1 tablespoon key lime juice)

1 handful cilantro, chopped

salt and pepper to taste( Didn't use- sprinkled with cajun seasoning)

 

Combine everything in a medium size bowl and refrigerate until cool.

Garnish with chopped cilantro and add seasoning to taste.

 

Linda's Own Salsa

I had so many tomatoes from my very generous friend Rita  and Divingabe loves salsa. We go to BJ's and I buy a huge bottle which he snacks on while usually watching Judge Judy at 4pm. His appy before dinner:-)

I looked up a few recipes and I was missing ingredients and there was no way I wanted to go out to King Kullen.I didn't have any Rotel or canned green chilies and could do without them. Summer traffic is horrible!

I weighed up 3 pounds of the tomatoes.
Blanched them in boiling water, put them in a bath of ice water
Removed skin and all the seeds, diced them.
I had three stalks of celery left in the bin that I threw in.
Added about 8 jalapenos and 3 green peppers.
The celery and jalapenos and green peppers I added to my Cuisinart and pulsed them a few times. Wanted it to be chunky.I added about a tablespoon of Tony Chachere's.

Added everything to a very large pot and boiled for a short time and then simmered till it got to the consistency I wanted.

When Divingabe came home from his dive I told him that I made him salsa. He said it was sweet! There wasn't a bit of sugar in it. I didn't want the extra calories. I really liked it and he ate it so it must of been good.