Fruit Salsa and Cinnamon Chips

I saw this on Good Things Utah and made it for a Girls Night one night.  Super yummy and fresh. I used fresh blackberries instead of frozen raspberries. Also, I didn't add the white or brown sugar or the fruit preserves. It was good just natural!  It is from www.worldwidewardcookbook.blogspot.com.

2 kiwis, peeled and diced

2 apples, peeled, cored and diced

1 lb. fresh strawberries, diced

1 8oz pkg. raspberries, thawed (I used fresh blackberries)

2 tbsp. white sugar

1 tbsp. brown sugar

3 tbsp. fruit preserves, any flavor

In large bowl mix all ingredients. Cover and chill for 20 minutes.

Cinnamon Chips

10 10inch flour tortillas

vegetable oil for frying

2 c. cinnamon-sugar

Cut tortilla into strips or triangles. Heat oil in frying pan. Drop tortilla pieces into hot oil a few at a time. When golden brown, remove and immediately drop into cinnamon-sugar mixture. Coat chips with mixture and then place on paper towels. Allow chips to cool. Serve with Fruit Salsa.

Knock-Off Chili's Salsa

I have been craving Chili's salsa for so long now. Since it will be at least another year before I have a Chili's around, I searched for a recipe online and found a copycat, it wasn't as close as the site said it would be but was still really good! I modified it a bit too. I have never found Ro-Tel tomatoes in Canada so I just added a can of green chilies to my tomatoes.

1-14.5 oz. can tomatoes with green chilies (Ro-Tel brand)

1- 14.5 oz. can whole tomatoes (juice and all)

1 jalapeno, seeded and deveined if desired

1 medium onion

2 garlic cloves

1/2 bunch cilantro

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. black pepper

1/2 tsp. cumin

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

1/4 tsp. sugar

In food processor, place jalapenos, garlic and onions, process just for a few seconds. Add both cans of tomatoes and cilantro. Add all spices. Process all ingredients until well blended but do not puree. Place in covered container and chill. A couple of hours of chilling will help blend and enrich the flavor. Serve with tortilla chips.

*If you can't find Ro-Tel Tomatoes, you can use two cans of whole tomatoes and add one small can green chilies to recipe.

Pico De Gallo

8 fresh roma tomatoes, chopped
1-2 onion, chopped
1/2-1 bunch cilantro, chopped

1 jalapeno, deveined and remove seeds, chopped fine
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp lime or lemon juice
1 tsp pepper

1 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. cumin

1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

Add all ingredients, mix and chill. Serve with tortilla chips or any mexican food.

Burnt Mexican Salsa

I found this on Tasty Sensations. I love this kind of salsa! It is pretty hot though...SO good!

I didn't have all of the seasonings she had listed so this is what I made:

8 Roma tomatoes
2 jalapeno peppers (half of the seeds removed)
3 serrano peppers
1 medium onion
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. cumin
14 oz. can diced tomatoes
1/2 bunch cilantro

This is her original recipe:

8-10 Roma tomatoes
1-2 jalapenos
1 medium onion
3/4 tsp. lemon pepper
3/4 tsp. Lawry's seasoning salt
3/4 tsp. garlic salt
3/4 tsp. salt
1 dash oregano
1/2 tsp. dried cilantro
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped

Place tomatoes, jalapenos and onion in a frying pan on high heat. You can half the onion and depending on how hot the jalapenos are, you may want to de-vein them. Let the vegetables burn! You will want to turn them every once in a while to get a lot of the outsides nice and black. Remove from the pan and place in a bowl. Refrigerate until cool. Add remaining ingredients and blend together in a blender. Cool in fridge.

Cowboy Caviar Salsa

1 can black beans (rinsed & drained)
1 can white, whole kernel corn (rinsed & drained)
2-3 large tomatoes - diced
1 medium onion, diced finely
1/2 to 1 green pepper, diced
2 ripe avocados - pitted and diced
small bunch of green onions - finely chopped
small bunch of cilantro - finely chopped
1 bottle Italian dressing

Add all ingredients with dressing, mix thoroughly. Eat with corn tortilla chips.

* You can really add any vegetable that you would find in a salsa or omit anything that is in this recpie to your liking.

Fresh Salsa

My brother TJ made this version and was really good!

4-5 cups diced tomatoes, drained (fresh)
2-3 cloves minced garlic
1 white or yellow onion
1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped fine
onion and garlic powder to taste
1 small can diced green chilies
1-2 jalapenos, diced fine
juice from 1-2 limes
2 avacados, chopped rough
1 amahiem pepper, diced
salt and pepper to taste