Sauces, Dressings & Seasonings

Homemade Fresh Salsa

A tried-and-true family favorite from Becky's own recipe collection. Here's everything you need to make Homemade Fresh Salsa at home.

Homemade Fresh Salsa

Homemade Fresh Salsa

Makes 8 servings · ~40 calories per serving (estimated)

Ingredients

  • 1 jar (can) Rotel tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup onion
  • 1/2–1 jalapeño, seeded
  • 2 tbsp fresh cilantro
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1/2 fresh lime, squeezed
  • 1/4 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp salt

Instructions

  1. Put all ingredients in a food processor and pulse in 2-second bursts until well combined.

From Becky’s handwritten notebook

Every recipe on this site started the same way — written by hand in Becky’s spiral kitchen notebook, usually with a dinner bubbling on the stove nearby. Here’s the original page this recipe was typed up from, smudges and all:

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Becky's handwritten Homemade Fresh Salsa recipe — notebook page 1

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