Tomato Salsa

It's easy to make your own tomato salsa from fresh tomatoes.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Recipe

Ingredients

• 4 large ripe tomatoes
• 1 cucumber
• 1 tablespoon balsamic or red wine vinegar
• 2 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red chilli (adjust according to the degree of spice you want)
• 1/2 tablespoon tomato paste
• sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper to taste

Method

• Chop the tomatoes into pieces about 2 cm (1 inch) cubed.

• Peel the cucumber, cut in half and discard the seeds. Chop the rest into pieces about 2 cm (1 inch) cubed.

• Put the tomato and cucumber into food processor with the other ingredients and roughly combine. Be very careful not to over-process: salsa is better when still a bit chunky.

Serving suggestions

• over hot pasta or steamed vegetables

• as a dip with corn chips, pita chips or raw carrot and celery sticks

• spread over flat bread and topped with olives and cheese as an instant 'pizza'

• on fresh bread with avocado and alfalfa sprouts

• mixed with avocado and lentil sprouts inside small pita breads

Send us your and recipes.