Texas Lou

While we were on vacation last week, one of my besties, Sarah, brought some Trader Joe’s salsa verde for us to snack on.  I LOVE salsa verde, but living in Virginia, you don’t find a very wide variety of salsas available.

On a completely different topic, a few weeks ago, I watched the movie Food Inc., which was highly recommended to me by my friend Dana.  The movie, which emphasizes the importance of getting our food from less processed and more natural resources, was excellent and inspired me to try and do my best to be more “green” when it comes to the food I eat.

So, on Saturday I made my way to the local farmers market to try and live up to my new found goal of eating naturally.  I bought chicken and eggs from local farms, fresh raspberries, beautiful, big, red tomatoes, and a giant ripe onion!  I also found tomatillos, the key ingredient in salsa verde!  I didn’t think I’d find them, but I searched each and every booth until I feasted my eyes upon a large basket of tomatillos for only $2!

Last night I was finally able to make my very own salsa verde for the first time and WOW, was it D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S!

Here’s the recipe:

• 6 or 7 ripe tomatillos
• 2 fresh jalapenos
• a handful of cilantro
• 1/3 (or about 1/2 cup) of a large white onion
• a splash of lemon juice

I washed the tomatillos and blanched and peeled some of them.  I also threw a couple of them in there with the peeling because I got lazy.  I washed the jalapenos and removed the stems.  I left the innards and the seeds for a spicier salsa because I like it SPICY, but you can remove the insides and seeds if you like your salsa with a little less kick.  I then washed and de-stemmed the cilantro and chopped the onion.  All of this was thrown into my Cuisinart food processor (courtesy of my wonderful mom) with a splash of lemon juice and blended to perfection!

Ben and I ate it with fresh grilled zuccini, portabello mushrooms, and Mexican rice.  The best part is there was enough left over for tonight AND I still have enough ingredients to make another batch!

So props to me for eating green in more ways than one!

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