Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Easy Homemade Corn and Black Bean Salsa

Tonight I made a homemade salsa. It's usually very popular, super easy to make. The worst part is chopping the vegetables (boy do onions make me cry!!), but the final product is worth it.
It's a flexible recipe. You can add/change ingredients as you need to. I've substitute a serrano pepper for a habanero when I know some might not like it as spicy as me or have just kept the habanero out all together, for a couple of examples. My usual take on the recipe is as follows

1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Orange Bell Pepper
3 JalapeƱo Peppers
1 Habanero Pepper (I like spicy food, but I know some people don't, so this can be left out and it's still good.)
1 Red Onion
5 Green Onions
2 Cans White and Yellow (Drained and rinsed)
2 Cans Black Beans (Drained and rinsed)
1 Can Petite Diced Tomatoes (Drained and rinsed)
1 Avocado
1 Bunch Cilantro
1 Cup Lime Juice
1 Teaspoon Cumin
1 Teaspoon Minced Garlic
Red pepper flakes
Garlic Powder

It's a very colorful salsa, but quite delicious! Very popular when I take to places, and so hard for many people to remember it's actually quite good for you being all vegetables. Though it seems overwhelming, it's really not, as I said before, the worst part is chopping everything up! And be sure to wear gloves if cutting a habanero!

Enjoy!

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