Dahlquists' & salsa [ =

February seems to be FULL of birthdays on my boyfriends side [given my grandpas is on superbowl sunday] Jespers' mom, dad, brother, grandma, & gpa are all in this month. crazy

That being said- I went with Jesper, his dad, and his brother on a 4.5 hr whale watching trip around santa barbara harbor. It was amazing, and beautiful & i felt soo.....accepted! A feeling i never ever get when I'm around Jespers mom!



I have also been trying to perfect a really hott salsa for the beef [the nickname i have come up with for the boyfriend.] one where, he is soo astonished, how hott it is.
I think i finally have!

You will need::


-5 large tomatoes
-2 green chilies
-1 habanaro
-about 3 -4 cloves of garlic
-1/4 of an onion
- 1 lime [or lemon -your preference]
Side note:: usually parsley is used, but this time i made it without and used garlic instead = ]

As i chop these ingredients i love to toss them into my cuisinart food processor


I chop up the tomatoes, they don't need to be cut too tiny.



Then i peel the cloves of garlic
as well as mince them





and then i toss half of the tomatoes into the cuisinart
and half into a bowl to be used later
i put all of the garlic into the cuisinart



I then chop up 1/4 of the onion

I put half into the cuisinart..and the other half in a bowl to use later


this will be thrown into the cuisinart later, to make the salsa thicker than it would be if i used all of the ingredients at once.

I then cop up about 1 1/2 of the the green chillies
I cut then whole & use every part of them




I then chop up the Habanaro
Be careful not to touch the seeds or the inside, if you accidently do this
run your hands under water and soap for quite some time
Just cutting into this made my eyes burn



I use every piece of it.


I then cut up the Lime & squeeze all of it into the cuisinart mix


then chop and mix half of the tomatoes, and onions and chillies and the lime, garlic and salt& pepper mixture
Not thoroughly
just until it is well blended



then add the other half of the tomatoes, and the onions that you've set aside in a bowl
this will help make the salsa thicker, and less runny.


& voila'!!


We used this opportunity to turn this into Mexican night
& we sauted some chicken as well as baked two corn tortillas
added some sour cream, avocados and lettuce to the mix & topped it with the salsa
soo YUMMY♥