homemade salsa with only THREE ingredients.

This week, we are circling our homeschool lessons around the story of Lot's wife. It is only Tuesday, but we have been able to incorporate this story into pretty much every "subject" so far. One of Eden's "electives" I have chosen for her this year is home economics (the other is Spanish), so today, we made homemade salsa and homemade applesauce, thanking God that He has not destroyed our land and growth, and our city.

Here is the recipe we used for 3 ingredient homemade salsa:

 1 pound plum tomatoes, stemmed and cut in half
1 or 2 jalapeños (depending on how hot you want the salsa), stemmed and cut in half
2 cloves garlic, peeled

Turn on the broiler and place a rack five inches away from heating element. Line a skillet or baking sheet with foil and place the tomatoes, jalapeño halves and garlic on the skillet. Cook under the broiler for five minutes, or until the jalapeños and garlic have brown spots. Remove the jalapeños and garlic from the skillet and place in a blender.

Meanwhile, return the skillet to the oven and continue to broil the tomatoes for five more minutes. Remove the tomatoes from the oven and add them to the blender, also pouring into the blender any juices that may be in the skillet. Add 1/4 cup of water to the blender and pulse on low until the salsa is blended to your desired texture. (If you prefer a thinner salsa, add more water.) Add salt and pepper to taste.

(Recipe courtesy of Cup of Jo blog. Thanks!)

Could not keep the kids out of this salsa! Next time, I will add cilantro for sure. It would make a great mango salsa too. I like a thicker salsa, so 1/4 cup of water was a little too thin for me. I may try less water next time.

We also made homemade applesauce, but there is no magic recipe for that. Just peel a bunch of apples, sprinkle in some cinnamon and sugar before blending, and there you go!

So, today, we used apples for addition and subtraction, read our Bible lesson, used a recipe for home ec, and used the Dead Sea and pillars of salt as a history lesson.

If you try this recipe, come back here and let me know what you think!

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