Sassy Salsa Recipe

For as long as I can remember my Dad has loved two things about summer: working in his garden and making his own salsa. Well, he loved more than just that about summer, but that's what this is going to be about! 


Dad would always make two kinds of salsa. One he called Sweet Salsa because it was more mild and the one us kids liked, and the other he called his Sassy Salsa because it was far more flavorful and had peppers!


Over the past 30 years he's improved his recipe, and this year he gave a copy to Dave and I so we could try our hands at it! Next time we make this, we would add more Bell Pepper and Onions, but the base flavor is FABULOUS! Dave might have already eaten 7 of the 48 jars we made.

Sassy Salsa 13 C. peeled, tomatoes - crushed with blender 2 large sweet peppers(red or green) 2 bell peppers 20 jalapeno peppers - chopped and seeds taken out 3 large chili peppers - chopped and seeds taken out 8 crushed cloves of garlic 1 1/2 c. onions - chopped 4 1/2 teas. salt 3 1/2 c. apple cider vinegar 3 (12 oz) tomato paste

When you're actually making this, you'll have to adapt it to what you had on hand (ex. for our first batch we had 15 cups of tomatoes, so we added a little extra of everything and with our second batch we had 20 cups and ran out of jalapenos, so we substituted with other peppers). But it all works out! Just be creative.

Also, yesterday Logan was officially a month old! I think he's going through a growth spurt because he wants to eat every hour and is pretty fussy if I don't feed him immediately. But he's so cute, although it's exhausting for me, he's worth the work!


He's now 7 lbs 4 oz, which is a lb more than his birth weight of 6 lbs 1 oz. So he's packing it on and doesn't fit in his premie clothes or diapers any more! Just newborn sizes from here on out. Maybe by month 2 he'll actually fit into his 0 - 3 month clothes. He's generally a happy baby. Full of smiles and loves to cuddle.