ooh..now that's H-O-T!

My sweety wanted me to make up some fresh salsa today. So out to the garden we trekked and I felt for sure that I had some jalapeno peppers remaining in the garden. Hubby said to me..oh those aren't jalapenos, they look too big and one is purple.

Well, I brought them in and started slicing them up..whoo eee! Tasted the tip of one, and wowzers..those were some hot bell peppers! Ha!

What had happened is I had planted some bell peppers and some jalapenos right next to each other and yep..they cross pollinated. I wound up with a big purple hot pepper.

Anyhow..we are having nachos for dinner with fresh salsa.

To make the salsa this is what I did:

2 cans of Rotel chopped tomatoes with mild chiles

2 peppers chopped, seeds and ribs removed/chop really fine in your food chopper.

1 1/2 tsp. dried cilantro

2 tbs. lemon juice or lime juice your preference

Blend all together in blender.

yowzer! it has zing!

Enjoy..you can use only 1 pepper if you like a milder salsa.

We like making our nachos with chopped ham, shredded cheese blend and topped with salsa and sometimes a dollop of sour cream.

You can also add refried beans or black beans and corn to the nachos.

I have also made taco salads before using nachos as the base, adding a layer of shredded lettuce, a spoonful of refried beans, some ground beef, then cheese, and a few bean sprouts, then salsa and sour cream.

Very yummy.

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Hope you all have a really good evening!

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~The Garden Goose~