Do you ever find yourself with a ridiculous amount of tomatoes that either you have grown yourself or that your friends and neighbors have gifted to you? Here's a great way to use them if you do and if you don't then go buy some damn tomatoes and make this super easy and delicious salsa. You'll never buy that crap in a jar again from the store. 

This recipe is super fast to make if you have a food processor. If you don't, you'll just have to spend time chopping and mincing things up. I'd rate this as a medium spice level. If you want it hotter, add more peppers or leave in the seeds in the jalapeños because that's what brings the heat!)

Makes roughly 1 1/2 cups

Total time: 30 mins

1 pound tomatoes (stems removed, quartered at least)

1 - 2 jalapeños (sliced in half and seeds removed)

3 tbs olive oil

2 cloves garlic

1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (+1 tsp adobo sauce)

3 Tbsp diced cilantro

1/4 tsp salt (more to taste)

Preheat the oven to 425° F

Depending on the size of your tomatoes cut them in quarters or sixths or even eighths if you have really big tomatoes. 

Slice the jalapeño in half and remove the stem and seeds.

Toss the cut tomatoes and pepper in olive oil and roast for 15 mins on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. (save the oil you tossed the tomatoes in.)

After 15 mins remove the peppers and roast the tomatoes for another 5 mins.

Once the tomatoes are roasted let them cool to room temperature. (I usually just put them in the freezer for a few minutes to cool them quickly.)

Put the garlic in a food processor and pulse a few times to chop. Add the tomatoes, jalapeño, chipotle pepper, adobo sauce and the remaining oil from the earlier and pulse a few times to blend and chop but don’t puree. 

Add the salt and cilantro and pulse a couple of times more. Be careful not to puree everything. You want your salsa to have some texture.

Serve with your favorite chips or on top of a taco or whatever the hell else you want.

Nutritional information: Per 1/4 cup serving 80 cal., 7.3g fat, .8 g protein