Made a wonderful salsa verde yesterday...courtesy of DUer Hotler.

[MontanaMama]

I’ve got a bumper crop of tomatillos, cilantro, Serrano and jalapeño peppers and posted about it the other day:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1864052

Hotler suggested a recipe: https://mexicanfoodjournal.com/salsa-verde/ I made the recipe yesterday and oh my gosh it’s so good. Highly recommend. My first batch came out quite hot…I made a second batch with no peppers and blended them and now it’s perfect. I should have seeded the Serrano peppers and will do that next time. Really flexible recipe, freezes well.

Thanks Hotler! 🌶️

[2naSalit]

1. Nice!

I'll get some of those at the farmers' market this week and try making one of these, I love homemade salsa.

[MontanaMama]

2. I've tried so many recipes over the years.

This one is just excellent. I could never grow tomatillos before. Summers are longer an hotter now, so….

[2naSalit]

4. Our growing season...

Has definitely changed and is very unpredictable now. Everything can be grow just fine and then a heat wave comes through and burns the shit out of everything. Or it just starts off too hot and dry for everything and it all gets a rough start and produces less than hoped.

[cilla4progress]

6. I'm having trouble with my potted flowers.

They need so much watering and tending, and the only varieties I seem to be able to keep alive are geraniums, petunias and lobelia! Not a bad selection, all in all.

[MontanaMama]

7. It's just been so hot.

I find I have to water pots and containers at least every day and some even twice a day. I’m terrible at dead heading and that comes home to roost by this time in the summer.

[cilla4progress]

8. I've come to LOOOVVVE deadheading.

Finally found something I'm good at! 🤣

Honestly, I find it very meditative, and the rewards (new blooms) are so vast!!

[MontanaMama]

10. I'll try to dead head better!

[cilla4progress]

11. I like to do it

with Colt. 🙂😉

[MontanaMama]

12. I'll bet Colt makes everything better!

I'm about to head to the garden to tear out the peas that are done producing. It's pouring rain but since Maybee is coming to "help" with her frisbee in tow, I'm sure it will all go much faster with her than without her. Yay for dogs!

[cilla4progress]

13. Awwww....!

🐕❤️

[2naSalit]

9. That's what I have been doing.

But I collect seeds so I don't mind some of the tending.

[stuck in the middle]

3. What time is dinner? (nt)

[cilla4progress]

5. Lovely way to spend the day!

Yum!

[GentryDixon]

14. This is almost identical to what I made yesterday.

My sister is headed back to her home in So. Lake Tahoe in a few days so I wanted to send her home with a batch. 😍🌶️

[MontanaMama]

15. I went to freeze this salsa yesterday

and figured that I wouldn't have enough room in the freezer so I canned 7 quarts in a water bath. The color ended up identical to what it looked like prior to canning - I was relieved. How nice that you'd send your sister home with homemade salsa!!