Anytime I hear the word salsa I can’t help but think of summer harvest. It’s been super exciting over the past few years of summer gardening to be able to add new vegetables from my harvest to the traditional summer salsa recipe. In this post, I share my favorite Summer Harvest Salsa!
This is one of my all-time favorites to mix up when the cilantro is fresh and ready to harvest.
Growing a Summer Harvest
This is summer to me… a bouquet of sunflowers with my salsa ingredients. Click on each image to see the full image below.
Fresh is Best
Most people don’t realize you can grow a complete salsa party in your own home space. Corn, beans, onions, and garlic are a few products that are easy to grow. As long as the growing space has up to six hours of sun you are most likely going to succeed. During the summer months, I love using fresh sweet corn from the farmer’s markets in my Garden Fresh Salsa Recipe. This is just one of my many Salsas I enjoy serving up so be sure to scroll down on the post to see more.
Summer Harvest Recipe
The only requirement with making the best salsa is using the most absolute freshest ingredients. I hope you will take advantage of the print button featured in this share.
For this recipe, you will need the following ingredients
- black beans
- sweet corn
- avocado
- red onion
- tomatoes
- jalapeno
- garlic
- cilantro
- lime juice
- dash of salt
Scroll down to get your copy to print for future use. I’d love it if you connect with me to let me know what you think of the recipe if you use it.
I recently started growing a few avocado trees in with my Citrus in my Dome garden. I hope to share some produce soon.
Summer Harvest Salsa
Always a hit at summer parties especially when sweet corn is fresh and in season!
Ingredients
- 8 oz. can of black beans / drained
- 2 cups of fresh corn / Frozen sweet can be used but fresh is best!
- 1 large avocados – peeled, pitted, and cubed
- 1/2 cup of red onion, finely diced ( medium red onion)
- 1/2 cup of fresh tomatoes diced.
- 1 small jalapeno
- 1 tablespoon of fresh garlic
- * 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- * 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- dash of salt
Instructions
- Cook up corn and slice off the cob when cooled.
- Place kernels in a medium bowl. Stir in avocados, red onion, tomato, beans, pepper, and garlic.
- Add cumin – Mix in lime juice.
- Season with salt if desired. Serve with your favorite tortilla chip.
A similar recipe was shared with me by a neighbor at a 4-H event. Over the years I’ve added my own fresh ingredient spin to the recipe.
In today’s recipe, I feature one of my favorite garlic mincers that are super easy to use and clean. It is hard to find a good garlic press that actually works. I have gone through many in the last 20 years. My first experience with a press during my Pampered Chef Days.
Summer Harvest Salsa with the Perfect Garlic Press
Course: appetizerCuisine: SouthwestDifficulty: Easy8
servings10
minutesIngredients
8 oz. can of black beans (drained)
2 cups of fresh corn or frozen sweet corn mostly thawed
1 large avocado (peeled, pitted and cubed)
1/2 cup of redo onion (diced)
1/2 cup of fresh tomatoes (diced)
1 small jalapeno (chopped)
1 tablespoon of fresh garlic
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
Directions
Cook up corn and slice off the cob if using fresh. With frozen just rinse under cool water and set aside to drain.
Place corn kernels in a mixing bowl. Slowly stir in avocados, red onions, tomatoes, beans, pepper and garlic.
Add cumin and mix in the lime juice.
Season with salt if desired. Serve with your favorite tortilla chip.
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What are your favorite fresh summer ingredients to add to salsa recipes?
Let’s Connect
Do you have a favorite salsa recipe you are dying to whip up? Now is your chance to share with me personally on my website. I hope you consider reaching out to me soon.
Happy Salsa Making,
11 responses to “Summer Harvest Salsa with the Perfect Garlic Press”
Lovely photo and great summer recipe, Bren. (Very to similar mine) Happy August gardening, cookin’, and canning!
Aren’t these the best days Joey?!!! I need to check your recipe out to see what spin you put on yours. It is hard to share a recipe ‘exactly’ how it is made because I usually throw in what I have on hand.
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That salsa looks fabulous!
Yum… I might have to try that. I’m currently drowning in tomatoes… need to find new things to do with them!
May I suggest canning them for year round use in recipes! I shared some of my experience at Tomato Canning Day August 2007.
Wow your salsa looks delicious especially with the corn. Amazing photography! It’s very nice to meet you, thanks for adding me on facebook and the sweet compliment about my photography. I have so much to learn but I practice and take tons of pictures, it helps that I have a degree in Graphic Design! I added you to my google reader and blog list, looking forward to reading your posts!
Bren
My husband walked into my room when I was looking at your post and he said, Wow where is the recipe for that? I told him I’m going to click on the picture and it should be there. That’s what I did and guess what we are trying out, your home made salsa!
Thanks for sharing!
Debby Beachy
HEY DEBBIE – I am grinning from ear to ear! Thank you for such a wonderful comment. I hope you enjoy it. You will have to stop out here sometime and I will make it for you in my kitchen! 🙂
Thanks very much for that! My mother recently harvested her garden full of tomatoes before the winter really set in, and I found myself the owner of two or five buckets worth! Of course I couldnt eat them all like that, but I did find a website full of loads more tomato recipes at this site. A whole website dedicated the topic!! Crazy what you can find on the internetz nowadays!!
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