Green Tomato Salsa

Ingredients

2 cups Diced green tomatoes
1 cup Diced Roma tomatoes
1 cup Corn
¼ cup Diced fresh jalapeno
1 tsp Cracked black pepper
2 Limes juiced
1 tsp Lime zest
1 tsp Salt
1 Tbsp Lemon juice
2 Tbsp Fresh Garlic
1 Tbsp Fresh Cilantro

Instructions

Mix all ingredients and refrigerate for 1 hour before eating.
Serve with tortilla chips or toasted pita.

Besides making fried green tomatoes, this is my favorite recipe to use green tomatoes. I made it for Basil’s in 2011, and I make it every summer when I grow tomatoes.

Unfortunately, cilantro doesn’t grow well in Eastern NC. After a month in the summer heat, the cilantro bolts and begins transforming into coriander.

Homegrown tomatoes and jalapenos work best, but it will probably take a month before most of you have fresh tomatoes or peppers.

Grocery store tomatoes are almost inedible now, but a farmer’s market (if you can find one) might be the best place to find tomatoes.