What to Make for Pot Luck

Friday afternoon, we were invited to a friend’s house for a little get together on Saturday afternoon. I was happy to say “yes”, but I wasn’t ready to worry about my pot luck dish that night.

On Saturday, I ran some errands. I was SO ready to be done, and the baby was getting cranky, so I decided to forego the grocery store and grab some chips near the checkout stand. I didn’t even consider getting salsa because, like everyone else, we’re pinching pennies.

After getting home and tucking the baby into bed, the wheels starting turning. “Hmm,” I thought. “I think I have all the stuff to make fresh salsa!” I Googled a few recipes, so I could figure out what things mainly make up fresh salsa, and here’s what I ended up putting in the food processor:

- 3 1/2 tomatoes (the 1/2 came from a tomato I partially used from lunch the other day);
- 1/3 cup onion (it was WAY too big to use the whole thing);
- juice from 1 lime (found it in the back of the fridge, almost forgotten forever);
- cilantro (I had bought this for soup, so I just rinsed the bunch, and ripped off 4 pinches of leaves, so there wouldn’t be any stems. This way, I didn’t have to cut anything with a knife and get a cutting board dirty. You will soon learn the lengths I go to, to have LESS dishes to wash!);
- salt to taste.

It turned out to be a big hit! All of the food at this party was delicious, and I was very pleased to be part of that club. This salsa virtually has 0 Weight Watchers Points (TM), so when I eat it, I pile as much on each chip as I possibly can. Why not?!?!

Give this a try as one of your healthy snacks for kids, or a side to one of your healthy dinners. It is delish!