Salsa Thursday!

Today, Thursday June 7th, I made homemade salsa. I had the tomatoes and bought a salsa mix that is to be added to the tomatoes. Mom also gave me a salsa mix. I made a double batch.

I thought I had the pictures so they would load in order, but I didn't. The picture above is the tomatoes after they were peeled and cored. I had not added the salsa mix yet.

Above are my jars and lids sterilizing.

I boiled the tomatoes for a couple of minutes and then dipped them in cool water. After they were all boiled, I peeled and cored which is shown in the first picture.

This picture shows the salsa packets and the mix added to the tomatoes.
Of course I had not stirred them yet. I should have added some onions
and other ingredients but I was getting tired at this point.

The picture above is before the ingredients were stirred in. The below is after.

The mix had to boil and then simmer for 10 minutes before I could place it in jars for processing.

All of the jars below. Yum!

Thankfully Brad came home for lunch and was able to get the outdoor cooker going because I, and mom who stopped by for technology assistance, could not get it going.
It made it a lot easier to process them outside rather than inside. The jars had to process in boiling water for 40 minutes.

And that is the end of my salsa story. I was impressed with the mix. I think it turned out really well, although I haven't had anyone else to try it. If I get enough tomatoes, I may make more.

The End. :)