[RECIPE!] Homemade Salsa -- Restaurant Style!

Ben and I went on a mini-vacation to Melbourne Beach this weekend and had a blast. Time slowed down as we really focused on enjoying each other and this chance to really unwind. On the way home we talked about our favorite parts of the "vacation" -- we said things like just being together, the breezy beach Saturday morning, our fantastic Indian feast Friday night, seeing a seaturtle lay her eggs late Saturday night... and the salsa at Cantina Dos Amigos for dinner last night... yes, the salsa. It was fantastic. As I tried to pile on as much salsa per broken piece of chip as possible, I resolved right then that I would figure out how to make salsa as good as this...

...we got back at 5:00 p.m. after a tiring, HOT few hours' jaunt at Gatorland, and I did just that... the result was beautiful!

This is a REAL photograph of the deliciousness that resulted from my
mission to develop a salsa as tasty as the one we enjoyed at Cantina Dos Amigos...

Ingredients:
(makes enough to fill two 16-oz. salsa jars!)

1 1/2 cans of plain diced tomatoes, juices included (yes, I said canned!)
3-4 green onions, white parts included (not the roots)
1 small yellow onion, quartered
a few chunks or more of a red onion (I had some leftover in the fridge)
1/3 cup cilantro
4 cloves fresh garlic, peeled
juice of 1 small lime
~ 1 tsp sea salt
about 4 seconds' shaking of Tabasco sauce (optional)

Put all ingredients in a food processor in no particular order and process until desired consistency is reached... some folks like it chunky, some folks like it smooth... I like it a little in between :)