This Fresh Salsa Recipe is made in under 5 minutes with all fresh ingredients. Pile it on your favorite tacos or nachos, or simply enjoy it as a dip. The good news…it always hits when the craving calls!

This recipe is sponsored by NatureSweet®.

Whether you are enjoying taco night, hosting a football party, have a craving for homemade salsa, or want to use up ingredients from your garden, you can’t go wrong with this fresh salsa recipe! Once you make this fresh salsa recipe, you won’t ever go back to store-bought salsa. Just like our Apple Salsa, Radish Salsa, Tropical Avocado Pineapple Salsa and Mango Salsa, they are all so simple to make.

This recipe uses fresh NatureSweet® Dia de Muertos Seasonal Medley Tomatoes, jalapeños for a bit of spiciness, onion, garlic, cilantro, lime, cumin and salt. Chances are you already have the majority of the ingredients in your kitchen! Can’t find the Dia de Muertos medley? You can use any of the NatureSweet® tomatoes that you find at your local grocery store.

Can I Make Fresh Salsa Ahead of Time?

Yes! The salt in the recipe helps the tomatoes and onions to “sweat.” This produces more liquid for the salsa. You can refrigerate salsa for one day prior to serving in order to allow the flavors to intensify.

Fresh Salsa Ingredients

• NatureSweet® Dia de Muertos Seasonal Medley Tomatoes
• Produce: jalapeños, onion, garlic, cilantro, lime
• Seasonings: ground cumin and salt

Remove the seeds of the jalapeños if you don’t want the salsa to be entirely too spicy.

How to Make Fresh Salsa

Start by preparing the ingredients. Slice the tomatoes in half, remove the stem of the jalapeño, slice in half and remove the seeds if you don’t want the added heat. Quarter the onion, and remove the shell of the garlic. Finish by chopping the cilantro.

Add all ingredients to a food processor.

Pulse about 10 or so times, until all the ingredients are combined and diced.  Make sure to stop before the salsa becomes too watery and runny. 

Transfer to a bowl and enjoy!

How to Store Fresh Salsa

Salsa will keep for about one week in an airtight container or jar in the refrigerator.

More Salsa Recipes You’ll Enjoy

Blueberry Salsa – another quick and easy salsa recipe that is out of this world!

Apple Berry Fruit Salsa – perfect for an after school snack.

Cowboy Caviar – a great recipe for entertaining a crowd.

Why We Chose NatureSweet® Tomatoes

The best homemade recipes deserve the best ingredients. That’s why we love using NatureSweet® tomatoes in each of ours! NatureSweet® Dia de Muertos Seasonal Medley tomatoes are a perfect blend and balance mix of our Cherubs®, sweet yellow Comets®, mini-heirloom Twilights™, and orange cherry tomatoes, The variety is a perfect mix for a homemade salsa.

So what’s the secret to these tasty tomatoes? NatureSweet® knows that to grow the best produce, they need to do what’s right. They’re committed to supporting and empowering the people who make these tomatoes possible, from expert growers to supply chain workers and beyond. Cultivation innovation and sustainable farming practices mean NatureSweet® can pay it forward and treat the planet right, too. These are good tomatoes that you can feel good about eating!

Learn more about NatureSweet’s commitment to doing what’s right! 

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