This tomato salsa is chunky and it bursts with flavour in your mouth with every bite! It can be had spooned over organic tortillas or eaten for breakfast over a slice of toasted sourdough bread or organic whole grain bread.
Tomatoes – high in the antioxidant lycopene which can help reduce risk of heart disease and cancer. They are also a good source of vitamin c, potassium, folate, and vitamin K.
Cayenne pepper – has detox properties, promotes heart health, stimulates digestion, reduces intestinal gas, can lesson mucus and ease coughs and colds, alleviate joint pains
Garlic – has antibacterial and anti-oxidant properties, it is a pre-biotic food that helps feed the good bacteria in the gut, it can aid in lowering cholesterol
Ingredients:
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 yellow pepper
½ onion
1 Jalapeno
5 garlic cloves
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
4 limes
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 heaped tsp sea salt
½ tsp molasses sugar
Method:
1. Slice the tomatoes into halves
2. Chop the yellow pepper into small pieces
3. Thinly slice the onion and jalapeno
4. Warm the 5 pods of garlic in the 2 tbsp of olive oil on low fire until they are brown
5. Put the tomatoes, yellow pepper, onion and jalapeno in a bowl
6. Pour in the lime juice and 2 tbsps of extra virgin olive oil
7. Sprinkle in the 2 tsps of cayenne pepper, 1 tsp sea salt and 1/2 tsp black molasses sugar
8. Pour in the garlic olive oil infusion when cooled
9. Smash the cooked garlics and mix into the tomato salsa
10. Throw in the coriander leaves and stir into the salsa
