Your best/favorite salsa recipe?

I've had a hard time finding good salsa around where I live in London. I realize there are probably places I could go to find pre-made salsa, but it's one of those things that I often get a craving for and wouldn't necessarily be able to trek off across London to buy. So, I want to learn to make my own. I like spicy, fresh salsa (not the taco bell kind of "salsa"). I don't have a blender or food processor at the moment, but I do have great knives.

So, any of you have a favorite, simple recipe that I could make? If you know any recipes that I could freeze, that'd be cool, too.

Thanks!

Pico de Gallo!!

Chopped tomatoes, onions, chillies (hot as you like 'em), cilantro/coriander, lime juice & salt.  Easy peasy!

Don't know about freezing it - it's easy to make the amount you want & just eat it fresh.

I've made salsa a few times with this recipe. http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/01/restaurant-style-salsa/

Obviously it's a lot easier with a food processor/blender, but knives would work too. You can make it as spicy as you want by modifying what chillies you put in.

I like really love those Mrs.Renferos salsas you get at Whole Foods, the Habanero one and the Raspberry Chipotle. The Raspberry Chipotle with cucumber sticks is amazing.

The biggest challenge for salsa is finding decent tomatoes.  UK tomatoes make me want to cry.  The only decent ones IMO are from the Isle of Wight.  If I can find those, my recipe is pretty much the same as Mrs R's.

The biggest challenge for salsa is finding decent tomatoes.  UK tomatoes make me want to cry.  The only decent ones IMO are from the Isle of Wight.  If I can find those, my recipe is pretty much the same as Mrs R's.

Wow, I find the tomatoes here to be amazing!! Not all year round necessarily, but during tomato season I've never tasted better ones!

Wow, I find the tomatoes here to be amazing!! Not all year round necessarily, but during tomato season I've never tasted better ones!

Do they come from a magical Cornish garden?  The ones I see in supermarkets are all pinkish and hard.  When I was in California last week there were piles of huge, juicy, flavourful heritage tomatoes, and they were so, so good.  I've never found anything in the UK that can come close to them. 

Do they come from a magical Cornish garden?  The ones I see in supermarkets are all pinkish and hard.  When I was in California last week there were piles of huge, juicy, flavourful heritage tomatoes, and they were so, so good.  I've never found anything in the UK that can come close to them. 

I'm not sure where the supermarket ones come from, but the farm shop ones are definitely Cornish. I usually give them the sniff test. If I can smell luscious tomato-y smells, then I buy them!

I find that generally, grape/cherry tomatoes are pretty decent. I don't hardly ever buy full size tomatoes anymore. Blech. I will miss the lovely ones we get from my parents' garden every summer, though! Mmmmm. I will probably just use either grape tomatoes or (gasp!) tinned chopped tomatoes or something. Better than not having salsa at all! Thanks for the recipes, everyone!

Will you be somewhere you can grow tomatoes? You don't need much space. Just a patio or somewhere to put a pot.

Will you be somewhere you can grow tomatoes? You don't need much space. Just a patio or somewhere to put a pot.

Sadly, probably not. I've had great success with growing grape tomatoes in boxes. But we don't have a patio or any outdoor space. The best I get is pots of herbs growing on the kitchen sink ledge (where we have a window with morning light!)