Garden Fresh Salsa

The hot, sticky weather this past week has really kicked my tomatoes into gear. I'm crossing my fingers that most of the fruit will ripen on the vine this year. More than once in years past, I've had to pull them in green because they still hadn't turned red by hard freeze time.

That little guy on top is a paprika pepper. That was the first pepper on the plant and it turned red even though it is so small. All the other ones on the plant are bigger, but they are still yellow. I haven't grown paprika before, so I'm learning as I go along.

Another new veggie for me this year has been onions. I finally have all the veggies to make salsa, and I made my first bowl today. Boy, freshly picked onions sure have a lot more flavor than ones that have been sitting around in the grocery store for awhile! Needless to say, the bowl of salsa didn't last long.