Avocado Salsa

I'm obsessed with pinterst. By now, everyone should know that. Today, I decided to have a cooking day of pinterest recipes I've found and have been dying to try! I planned my day for a tomato tuna melt and avocado salsa for lunch, pastry puffed chicken, potatoes, blossoming bread and single serving cupcakes for dinner. However, the avocado salsa is so good! I've been snacking on it all day and now have no room for dinner. :)

So this fabulous avocado salsa: how do I make it? Have no fear! I'm about to show you!

You will need:

1 pound tomatillos

1 jalapeno pepper

1/3 bunch cilantro

1 thick slice of onion (I used white)

2 garlic cloves

1 avocado

2 branches green onion

1 tsp salt

Mix it all together and enjoy! I had to use a mixer first to get the tomatillos juicy enough to be able to blend in my blender. But after everything was nicely mixed, it was smooth sailing! And this also gave me a chance to show off some of my new kitchen toys!

First, my salad spinner. After rinsing off my veggies, I used this spinner to dry everything off nicely. I had adequately dried them off before I spun them. And there was still almost a quarter inch of excess water in the bottom of the bowl after a couple of spins! I'm so impressed!

Next is my new Santoku knife! I always see those rubber ones at Target and have been wanting to try them! But today at WalMart I saw a rubberish-looking one that is actually metal. So I decided I would try this one first, and if I liked it, I would buy the rubbery one at Target in a different size! And I do love it! It's amazing! I am by no means an expert mincer and/or dicer, but I felt pretty darn cool with this knife!

As you see, here is all my ingredients mixed just a bit together in my Kitchen Aid so my blender wouldn't take such a beating!

And the final delicious product! It is about the thickness of salsa, but once it is in the refrigerator for a couple of hours it thickens into a really nice consistency.

This salsa is addictively amazing. Now I just need to think of all kinds of yummy things I can eat this with besides for just chips! Maybe sandwiches? Maybe add more avocado for a thicker consistency and eat with grilled chicken? Lettuce wraps? I'm so excited!

Hope you enjoy!

XOXO

-Victoria