Fresh, first thing that comes to mind is Salsa!

I enjoy having fresh clean foods while I watch Rugby or football games. My favourite snack to make must be "Nachos", I simply love the simplicity of nachos and how incredibly easy it is to quickly whip up. The main things that attract me to this dish is the use of completely fresh and clean ingredients. But people seem to rather go out and buy the salsa and guacamole ready made from the store, which I do not under stand. Firstly the guacamole has this unpleasant green color that I've never seen when I make my own. Then when it comes to the salsa, the ingredients simply don't have the crunchy juicy texture they had when they were made. But today with this recipe I hope I can inspire people to rather make all of this at home. So they can enjoy this wonderful dish the way it was ment too. . . Fresh! I have decide to give you a recipe for the traditional salsa and then another recipe which makes use of mango as the main component. The mango salsa is perfect for beautifully grilled salmon or even as a condiment for a spicy curry.

Traditional Salsa 

Ingredients 

• 1 large firm tomato
• 1 large firm green tomato
• 1 medium red onion
• 1 medium green chili
• 1 medium red chili
• 1/2 large cucumber
• 1 flame grilled corn cob (optional) 
• 1 lime
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tsp chopped coriander
• 1 lemon

Method

1. Start out by deseeding your cucumber and tomatoes. (you can use the seeds of both the tomato and cucumber to make a fresh bloody merry) 
2. Now carefully remove the corm from the cob by using your knife and then place it unto a medium sized bowl. (use a transparent glass bowl to show off all the colors) 
3. Now you can start to cut your chili's and onion into fine brunoise (see glossary) and place in with the corn
4. As for the tomato and cucumber, you want to give it a slightly large brunoise to that you still keep a good texture for the end product. (if you wanted too, you could remove the skin of the cucumber and tomato but I prefer not too) Add along with the rest of the ingredients.
5. Now squeeze  the juice of the lemon and lime into the bowl and give it a good stir. 
6. Once all your ingredients are cut to the appropriate sizes and shapes add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and stir once more. 
7. Place into the fridge for 5 minutes to cool down a bit and then it is ready to serve with your nachos 

I will be posting a recipe for home made corn nacho chips and guacamole  soon so keep an eye out for that.  

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