Salsa Fresca
added 03/07/08
Makes 1 cup
Salsa doesn’t get more basic than this — a fresh, uncooked blend of tomatoes, chilies, cilantro, onions, and lime juice. Serve it with tacos, tortilla chips, or grilled fish or poultry. The recipe is easily doubled or tripled, and is best eaten right after you make it.
1 large ripe tomato, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup finely chopped sweet white onion
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
1-3 serrano chilies, seeded, if desired, and finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp. fresh lime juice, or more to taste
Coarse salt, to taste
Tortilla chips
Stir together all ingredients in a bowl and serve immediately, with tortilla chips.
Edgewater Farm
Plainfield, New Hampshire
The temperature is headed into the 90s, and the fruit is gently warm in the hands of the pickers. Before lunch on an average day in strawberry season, the folks at Edgewater Farm will harvest 800 quarts of strawberries, many of them for sale at the Co-op. Pooh and Anne Sprague have been raising strawberries along the shady banks of the Connecticut River since 1974. Over time, the operation grew to include other summer fruits and vegetables, as well as extensive greenhouses and pick-your-own.
What's on Sale? Check out our CAP and Weekly Specials!
The Co-op is a food store, after all, and what kind of food store would we be without specials? New store-wide specials are listed weekly, and new CAP specials are listed monthly. Ever wondered what CAP is? It stands for the Cooperative Advantage Program. Okay, you say. So what does that mean? One day, a smart bunch of people decided that if cooperatives all got together, they could have strength in numbers and compete with their big-box competition, and that simple idea started a cooperative buying-power revolution. Want more ideas for your grocery trip this week? Check out what’s in from area farms and the food tip for this week! Not all of our specials make it into ads or onto the website, however. Find out why.
