Four Pepper and Corn Salsa with Baked Chili-Lime Tortilla Chips

June 10, 2013

First and foremost, I apologize for my week and a day long absence. No, I was not having “I never back-up my computer” problems again. Lesson—no, hard lesson—learned with that incident. Sometimes the creative juices stop flowing and you just need a chance to reboot. I find myself in this predicament every time the weather gets nice like it has been.

Knock on wood. Please don’t rain right after I publish this post!

Does that ever happen to any of you? I hope I am not alone. What are some good ways you guys beat the blahs or a creative slump?

During my week-ish off from writing my blog love letters to all of you, I read food magazines, got addicted to the Divergent book series, and watched way too much Kardashian and Real Housewife. That is what I did to get back in the mood to be a blogging go-getter again. This may not work for everybody. Not all people find it ideal to turn their brain off and watch ten straight hours, including three hour long episodes of super yelly reunions, of reality TV. If that works for you, next time I am wearing my pajamas and haven’t showered for an entire day, you are more than welcome to join me in the recharge.

Right before my blog fell off the face of the earth and I felt like I needed a break, I developed a fun recipe with my girl, who else, Stephie from Eat Your Heart Out. Are you sick of us yet? Sorry.

We wanted to make a simple colorful appetizer for the summer season. We came up with this salsa recipe and these super easy baked tortilla chips. We split these recipes up and are doing a joint blog post. On my blog you will find the salsaaaaa, because people like to say salsa. On Stephie’s blog you will find the tortilla chip recipe. Have fun with this recipe. It is meant to be easy and open to interpretation. It is the perfect thing to dabble with to get you back into the kitchen and cooking again.

By the way, I have a strong urge to try this salsa recipe with all grilled vegetables. Let me know if anybody tries that!

I’m back baby! (Sorry for all the Seinfeld references).

Four Pepper and Corn Salsa with Baked Chili-Lime Tortilla Chips

Course Appetizer
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 -10
Author Sarcastic Cooking

Ingredients

  • 1 Yellow Bell Pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 Red Bell Pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 Orange Bell Pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 Jalapeno seeded and finely diced
  • 1 Cob of Corn boiled and cooled
  • 1 Tomato seeded and diced
  • ½ Red Onion finely diced
  • 1 Tablespoon Fresh Chopped Cilantro
  • Juice of Half a Lime
  • Pinch of Cayenne Pepper or Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Dice all the peppers, the tomato, and the onion. Add the diced vegetables to a medium mixing bowl.
  2. Stand the cob of corn up on one end. Using your knife, cut the kernels off of the cob and add the corn to the bowl.
  3. Add the lime juice, salt, pepper, and cayenne to the bowl. Mix well. Let the flavors combine for at least twenty minutes before serving. Serve either at room temperature or slightly chilled, both are fine.

 

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  • Anita at Hungry Couple
    June 17, 2013 at 8:22 am

    Yum and yum! I don’t know if it helps to recharge me but I do like to kill off a few brain cells watching Real Housewives. 🙂

  • Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe
    June 11, 2013 at 3:35 pm

    I’m definitely big on not posting content that I’m not proud of, so if I’m not feeling it, I definitely take a break. Inevitably, the juices start flowing again and I feel ready to jump back in! I do search for inspiration in my favorite cookbooks and of course, reading the food blogs of my talented friends. 🙂 This salsa looks awesome, and I’m seriously lusting after those chili lime tortilla chips!

  • Trish @infinebalance
    June 10, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    This idea of joint posting is fab! Love the salsa.

  • Amy at Kid Cultivation
    June 10, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    I want to shovel this salsa into my mouth with a spoon! Perhaps that’s my body’s way of telling me I need a little detox after a weekend of margaritas, croissants, and brisket. Not that a margarita would be so bad here, hmm….

  • Kayle (The Cooking Actress)
    June 10, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Miiiissed you! We totally all have times where we need a lil break to recharge, I totally get it.

    I love that you and the Stephie got together and made us these yummies!

  • Susan
    June 10, 2013 at 10:37 am

    Isn’t the Divergent series great? The second book got a my nerves a bit, but I’m dying to find out what happens! I’m loving this salsa! My CSA starts this week, so keeping it in mind when I get overflowed with peppers!

  • Stephie @ Eat Your Heart Out
    June 10, 2013 at 10:30 am

    I’m not sick of us yet. We’re awesome. Bahaha.

  • Julia
    June 10, 2013 at 10:18 am

    You two are adorable! I want to hang with the two Stephs! Your salasa, her chips, my margaritas…it’s on!

  • Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough
    June 10, 2013 at 9:44 am

    Um I TOTALLY hear you on the needing to recharge thing. That time off sounds kind of fantastic, actually. But I’m glad you’re back, too, and with such a yum-o-licious recipe! 😉

  • Christine (Cook the Story)
    June 10, 2013 at 8:57 am

    Oh wow! I love the idea of a joint post. So cute! And the salsa and chips both look and sound wonderful. Great job!