Salsa Verde

So,

I'm starting a detox soon and I wanted to blog about my journey engaging with food in a different way. The reality is that I love food! I love to make it alone and with people. I like to learn new recetas and share them. I hope to give tips on places to eat and good affordable veggie ~ vegan options in relation to mexican food. I hope to make this as accessible as possible for people on specific budgets or with large familias to consider. Many times en la comunidad, there is a stigma about being vegetarian or just choosing not to eat meat. The reality is that its not as hard as people think and we have so many signs of ancient healthy veggie vegan diets que no tenemos escusas para no poder cambiar nuestra forma de comer. I hope to blog about thoughts related to food (making food, buying food, and eating out) as a support for anyone thinking about changing their diets. Remember that calabazas, nopales, frijoles, lentejas, y salsas are our friends! Lets learn how to creatively cook with them :) Comida is a very sacred ancient arte de nuestra gente and I want to honor it by sharing with people things that I have learned from my mama, abuel@s, friends, family, online communities, and more.

One of my favorite things to eat is Salsa Verde. Today, I wanted to give tips on a good salsa verde. My mom always told me to learn how to "escojer" los tomatillos muy bien. To have a good salsa you need good tomatillos. When you buy them, make sure they are green. If they are a little amarillos, the salsa will come out with a funky sweet or sour taste. The secret is to also add some cominos to your slasa verde. I will leave the amount up to you. El chiste es darle sabor. Sea salt or regular table salt and comino are always good in salsa although not always necessary.

Salsa Verde

Chiles verdes ( of your choice)
Tomatillos
Ajo
Cebolla
Comino
Sal ( if you want even though i recommend at least a little bit)
and cilantro ( also not necessary pero so so good)

I'm not very good at giving measurements. If you are a measurement person, I apologize. My mama just taught me how to watch her make it and learn from el sabor~taste. I will share ingredients and I hope that you can just go out and experiment, learn, play with the products and come up with your own receta.

Saludos
~bere