My Dish to Pass ~ Watermelon Salsa

We celebrated Independence Day, like so many others, by having a picnic in the backyard with family and friends. My youngest daughter hosted this event, and while the temperatures remained in the high 90's with a heat index of well over 100 degrees, we all managed to have a fabulous time.

Everyone was invited to bring a dish to pass, I was asked to make baked beans, I politely declined. What I actually said to my daughter went something like this: "Are you crazy, I'm not turning the oven on to make baked beans in this kind of heat!"

A few weeks ago, while perusing  Facebook, one of friends posted a photo of her salsa, she had 26 comments from friends raving about her salsa. I messaged her and asked for the recipe. To my surprise that photo on Facebook was watermelon salsa. With the recipe in hand, I decided to make the salsa for my dish to pass for the 4th of July picnic.

 I'm sure that this recipe has been all over the internet and Pintrerest, but I thought I would still share.

Watermelon Salsa

This my watermelon salsa.

Ingredients need for recipe:

• Seedless watermelon, about 2.5 pounds
• 2 jalapeno peppers
• 1 bunch of cilantro
• 1 red onion
• 1 green pepper
• 2 limes
• salt

To make you will need to:

• Chop 3 cups of watermelon into small cubes
• Dice 1/3 cup cilantro, about half a bunch
• Dice 1/4 cup red onion
• Dice 1/4 cup green pepper
• Dice 2 jalapeno peppers
• 1/4 cup of fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Place all the ingredients into a bowl and mix together. Serve with tortilla chips.

The salsa turned out to be a refreshing mouthful and everyone seemed to like it.

A refreshing bite of watermelon salsa.