You can’t fully experience living in New Mexico without ever making your own salsa. Throw in some green chile, and you’re really in business!

We decided it was time to try our hand at making salsa from fresh ingredients that thrive right here in New Mexico, the chile capital of the world. The name of this salsa was inspired by the farm from which we got the main ingredient (tomatoes): Mysterious Horizons Farm. We also got our hands on some leftover tomatillos, so we decided to make a hybrid salsa–a combination of salsa verde (“green sauce”) and salsa roja (“red sauce”).

Since we both enjoy a little heat, we couldn’t resist throwing in a Serrano pepper to liven things up a bit (not for the faint of tongue!). What we got was a fresh medley of colors and flavors that reflects our landscape and captures a little heat of the New Mexico sun.

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