Honeydew Salsa

 

A refreshing honeydew salsa is a perfect appetizer to kick off any fiesta. Made with fresh honeydew, cucumbers, jalapenos and plenty of lime juice. My honeydew salsa is sure to the hit of your next get together.

 

Honeydew Salsa

Are you ready for football season? I know I am! I live for football season – c’mon Texans! We are major football fans – major. Game days are always fun, the thrill of the game as we root for our team, the excitement of a great play and the energy from the crowd.

We enjoy gathering around the big screen with familia and friends to enjoy cheering on our favorite team and of course feasting on fabulous football food. I love entertaining so to me the more the merrier, bring on the fiesta, bring on the cheering and bring on the tasty eats! Today I’m sharing a new salsa recipe to serve on fgame day, so invite the entire familia over and let’s watch football!

Texans love salsa, it’s practically a food group here and is more than merely a condiment. We Texans enjoy our salsa with piping hot tortilla chips, over eggs, in our breakfast tacos and spooned over nachos. We can’t get enough of it.

Many Texans have a family salsa recipe which features a mix of ingredients and flavors. The family salsa recipe is a cherished piece of history that is passed on to family members over the years. I have three salsa recipes that are dear to my heart from my Abuelita, my mami, and my mother-in-law. The word “salsa” directly translates to “sauce,” in Spanish, as many of Texas’s most beloved foods,  salsa’s roots hail from South of the Border.

Salsa comes in many variations, but the tomato based version reigns supreme here in Texas. Tomatoes or tomatillos, jalapenos, onion, garlic, cilantro and plenty of lime juice is the traditional base for many of most popular salsa here, but Texas is stepping up their salsa game by adapting the beloved tomato based salsa to incorporate seasonal produce.

And I am loving every variation hitting the table. From watermelon, grapefruit, pomegranate, pineapple to strawberry fruit salsas hit the spot on these dog days of summer. Today I want to share a refreshing honeydew salsa that I whipped up for a recent girls night in.

Honeydews are at their sweetest in summer. You can also swap out cantaloupe for they honeydew for another fun variation.

Made with honeydew, cucumbers, red onion, serrano chiles, fresh lime juice, and cilantro. This honeydew salsa is a cinch to put together. I added the cilantro before serving.

I served mine with plenty of tortilla chips, but this honeydew salsa is delicious over sizzling fajitas. My sister enjoys a hefty spoonful with her shrimp tacos, and mi carnio loves to serve it with brisket nachos.

When selecting a honeydew look for a melon free of cracks or bruises. A ripe honeydew will have pale, light green, dull skin.  This salsa calls for 2 cups of honeydew, store remaining honeydew in the fridge or better yet, make a double batch.

 

 

Photos by Gabriel Mancha Martinez