Easy Resturant Style Salsa

Like I said before.  I have 50+ tomatoes and I wanted to get my salsa on.
I LOVE fresh salsa and when I came across The Pioneer Woman's Restaurant Style Salsa I knew I had to try it.
Tried it.
Loved it.
But would change a few things based on my own personal preference.  See those Astrix's?  Those are the things I would change. 
Instead of a can of tomatoes I used the fresh tomatoes.  I used about 10 tomatoes that were ready to party.
This salsa had some heat to it and I think so that I could kiss my husband I would cut the Jalapeno in half or not use it at all.

*1 can (28 oz) Whole Tomatoes with juice
2 cans (10 oz) Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies.  One mild, one original
1/4 cup diced white onion
1 clove garlic, minced
*1 whole Jalapeno, quartered and sliced thin
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cumin
1/2 cup Cilantro (more to taste!)
1/2 whole Lime Juice

(1) Combine whole tomatoes, Rotel, onion, Jalapeno, garlic, sugar, salt, cumin, lime juice and cilantro in a food processor.  Pulse until you get the desired consistency you'd like.
(2) Refrigerate salsa for at least an hour.  Serve with tortilla chips.

Tomatoes. Removing Skins & Seeds.

My gracious neighbor called and asked if I wanted any extra tomatoes. 
Sure I said.
I was thinking 2 maybe 3.  I received over 50.
So I'm going to get my salsa on.
And my sauce on.
And anything else I can think of.

But first we have to get the tomatoes ready for the party.  They need to be skinned and de-seeded before any of the above mentioned stuff can begin.

Step 1:

• Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil.
• While waiting for water to boil fill sink half full with water.
• Prepare a large bowl with ice water.
• Have a bowl or paper towel ready for discarded skins.

Step 2:

• Place 2-4 tomatoes in pot of boiling water for no longer than 1 minute.
• Immediately plunge boiled tomatoes into bowl of ice water.
• Remove tomatoes from ice water and slide the skins off.  Throw skins away.

Step 3:

• Slice top off of tomatoes and discard any other undesirable parts.
• Slice tomatoes in half or in quarters depending on the size.
• Over the kitchen sink squeeze each tomato half.  This will get rid of the extra juices and seeds.  I learned that the seeds will make any sauce bitter.  So get rid of them.
• The reason I like to squeeze the tomatoes over the kitchen sink is for the pure convenience that I can run the garbage disposal and it makes for a very quick clean up.

Now your tomatoes are ready for any party you want to invite them to.  Let the games begin.