Recipe Thursday

Confetti Pepper Salsa with Homemade Tortilla Chips

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 minutes
Makes: 36 chips and 2 cups salsa (8 servings)

Sweet peppers make the perfect base for this colourful salsa. Chop peppers small so you can easily scoop it up.

ingredients

Salsa
2 cups	(500 mL) finely chopped peppers, about 2 small, preferably a mix of colours
1	small plum tomato, finely chopped
1 tbsp	(15 mL) olive oil
1/8 tsp	(0.5 mL) salt
1	pinch ground black pepper
2 tsp	(10 mL) juice from lemon
Tortilla chips
6	small whole wheat tortillas
4 tsp	(20 mL) vegetable oil
1/4 tsp	(1 mL) salt

directions

1.	In a medium bowl, stir peppers and tomato with oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Let stand, allowing flavours to blend. If made ahead, salsa will keep well, covered and refrigerated, up to 1 day.
2.	Arrange racks at top and bottom thirds of oven; preheat to 400ºF (200ºC). Cut each tortilla into 6 wedges. Generously brush or spray with oil. Set on 2 baking sheets; sprinkle with salt. Bake until lightly golden around edges, 5–7 minutes (switch bottom- and top-rack sheets halfway through baking).
3.	Let cool before serving with salsa.