Salsa recipes inside
It's all about practice and play
Behind the Page
I wanted to play a little more with washi tape and paint today (it is washi Wednesday after all)! I don’t necessarily love the finished background — more about that below. But I’m really happy with what I learned today, and the ways that I can improve my future projects.
And here’s the thing — Daily Pages is not about outcomes for me. Is it great when I make a page that looks beautiful? Absolutely. But that’s not the driver of my creation. For me, a real big part of it is about curiosity. What happens when I try this? What can I do with these supplies? What if I do something a little bit different next time?
Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of projects that I have that are outcome based — travel scrapbooks, Book of Me, Week in the Life, etc. I want those projects to look amazing as a finished project. That’s the goal.
But with Daily Pages, it’s about the process. It’s about the space. It’s about the curiosity. I often like to think about Daily Pages in terms of Practice + Play. We’ll go more in depth into those in a future post — but in the meantime, I want you to think about how you practice and play in your own creative journey.
Technique of the Day
I tried to make a gingham pattern with two different colors. In hindsight, I definitely should have just stuck to the single color (that’s probably how I’ll mix it up next time) and I also should have cleaned my plate of the blue and green bits before putting down a pattern of red and yellow. But hey — everything is a learning experience.
I was able to use this taco truck sticker that I’ve had in my stash for a while — the colors were perfect, and I could add a sentence of journaling about the tacos and arepas we’ve been eating over the past week.
I made two really great salsas last weekend — a basic salsa verde with roasted tomatillos, and a spicier roasted red pepper and heirloom tomato salsa. Both of them are so delicious and we’ve been making so many great meals in order to take advantage of them. Tonight I’m gonna make myself tacos and I can’t wait to get these salsas out and use them.
How It’s Made
Supply List
Stickers — Pipsticks
Paint — Blick Studio Acrylics
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Tips & Creative Wisdom
Full disclosure — I’m not a follow the recipe person. When I’m making food, especially something new, I look at a handful of recipes, find the common denominators and go from there. Taking the spices from one, the technique and timing from another, etc.
So I’m never going to have the perfect recipe for anything that I’ve made. That being said — here’s how I made these two salsas, and if you need more accurate recipes, google is where it’s at.
Tomatillo Salsa
1 lb tomatillos
Medium white onion
1-2 garlic cloves
Juice from 1-2 limes
EV Olive Oil
Cilantro
Cumin, Salt, Pepper
Roast the tomatillos on the grill or in the oven. In the meantime, dice up the onion and juice the limes.
Let the tomatillos cool a bit, then put all the ingredients in the food processor. Start with smaller amounts of lime juice and olive oil, and then increase to your taste. Keep refrigerated!
Roasted Red Pepper Salsa
Red Peppers
Tomatoes (I used an heirloom from the farmers market, use whatever you’ve got)
Medium white onion
Juice from 1-2 Limes
EV Olive Oil
Cilantro
Salt, Pepper
Roast the peppers on the grill, in the oven, or just on a pan. In the meantime, dice up the onion and juice the limes. When the peppers are finished, remove the blackened skin and the inside seeds. Put the red pepper flesh and the rest of ingredients in the food processor. Start with smaller amounts of the lime juice and olive oil and then increase/adjust to your taste. Keep refrigerated.
As you can see — these recipes are very similar so it was easy to do them both at the same time. The only real difference is that the tomatillo salsa has tomatillo and garlic, while the red pepper salsa has red peppers and tomatoes. This is an amazing time of year to head out to your farmer’s market, or your local CSA and make salsas with your produce!
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