After researching Mexican Restaurant Style Salsa recipes (the kind they usually bring to the table with tortilla chips), I found that most of them have the same basic ingredients, in the same amounts, with little variation:

Makes About 6 Cups:

Ingredients:

• 28 ounce can whole tomatoes (peeled with juice)
• 2- 10 ounce cans Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilies)
• 1/4 cup chopped onions
• 1 clove garlic chopped finely
• 1 Jalapeno or Serrano chopped finely (take seeds and veins out for less spiciness)
• 1/2 cup cilantro chopped fine
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon raw sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• Juice from 1/2 fresh lime

Makes About 3 Cups:

• 2-8 ounce can of whole tomatoes
• 1-10 ounce can of Rotel
• 1/8 cup chopped onions
• 1 small clove of garlic chopped finely
• 1 Small Jalapeno or Serrano pepper chopped finely (take seeds and veins out for less spiciness)
• 1/4 Cilantro chopped fine
• 1/8 teaspoon raw sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt\
• 1/8 teaspoon cumin
• Small sqeeze from 1/2 fresh lime

1. Mix in a bowl and then add the ingredients into a food processor.
2. Pulse until you get the desired consistency. About 10 pulses will do.
3. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.

If you have budgetary constraints or want to keep it simple, I located a basic Mexican Restaurant Style Salsa recipe:

• 1 – 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes (or use fresh tomatoes if you have them in the garden or on hand)
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin (not absolutely necessary)
• 2-3 tablespoons of pickled jalapeno rings (add more for heat increase)
  Alternately, use fresh peppers if you can for a better, fresher taste. Take the seeds and veins out for less heat. We have them in the garden during growing season.
• Cilantro to taste (they do sell dried cilantro – it does not taste like fresh, but will add flavor if fresh is unavailable)
• Lime Juice – a squeeze or two of fresh to taste (you can use reconstituted in a bottle if that is what you have available)

1. Combine ingredients in food processor or blender – blend well
2. Chill covered until served