Homemade Strawberry Salsa Recipe

Strawberry salsa is a lovely early summer delight before ripe tomatoes are in season. You'll be amazed at how well strawberries substitute for tomatoes while adding their own scent and flavor, enhanced by citrus juice. This salsa has plenty of colorful chopped bell peppers in red, yellow, and green to brighten the dish. Serve the strawberry salsa with grilled fish, shrimp, or chicken or as an appetizer with toasted pita triangles or tortilla chips. No sugar is added, so only the sweetness natural to the berries, orange juice, and peppers comes through. It has a touch of spiciness from a jalapeno pepper. This is a great way to use strawberries from your garden, although they might be out of sync with the season for peppers. If you grow everbearing varieties of strawberries you'll have both fresh later in the summer. Recipe reprinted with permission from nicole routhier's fruit cookbook by nicole routhier (workman publishing).