🔧 SOS-free teaching suggestion (adaptation not tested) · 🌐 External recipe · 🆓 Free to view, no account needed · 📅 Checked October 4, 2026

👩‍🍳 Creator and host: Ángela, NutritionFacts.org’s Spanish Social Media and Program Coordinator, on NutritionFacts.org
🥗 Sauce or topping · ⏱️ about 25 minutes plus chilling · 🍳 food processor + stovetop · 📦 make ahead

🌿 Our description: Vine tomatoes, a serrano, yellow bell pepper, red onion, and garlic are pulsed with lemon juice and black pepper, then simmered briefly and chilled. A bright topping for bowls, potatoes, and beans, and an easy extra serving of vegetables. 🌶️

🔄 Make It the Kitchen Monk Way

Almost there: no salt or oil. One optional ingredient falls outside our standard.

Ingredient	Kitchen Monk swap	Status
Date syrup (optional)	Leave it out, or blend in 1 whole pitted date if your tomatoes are tart	🔧 Swap
Everything else	Whole vegetables, lemon, and pepper	As written

🧪 We have not tested this swap. 📊 We have not calculated nutrition for this recipe. This is our favorite way to make a “Kitchen Monk salsa.” SOS-free cooking guide →

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