Having crafty moments my son asked me why I was making decorations instead of buying them. I suppose it’s the same reason why I cook, if you want something exactly the way you want it it’s better to make it than wasting time trying to find it in all the shops!

A load of tree branches, some silver spray paint and some printed coloured butterflies later and taa daaa! Decoration that matches my front room

6 ingredients are all that’s in it, I have used

5 tomatoes
2 red onions
I small pot of coriander
1 red chilli
3 Cloves of garlic ( that is probably a bit excessive but I like garlic and its for my tea!), 1 or 2 will do depending on how much you like it
Ketchup – I’m using Heinz firecracker sauce today coz it was on special offer but normal ketchup does just as good a job.

All you need to do is dice the tomatoes and chop the onions and put them into a bowl. Put the garlic cloves, coriander and chilli into a food processor, or use a blender to chop them finely. I chop them by hand but a lot of ppl are not keen to do this as everything you touch afterwards tastes like chillis! Put the chilli & garlic combo in the bowl and mix the lot together and Bob is quite literally your uncle!

We use freshly made salsa in our mariachi bandit as there is just no comparison between freshly made salsa and the sort you get in a jar. Plus when you make it yourself you can use as much or as little garlic & chillis as you want. Not a fan of coriander? switch it for parsley or basil, if you don’t like tomatoes tho you’ve had it coz u can’t swap that for anything else :/