Cooking4Fun
Senior Cook
I do mine exactly the same way Beth. The only other thing I would suggest is to use Roma tomatoes because they have fewer seeds and gel.
I want fresh salsa, not cooked in any way. Herdez brand of salsa is a pretty good substitute when I'm too lazy to make my own. I never buy Pace because it's made in New York City, don't cha know.
Whoops...now I see you live in Buffalo.
Buffalo is about 9 hours west of NYC. In any event I am certain NYC does in fact have a Mexican population. Lol.