This delicious and easy small batch of Pico de Gallo recipe makes just enough for a single meal so nothing goes to waste.
I’m sharing a super simple and easy recipe with you today, a Small Batch of Pico de Gallo!
I always feel funny posting such simple recipes because I wonder if anyone really needs them, but then I remember that two of the most popular recipes on the site are my fabulously simple Butter and Garlic Green Beans and two-ingredient Oven-baked Beef Ribs , and I think I’m maybe thinking too hard.
Plus, figuring out how to make a small batch of homemade pico de gallo was a total game changer for me because I LOVE pico de gallo. It makes everything taste better, but if you buy it from the store, it’s always so expensive and sold in such big containers that most of it ends up going bad in my fridge.
This recipe will run you just a couple bucks, makes the perfect amount for a single meal, and if you have a chopper attachment for your immersion blender, it takes approximately two minutes to make.
Anyway, even if you don’t have a mini chopper, this recipe is super quick to throw together since it’s just a little batch. Once you chop everything, you just toss your veggies in a bowl, add a squeeze of lime, and instant upgrade to whatever you are serving it over!
And come back next week, because I’m serving this pico de gallo over some fab chipotle tacos that I think you’re going to love.
Ingredients
- ▢ 1 Roma tomato
- ▢ 1/4 medium onion
- ▢ 1/2 jalapeño *
- ▢ 1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro
- ▢ Juice from 1/4 lime (about 1 1/2 teaspoon juice)
- ▢ Salt
Instructions
With Immersion Blender Chopper
- Very roughly chop tomato, onion, jalapeño, and cilantro. Place jalapeño, cilantro, and onion in the chopper first. Add tomato and lime juice over the top and process until pieces reach desired size. Be careful not to over-process the mixture, as you can easily liquify the tomatoes if you’re not careful. Add salt to taste if desired.
By Hand
- Finely chop tomato, onion, jalapeño, and cilantro. Combine in a small bowl and squeeze lime over the top. Stir everything together. Add salt to taste if desired.
Notes
14 fabulous lighter desserts for times when you want a little sweet, but healthier!
This sort of last-minute recipe failure has happened a couple times before. Like when I decided a recipe just wasn’t quite good enough and wrote instead about my favorite Podcasts To Cook To (all of those recommendations still stand) or when a delicious dessert experiment came out looking kind of like an undersea monster so I wrote about 8 Life-changing Kitchen Tools .
Today, since I’ve failed you on the healthy dessert front, I asked some food blogger friends for some of their favorite lighter desserts to share instead (and I have one in there too).
And oh man, they do look good. Whatever flavor and type of “lighter” (raw, lower calorie, no refined sugar, etc.) you are looking for, there’s definitely something here to make everyone say, “Yum!”
Quick Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownies (vegan and raw) from Imagelicious
Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies for Two are an easy, rich and chocolatey dessert perfect for peanut butter lovers.
Happy Friday, loves. How was your week? Have any fun weekend plans? I’m taking a quick trip down to LA this weekend to see a play, so I’m suuuper ready for this work week to be over.
Can you believe it’s almost Valentine’s Day? Are you celebrating this year? Well, whether you plan on observing the day or not, I have a little Valentine’s Day gift for all the peanut butter lovers out there, Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies for Two!!!! (This recipe totally deserves the extra exclamation marks.)
And when I say “brownies for two,” I don’t mean that this recipe makes two brownies. It will make 4 to 8 brownies. What I’m saying is that it makes just enough that two people could reasonably eat them over the course of a couple of days without making themselves sick.
Or in one day.
By yourself.
I’m really not going to judge, because these brownies are the best, and I had to freeze the rest of this batch so I wouldn’t eat them all by myself. (Also, that didn’t really help because these brownies are great cold too…)
An-y-ways, the brownie base is my favorite fudgy brownie recipe. It’s simple, made in one bowl, and never ever fails me. Then you mix up a sweet peanut butter filling, swirl it into the brownie batter and bake. Twenty-ish minutes later, the peanut butter swirl brownies come out looking gorgeous and tasting even better.
Like my Buckeye Brownie Cookies and Mini Chocolate Sheet Cake , you’re probably going to be glad this makes just a small batch of brownies, because they are so good that the built-in portion control is pretty handy. Plus, desserts for two are just undeniably cuter than desserts for a crowd. 🙂
Ingredients
Tools
- ▢ 9x5-inch loaf pan
- ▢ Parchment paper
Brownies
- ▢ 1/4 cup ( 2 oz) unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
- ▢ 1/2 cup ( 100 g) granulated sugar
- ▢ 1 large egg
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ 3 tablespoons ( 15 g) unsweetened cocoa powder sifted if lumpy
- ▢ 1/4 cup ( 30 g) all-purpose flour
- ▢ 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- ▢ 1/8 teaspoon salt
Peanut Butter Swirl
- ▢ 1 tablespoon ( .5 oz) unsalted butter melted
- ▢ 2 tablespoons ( 15 g) powdered sugar
- ▢ 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
- ▢ 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ Pinch of salt
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and line with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine sugar, cooled butter (if it’s too hot, it will scramble your egg), egg, and vanilla. Whisk until well-combined.
- To the same bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Stir until just combined.
- Transfer mixture to your prepared pan and use a knife to spread the batter so that it mostly covers the bottom of the pan.
Peanut Butter Swirl
- In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, melted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt until well-mixed. Drop the peanut butter mixture by the spoonful over the brownie batter.
- Use a knife to swirl in the peanut butter by drawing 3 horizontal lines down the long side and then making an “S” shape across them.
- Bake for 22 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into a non-peanut butter section near the middle comes out with just a few crumbs.
- Place brownie pan on a cooling rack and cool for at least 15 minutes before removing the brownies. Slice and enjoy!
Small Batch of Pico de Gallo
Ingredients
- 1 Roma tomato
- 1/4 medium onion
- 1/2 jalapeño *
- 1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro
- Juice from 1/4 lime (about 1 1/2 teaspoon juice)
- Salt
Instructions
With Immersion Blender Chopper
- Very roughly chop tomato, onion, jalapeño, and cilantro. Place jalapeño, cilantro, and onion in the chopper first. Add tomato and lime juice over the top and process until pieces reach desired size. Be careful not to over-process the mixture, as you can easily liquify the tomatoes if you’re not careful. Add salt to taste if desired.
By Hand
- Finely chop tomato, onion, jalapeño, and cilantro. Combine in a small bowl and squeeze lime over the top. Stir everything together. Add salt to taste if desired.
