Paleo Roasted Salsa

You will need...
1 Pablano
2 Jalapenos
2 Small Tomatoes
1/2 Red Onion
1 Head of Garlic
1 Red Bell Pepper

Step 1
As always wash all your produce. Peppers and tomatoes especially get some of the worst chemical exposure and you're going to be eating the skin.

Step 2

Half your tomatoes and hack the top off your head of garlic. Wrap the onion and garlic in some foil and add a little salt and some fat. Olive oil works great. You know I used bacon grease.

Step 3

To the grill! Set your grill up for direct grilling. Everything but the tomatoes is going straight on the embers. Blow of any excess ash from your embers and put your veggies on spots that are on the embers but look slightly "cooler." If a spot is literally shooting flames out of it don't put it there is what I mean by "cooler." Throw your grate on the grill and let it preheat a little before you put on the tomatoes. Put a little fat on the cut side of your tomatoes and put them cut side down on the grate.

Step 4

The peppers are only going to take a minute or two. Seriously don't even walk away from your grill. Flip them once to get a nice even char on both sides. You want them to look slightly burned. After about 7 minutes check the onion and garlic. If they feel soft unwrap them and look for a similar char. Same deal with the tomatoes but don't flip them. They'll be done when you start to see the skin peel up.

Step 5
Now that you have sufficiently cooked the crap out of your produce making all the raw foodies cry its time to make your salsa. Coarsely chop up all your veggies. No fancy french small dicing here. You want big ugly chunks. Don't de-seed the peppers. Cooking them takes out a bit of the heat so unless you want super sweet salsa leave the seeds. You will only need to add 2 cloves of garlic to the salsa. It would just be silly to only roast two cloves. Save the rest for another recipe or eat it straight. Just please don't waste it by slathering it over some bread! Add a little salt and pepper to taste and you are done.

 Cooking produce breaks down the sugar making it sweeter. Its also cooks out some of the nutrients and especially in the case of grilling adds carcinogens giving you a generally less healthy product. It is better to eat most of your produce as raw as possible but once in awhile its okay.