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Jul 22 Recipe. You Won't Want to Miss This!

Donna Wetjen

Recipes, Side Dishes, Donna Wetjen, Main Dishes

Peach Salsa!

With peaches and tomatoes ripening, sweet and delicious, this is a favorite summertime salsa.

4 large peaches

4 vine tomatoes

1 red or yellow bell pepper

2 jalapeno peppers

½ red onion

½ bunch of cilantro

1 lime

Sea salt and pepper

Finely dice peaches, tomatoes, bell pepper, jalapeno (remove seeds for less heat), ½ red onion and gently mix in a large serving bowl.

Chop cilantro and add to the bowl (if you like cilantro, use the whole bunch or omit it altogether if you’re not a fan). Squeeze the lime over the top of the mixture and add sea salt and pepper to taste. Mix gently and well.

Serve with chips or over grilled pork chops or fish.

BONUS RECIPE!!!

Grilled Cumin & Coriander Rubbed Pork Chops with Peach Salsa

This is sooooooo good!

Rub 1 inch thick pork chops with sea salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, and smoked paprika. Refrigerate for several hours if possible. Rubbing them in the a.m. for grilling in the evening works out perfectly.

Grill outdoors if possible. Spoon Peach Salsa generously over each chop and serve.

**Grilled Cumin & Coriander Rubbed Pork Chops with Peach Salsa**

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Donna Wetjen

Donna grew up on Long Island, the youngest child of two deaf parents. Her childhood was somewhat of a role reversal as she was the person who communicated with the outside world and made sure her parents were okay and not being taken advantage of. Donna believes that witnessing and experiencing the cruelty and discrimination toward people who are “different” shaped her into the compassionate person she is today.

Starting in banking at 16, Donna worked her way up the corporate ladder from Bank Teller to Director of Branch Operations for an East End bank. This position allowed her to feed one of her passions - writing - as she managed many of the Bank’s policies and procedures. Banking did not however, do much for Donna’s other great passions – rescuing animals and cooking.

Feeling lost and alone after her mother passed away from breast and ovarian cancer, on a whim and in the throes of grief, she and her husband sold their LI home and moved to a little house on 17 acres in the rural mountains of North Carolina. Here Donna was able to begin to feed her other passions, as they started a small hobby farm with mostly rescued animals of every variety including sheep, mini-horses, chickens, dogs, cats and a blind chicken named Winky. Shortly after moving there, Donna was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a grueling year-long regimen of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, Donna is happily cancer-free, but forever changed. She now spends her time nourishing all of the things that make her soul happy. She has a small organic garden and has learned the fine art of canning. She spends a good deal of time making up, changing or combining recipes to test on her husband, with considerable success. Donna is currently in the process of writing 2 books based upon her experiences with both cancer and rescuing animals. Donna loves her volunteer work at the county shelter and rescue organization, and is proud of her lifetime of advocacy that began as a child in support of her parents and continues today through her rescue and volunteer work.