Heart Healthy Salsa
"Did you know that some store bought salsa can contain 400 mg of sodium in 1/4 cup??
This version from the Mayoclinic website has MUCH less. (try 75 mg per 1/4 cup!!)"
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
- 1 cup diced zucchini
- 1 cup red onion, chopped
- 2 red peppers, seeded and diced
- 2 green peppers, seeded and diced
- 4 tomatoes, diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1⁄4 cup lime juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
directions
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and toss gently to mix. Cover and refridgerate for at least 30 minutes to allow flavours to blend.
- If you prefer a hotter version, add 1/2 to 1 tbsp finely chopped jalapeno peppers.
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I'm a mom and I love to cook. Started cooking when I was 20, and found I love to do it! I love to experiment with new stuff all the time, and I hate prepackaged foods and recipes that use them, so I always try to figure out the ingredients on my own to copy a recipe. I just don't think that opening a can of baked beans and adding something to it makes for homemade beans!!)
My husband had a heart attack last year at the age of 39! So now, we try to eat a lot healthier. I am always looking for ways to get more veggies into him. In my recipes, I never add salt, but I post it here cuz I know most people still like the taste. It takes a while, but you get over it when you cut it out of your cooking. We don't even have a salt shaker anymore. Poor guests!
I love that when I post something here, I can see the nutritional breakdown so I know what he can and can't have. I've printed all kinds of recipes that I've found here and made up a heart friendly cookbook for us.