Health tip: Try this tomato salsa recipe

November 1, 2011

This recipe has been approved by a Sunnybrook dietitian. For more information on healthy eating, visit our Clinical Nutrition pages.

Tomato Salsa

Ingredients:

  • 1lb medium tomatoes, diced
  • 1/2 cup fresh chopped onion
  • 2 tbsp fresh jalapeno chili peppers, minced
  • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro
  • 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder

Directions:

  1. In small bowl, mix together all ingredients.
  2. Cover and chill.

Additional information: Serve with low-carb, whole-grain chips or veggie dippers.

Nutritional facts (per serving, 2 tbsp):

  • Calories: 7.5
  • Total carbs: 1.7 g
  • Dietary fibre: 0.4 g
  • Sugars: 1 g
  • Total fat: 0.1 g
  • Saturated fat: 0 g
  • Unsaturated fat: 0.1 g
  • Potassium: 47.1 mg
  • Protein: 0.3 g
  • Sodium: 1.7 mg

Serves 20.


Recipe courtesy of dlife.com.