What do you do with salsa?

MissNicolioli · May 2016

Other than chips?
(Chips... The thorn in my side...)

OldHobo · May 2016

I put some on hash browns this morning.
Add to smashed avocado for a simple guacamole.
Put a bowl of it in the center of the table and spoon over whatever's for dinner.

NaturalNancy · May 2016

- Eat with scrambled eggs
- Eat with stir frys (add on top w a little fat free sour cream
- eat w any kind of chicken
- Add to cooked beans
- Add to stuffed peppers

corsayre8 · May 2016

I make my own mango (or strawberry or pineapple salsa). Put it over spring mix and top with steak, or on a tortilla with a little cheese and chicken breast. Bit are super yummy.

Recipe : 1 mango, 2 vine ripened tomatoes, 1 small red onion, 1 bunch cilantro, and jalapeños to taste (usually 3-4). Chop it all up, a food processor makes it super easy but not as pretty, (so I usually do the onion, peppers and cilantro in the processor but the mango and fruit by hand). Mix it all together with the juice of 2-4 limes depending on size. Mmmmm.

Queenmunchy · May 2016

Chicken, salsa in crockpot. Shred and make tacos, on top of rice, mixed with veggies, quesadillas, on salads, etc.

bubbajoe1066 · May 2016

I love it on salad.... really very low in calories compared to salad dressing... lots of flavor

AmazonMayan · May 2016

As salad dressing for a (no shell) taco inspired salad - crumble just a couple chips as "croutons" and you still get the salsa chip connection. Use ingredients like crisp lettuce with other greener lettuces and a little corn, beans, meat, squeeze of lime. Leave the cheese off because you really don't taste it anyway. Or mix salsa with cottage cheese as your dressing. I save my cheese calories for when I can really taste and savor the flavor. It takes very little chips when you use it this way so lower calories but you're not missing out on anything.

Mix a little with laughing cow cheese or nonfat plain greek yogurt for a low calorie spread.

Make 2 tacos loaded with lean meat and veg then top with salsa. I also dollup some nonfat plain greek yogurt (tons more protein than fat yogurts. I save fat yogurt for sweeter fruity flavors). Tacos can be pretty low calorie and if you toast your own corn tortillas they stay a bit softer and you can really load up some very low calorie ingredients and have a nice sized meal. I toast mine in a hot skillet on both sides then bend it to taco shape while still hot.

I make my own quick salsa because commercial brands are getting more and more salty. I like to taste the veggies and not just salt lol. Chop a tomato or two, chop a pepper of your heat preference, chop a little onion, only add salt if it needs it. Tomatoes have a naturally salty flavor so some won't need salt at all. Cilantro if you like it. Mix and let sit awhile if you can. Sometimes I bulk up a salsa with some bell pepper or cucumber - cucumber is amazing in it

cwolfman13 · May 2016

chips, tacos, on eggs

pumpkinRIP02 · May 2016

My dad adds Salsa to plain pasta.
He adds it on top of Baked Potatoes.
He even uses it on Hotdogs and burgers!

ObsidianMist · May 2016

put it on toast/a sandwich with some cucumber and a fried egg
or in a wrap

my boyfriend likes to mix it in with scrambled eggs

arditarose · May 2016

I use it on salads instead of dressing. I also like it with cucumber. Once I mixed it with cottage cheese and made a dip...weird but good.

MlleKelly · May 2016

I have a recipe that uses salsa verde in a white bean chicken chili.

You can do Mexican rice bowls (rice, salsa, beans, avocado, chicken, whatever you like).

Use it to top a burger, or better yet, mix it in with the meat and grill it up.

Put it in a tortilla with scrambled eggs and some cheddar cheese for a breakfast burrito.

Use it as a classic burrito or taco topping.

Add it to potato or tomato soup to kick it up a notch.

MissNicolioli · May 2016

These all sound really good. Thanks all!

^ I love the idea of putting it in a soup.

laur357 · May 2016

Top a rice cake with a little cheese and salsa to replace your chips. . .

mom23mangos · May 2016

I eat it with eggs, salad dressing, I just made a protein dip by mixing salsa + 0 fat Greek Yogurt + whey protein. I did eat it with (sigh) a single serving of Tostitos. But rice cakes would work as well. I thought about trying it with the sea salt Quest Protein chips.

mom23mangos · May 2016

OldHobo wrote: »

I put some on hash browns this morning.
Add to smashed avocado for a simple guacamole.
Put a bowl of it in the center of the table and spoon over whatever's for dinner.

I LOVE salsa on hashbrowns. I ate that every morning I was pregnant with my second child.

enterdanger · May 2016

I cook boneless skinless chicken thighs in a cup of it in my crockpot while I'm at work. When I get home I add a cup of frozen corn and a can of black beans until it's all warm and then I eat it on burritos or rice bowls.

I also like it on salads in place of dressing and on baked potatoes.

JustinAnimal · May 2016

What DON'T I do with salsa? Actually, items 6-29 on my 50 item list might shock and horrify the vast majority of this forum, so I'll keep the private...

RmIIImc70 · May 2016

I dip veggie sticks in salsa. Bell pepper, cukes, celery, carrots, whatever I have. I use a BNTO from Cuppow to bring everything to work for an afternoon snack.

tmshank18 · May 2016

I buy Quinoa chips and dip those with salsa...the quinoa chips give you protein.

When I make taco salad, I mix salsa in with my lean hamburger and use a serving of baked tortilla chips in my
salad, along with lots of veggies and top it with cheese and salsa.

Salsa is a great way to given salads flavor without the added calories.

blackaheep4288 · May 2016

Mix some salsa in with your cottage cheese. Be sure to cut up some veggies and throw in there. I prefer red/yellow peppers with a few carrots thrown in.

DaisyHamilton · May 2016

Top eggs, burritos, tacos, taquitos, quesadillas, make guacamole, with chips, mix in recipes like things with ground beef or a sauce for chicken), make Frito pie (my fav of my moms meals uses a whole 16oz jar of salsa in the recipe)

You can basically do anything with salsa. But it also depends what kind you have. Thick, watery, jalapeno, tomato based, habanero, sweet (like with mangos), etc

But honestly I use salsa with everything lol

anlymc13 · May 2016

Mixed in with cottage cheese
Potato topping
Salad dressing replacement
Dip for raw veggies
Crockpot salsa chicken

peggymenard · May 2016

whip up an egg, spray an oven safe fry pan, add egg, salsa and parm or low fat cheese and place under broiler until done. You can add bacon chips, ham, canadian bacon ....I usually have this with a half an onion bagel.

VeryKatie · May 2016

Dip carrots in it.
Cook with it - salsa chicken. Look it up, soooo yummy.
Also tacos. Burritos. Eggs. Sauces. Salad dressings (when mixed with sour cream).

If I'm in a low carb mood filling a portabella mushroom cap with cheese, egg, salsa, taco spice, and baking it in the oven is good.

rosebarnalice · May 2016

Salad dressing; quick cooking sauce for chicken, pork, beef, or veggies; raw veggie dip; spoon. Yes, spoon(!)

marm1962 · May 2016

I personally throw it in the trash! Yuck....lol

MissNicolioli · May 2016

laur357 wrote: »

Top a rice cake with a little cheese and salsa to replace your chips. . .

Super good idea!

webbz92 · May 2016

I eat so much salsa. I like it with some cottage cheese and sliced tomatoes. It's good as a healthy topping for baked white fish. I eat it with hard boiled eggs. It's good with black beans and brown rice paired with either baked chicken or lean ground beef with taco seasoning.