Easy Low Sodium Salsa

ohiotubagal
ohiotubagal Posts: 190 Member
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I LOVE salsa...but commercial salsa has too much sodium for me! So I made my own.

1/2 cup Hunt's diced tomatoes, no salt added
1/2 medium sized vidalia onion (approximately)
1/2 yellow bell pepper
1 Tbsp granulated sugar
1/2 tsp Mrs. Dash Extra Spicy seasoning

Blend all together in a food processor. This makes about 3 servings, 1/3 cup each serving (give or take...I didn't measure it all when I was done).

Per the MFP recipe calculator:

36 calories
12b carbs
0g fat
1g protein
11 mg sodium

Commercial salsa usually has 100-150 mg sodium per 2 Tbsp! And I don't know about you...but I NEVER eat just 2 Tbsp of salsa. I'd rather spend my sodium ration on the tortilla chips! :-)

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  • Jaffy55806
    Jaffy55806 Posts: 28 Member
    I am going to have to try this out! Thanks!
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Thanks for your post. This is in my recipe file as of this moment!
  • amberj32
    amberj32 Posts: 663 Member
    Thanks!! I LOVE salsa!! I will keep this recipe. I do have that Mrs. Dash. I didn't know what I was going to do with it.
  • Mygsds
    Mygsds Posts: 1,564 Member
    Love this idea..
  • PinkPanther318
    PinkPanther318 Posts: 81 Member
    Sounds so good! I love salsa, and I have the same issue with sodium :( Thanks so much for sharing!
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Just a FYI, for anyone that lives in a warm climate, exercises regularly and sweats and doesn't have high blood pressure sodium shouldn't be too much of any issue.

    You can also increase your potassium as it is about the ratio of the 2.

    I have made a similar recipe in the past but found it didn't keep well.
  • genesgurl
    genesgurl Posts: 2 Member
    bump

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