📋 Healthy Pico de Gallo Salsa Recipe

Pico de Gallo Salsa in a white bowl with a spoon, wedge of lime and tortilla chips on the side

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📋 Healthy Pico de Gallo Salsa Recipe

This Healthy Pico de Gallo Salsa Recipe or Salsa Fresca is chock-full of fresh, chunky, diced tomatoes, red onions, 3 kinds of bell peppers and cilantro, with just the right amount of spice! It's also Weight Watchers friendly at 0 ww points, gluten-free and vegan!

Course Snack

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword fresh, healthy, pico de gallo, salsa

Special Diet Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, weight watchers

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 16kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Ingredients

1 jalapeno, chopped
juice of 2 limes
½ red onion, chopped
4 tomatoes (roma), chopped
2 tablespoon fresh cilantro finely chopped
1 small red pepper, chopped * or ½ of a large pepper
1 small yellow pepper, chopped * or ½ of a large pepper
1 small green pepper, chopped * or ½ of a large pepper
½ teaspoon salt
3-4 cloves garlic, minced

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Instructions

Mix all ingredients together in bowl.
1 jalapeno, chopped, juice of 2 limes, ½ red onion, chopped, 4 tomatoes (roma), chopped, 2 tablespoon fresh cilantro finely chopped, 1 small red pepper, chopped, 1 small yellow pepper, chopped, 1 small green pepper, chopped, ½ teaspoon salt, 3-4 cloves garlic, minced

Notes

🔢WW POINTS

This Pico de Gallo recipe is ZERO Weight Watchers points, so why not treat yourself on weigh day (after you've weighed of course) and load up some nachos with it, with extra salsa for dipping! I load my nachos with light (low-fat) cheddar cheese, black olives, green onions, jalapenos and lots of this pico de gallo, served with sour cream and guacamole on the side!

Expert Recipe Tips:

The "Serrated" Secret: Use a sharp serrated knife (like a bread knife) to dice your tomatoes. It grips the skin without squishing the tomato, giving you perfect, clean cubes.
Seed the Tomatoes: If you want a very "dry" chunky salsa, scoop out the watery seeds/pulp of the Roma tomatoes before dicing the flesh.
The "Meld" Period: While you can eat this immediately, it is even better if you let it sit in the fridge for 30 minutes. The salt draws out just enough juice to create a natural dressing.
Uniform Dicing: Try to dice everything to be roughly the same size (about the size of a kernel of corn) for the best mouthfeel.
Control the Heat: The heat in a jalapeno lives here in the white ribs and the seeds. For a mild salsa, scrape those out completely.
Jalapeño Safety: Wear gloves (or use a couple of sandwich bags) when dicing peppers to protect your skin from irritating oils, and be careful not to touch your face. If you experience a sting, a quick soak in milk will stop the burn!

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