Diet & Cooking Series: Salsa, Incorporating Salsa to Promote Your Health

By Isabel Vasquez RD, LDNJ

July 19, 2018

Source: Your Latina Nutrition

Photo Source: Unsplash,

Health Benefits of Salsa

Incorporating Salsa to Promote Your Health

Salsa, of course, goes great in traditional Mexican dishes like tacos and as a dip for tortilla chips. 

However, the options for using salsa are really endless. And it’s a great way to get vitamins and antioxidants in your meals and snacks!

Some ideas for incorporating salsa in your diet include:

• Add it to burritos, tacos, and nachos

• Add it to a rice bowl

• Use it to dip chips or veggies

• Eat it with eggs

• Use it to top a burger

Keep in mind that while salsa is definitely a vegetable, it’s helpful to add other veggies to your meal to meet the USDA’s recommendation to eat 2–3 cups of veggies per day. 

This is pretty typical in Mexican cultural dishes where onions, peppers, and beans are also included.

Glass Floral Vase, Get NOW. Shidonna Raven Garden & Cook, Soaring by Design

How can you introduce more (organic or natural) fresh vegetables and fruits into your diet? How could this impact the environment? How could a home garden contribute to your and your family's over all health?

JOIN the Garden Club

Share the wealth of health with your colleagues and friends by sharing this article with 3 people today.

If this article was helpful to you, donate to the Shidonna Raven Garden and Cook E-Magazine Today. Thank you in advance.