Salsa Picante

"I would never have believed that canned tomatoes could give you such an authentic and fresh-tasting salsa. It's sublime for dipping with baked tortilla chips and works well as a base for many Mexican dishes." -Erin Renouf Mylroie, St. George, UT

Yield: 4 cups (serving size: 2/3 cup)

Ingredients

• 1  cup  coarsely chopped onion
• 1  cup  cilantro sprigs
• 1  jalapeño pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1  garlic clove, coarsely chopped
• 1  (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 3  tablespoons  fresh lime juice
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1  (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained

Preparation

Place first 5 ingredients in a food processor, and process until minced. Combine onion mixture, lime juice, salt, and drained tomatoes in a medium bowl; stir until well blended.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

43 (2% from fat)

Fat:

0.1g (sat 0.0g,mono 0.0g,poly 0.0g)

Protein:

1.5g

Carbohydrate:

10.3g

Fiber:

2.7g

Cholesterol:

0.0mg

Iron:

0.5mg

Sodium:

275mg

Calcium:

31mg