Fruit salsa is easy to make and great party food. From a nutrition standpoint, a fruit salsa is also a much lighter, healthier alternative to usual condiments like cream sauces, barbecue sauce, and sour cream. For fall, I'm sharing a sweet fruit salsa with heat, Crunchy Apple Salsa. Apples combined with onion, pepper, cilantro, and lime juice. If your apples are pesticide free, keep the skin on to keep the pieces fresher and provide a colorful contrast to the purple onion. Besides eating it with tortilla chips, pair it with grilled shrimp or chicken, and fish tacos.
Crunchy Apple Salsa
Use organic when available. Serves 8
Ingredients
- 2 apples halved, cored, and diced
- 1/2 cup red onion diced
- 1/2 cup Anaheim chili pepper seeded and minced
- 1/2 large red bell pepper seeded and diced
- 1/2 Jalapeño pepper (seeded & minced) (optional)
- 2 limes juiced
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (or parsley) chopped
- 1/2 tsp honey
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In medium size bowl, mix lime juice and honey
- Add apples and stir to coat
- Add onion, bell pepper, cilantro, jalapeño, and Anaheim pepper
- Toss to coat
- Add salt and pepper to taste and stir
- Cover dish and refrigerate for 30 minutes for flavors to blend
- Serve with grilled meat, seafood, or tortilla chips
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