WW Recipe of the Day: Zero Points Skinny Fresh Strawberry Salsa
(29 calories | 0 0 0 myWW *SmartPoints value per serving)
I made this simple strawberry salsa recently to go with the grilled pork we were planning for dinner. If you are a fan of fruit flavored salsas from the jar you owe it to yourself to try this fresh from scratch one.
Skinny Strawberry Salsa
It's based on the Pam Anderson's "Create-Your-Own Fruit Salsa" recipe from her book, The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great (affiliate link).
Fresh fruit salsas are a delicious way to boost your intake of fruits and vegetables.
The Weight Watchers Skinny on this Strawberry Salsa
In her headnotes, Pam explains that you can "use whatever seasonal fruit you've got: mangoes, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, oranges, grapefruit, grapes, melons, strawberries, blueberries, apples, or pear. Or use a mix of fruit.
Since it's strawberry season what I had was strawberries.
She goes on to explain that you should choose a bell pepper color to contrast with the fruit, which means I should have used green or yellow to contrast with the strawberries. Unfortunately, I only had a red one so I went with it.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Fresh Strawberry Salsa Recipe?
This strawberry salsa recipe makes a generous 2 cups of salsa, or about 6 (⅓-cup) servings. And it's made exclusively from Weight Watchers Zero Points foods.
According to my nutritional estimates each ⅓-cup serving has 29 calories and
0 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
0 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
0 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
1 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Although my photo doesn't do it justice, this was just the right thing to perk up our pork. It would be great on grilled chicken, shrimp or fish too.
Enjoy!
Grilled Pork with Strawberry Salsa
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Skinny Strawberry Salsa Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups finely diced strawberries, or whatever fresh fruit you prefer
- ½ medium yellow, red, or green pepper, finely diced
- 3 medium scallions, sliced thin, or ¼ cup finely diced red onion
- 1 small jalapeno pepper, stemmed, seeded, and minced
- 2-3 tablespoons fresh lime juice or rice wine vinegar
- 2-3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, basil, parsley, or mint leaves
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, stir together all the ingredients, using the smaller amount of lime juice or vinegar and fresh herbs listed and a sprinkling of salt and pepper.
- Let stand at room temperature for 10 to 30 minutes, for the flavors to blend.
- Before serving, taste and adjust the seasonings, adding more lime juice or vinegar, herbs and salt and pepper as needed.
Recipe Notes
Source: The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great (affiliate link) by Pam Anderson
*PersonalPoints® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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Kelli Shallal
Hi Martha, I nominated you for the Liebster Award on WordPress!
Martha McKinnon
Thanks, Kelli!!
Kitty
Wow! This looks incredibly yummy. I have almost all the ingredients already so I'll be making this one after a short stop at the grocery store!
Martha McKinnon
Hope you like it Kitty!
Barbara Lembo
This looks really good. It could also be used to make homemade tacos - we use ground turkey breast and high fiber tortilla shells, and in summer, this would be delicious with the many fruits that are in season.
Martha McKinnon
Oh Barbara, I love the idea of seasonal fresh fruit salsa topping homemade turkey tacos! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Gail Valleau
Martha, the whole meal looks great. I would happily sit down to this. Thanks for the idea of just subbing in whatever fruit is in season.
Martha McKinnon
Thanks, Gail. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.