The best use I've ever found for salsa is a salsa chicken pizza....using the salsa as the sauce, the chicken breast pieces as meat and 2% milk cheddar cheese on top. GOOOOOOOD stuff.
It is fabulous mixed with nonfat or lowfat cream cheese and stirred into cooked macaroni. You wouldn't think salsa, cream cheese, and macaroni would go together, but you'd be surprised. I got the idea from Trader Joe's--they were serving it in their tasting station one day--so this isn't some crazy concoction that I came up with that no one else would like. Here is a recipe I made for dinner a couple of weeks ago that was a big hit:
Creamy Southwest Pasta and Ham
- 8 oz dried pasta (elbows, wheels, rotini, or other shape, just not spaghetti)
- 6 oz red pepper, diced
- 6 oz green pepper, diced
- 12 oz cooked ham, diced
- 4 tbsp cream cheese
- 2-4 tbsp salsa
- 2 oz lite cheddar, shredded
Cook pasta in boiling water and drain.
While pasta is cooking, saute pepper and ham in a skillet coated with cooking spray.
Stir pepper, ham, cream cheese, and salsa into the drained pasta. Top with shredded cheddar.
This makes four servings. The calories can be as low as 270 per serving or up to around 450 per serving, depending on what kind of pasta, ham, cream cheese, salsa, and cheddar you use.
Last edited by BlueToBlue; 01-16-2009 at 09:22 PM.
I put it on burgers, on sandwiches, in hash, and for breakfast with cottage cheese on top of a toaster crumpet or waffle. Mmmm.
We mostly get pineapple salsa (Newman's Own), but I'm interested in trying cranberry salsa. One co-op grocery near my office used to have Ocean Spray's cranberry salsa, but just when I made up my mind to get a jar, they stopped getting it, I think OS stopped making it, and now the co-op has gone out of business, and the only place I can find jarred cranberry salsa is on the net
The best use I've ever found for salsa is a salsa chicken pizza....using the salsa as the sauce, the chicken breast pieces as meat and 2% milk cheddar cheese on top. GOOOOOOOD stuff.
Yes, this does sound delicious! I've never liked chicken on pizza, but with a spicy tomato sauce instead of an Italian tomato sauce, I think I might just love it. Thanks for sharing!
Mexican Lasagna---whole wheat tortillas for the noodles, salsa and tomatoe sauce for the sauce, cottage cheese and cheddar for the cheese layers, added veggies like chopped carrots, onions, mushrooms etc. I add ground burger or turkey sometimes.
Mexian pizza, salsa as the sauce, home made ww pizza dough for the crust
Tortilla Soup, chicken broth and salsa--equal parts, can of black beans, cooked chicken, topped with crispy tortilla (in the oven) cut into strips, little bit of cheese and sour cream if you have the calories to spare
i LOVE salsa! i put it on veggie omelets, dip veggies into it, and of course on burritos. tomatoes are my FAVORITE so i usually eat salsa one way or another every day!
It is fabulous mixed with nonfat or lowfat cream cheese and stirred into cooked macaroni. You wouldn't think salsa, cream cheese, and macaroni would go together, but you'd be surprised.
Are you kidding??? You and I think alike! I love to drain it (keep the juice for virgin bloody marys) and mix it with fat free sour cream to use as a sauce over whole wheat pasta! Helps cut the alfredo cravings.
I use salsa for everything you would use tomatoes for. I like to also throw it into virgin bloody marys. I also make my own of papaya/mango/avacado/green onion/lime/pasilla peppers/teaspoon unfiltered olive oil and pepper. This usually goes over fish at our house.
Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts
Jar of Salsa
Add any type of vegetable or ingredient that you think will go with it. (I like peppers, extra diced tomatoes and onions, garlic, etc.)
Cook in slow cooker for 3 hours on high or 6 hours on low.
Ta da! Salsa Chicken.
mmmmm i just put some chicken in the crock pot!! i bought some fresh pork tamales for everybody else but will be enjoyig a salsa chicken salad for myself! I used really chunky salsa so instead of adding more stuff to the pot i'm going to saute some peppers and onions and tomato fajita style right before we eat (everyone else will be having tacos, not salad)
Thanks for sharing!
