What to use for "chips" with salsa?

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  • Anyone have any ideas for something low calorie to dip in Salsa? I love to make homemade salsa but most of the chips I've found are like 130 for 8 chips!! And no celery please, I hate it. LOL
  • This loses the "dipping" aspect, but you can put it in a bowl of cottage cheese and eat it with a spoon. Savory cottage cheese is actually much better than you think it will be. You can also pour it all over baked chicken and eat it with a fork.
  • Veggies! Dip broccoli, or carrots, or bell peppers...
  • You can bake some veggies in the oven... potatoes, carrots, zucchini, onions, etc, and put it over top, or just dip them in!
  • Glad I'm not the only one who hates celery with a passion. I swear it tastes bitter to me.

    I use sliced cucumbers like chips. I remove the seeds, slice them into sticks and add alittle salt. You'll be surprised how tastey they can be.
  • You can brush a little olive oil on a thin pita or flat bread and bake it in the oven. I am not sure if this will be lower calorie than the chips but it would be healthier
  • I use bell peppers for chips when I make guacomole. We recently made fresh salsa, well it is more of a pico and I have had a few times I have put some in a bowl and eaten it with a spoon.

    I also like salsa on my eggs...I may have some for lunch.
  • Bell peppers, eggs, and whomever said olive oil + baked pita ... YES! SO DELICIOUS!

    I also make sweet potato chips. Just skin and slice a sweet potato, toss in just a little bit of olive oil, then bake until browned. Absolutely delicious, and far healthier than any chip you can buy in the store.

    * wanders to kitchen and makes some salsa *
  • Sliced cucumber, jicama, apple, hot carrot slices and so on...yummy!
  • I make my egg white omelet with veggies place on plate, then in same skillet heat up salsa and pour over top of eggs. I beautiful meal, don't miss the cheese this way.

    I also put it over my veggie subsititues for starches. We use salsa a lot in the house.
  • I use tortilla chips still tostitos makes one called bite sized chips and it's about 140 cals for 14 chips it really is a lot of them when you count them out! and salsa is only 10 cals so for salsa and chips it's only 150 cals for a yummy indulgent snack
  • I cut tortillas (usually corn, but flour are OK too) into wedges and bake on a non-stick pan, maybe with a little salt or taco seasoning. If the salsa's good enough, you won't notice that the 'chips' aren't actual chips. I also have done the same with pita bread, and I have dipped vegetables in salsa too.
  • sliced cucumbers!
  • I use bite size tortilla chips, 140 cal for 21 chips, and low sodium, too.
  • Guiltless Gourmet makes blue corn chips that are 18 for 120 calories. When I really want chips and salsa, that's what I use.