Need chip alternative...
 

I can't live without homemade salsa...i've tried. Although the salsa is 0 points, I need an alternative for the chips as they can add up quickly. Any suggestions?

ps - i dont like red peppers, so that wont work. ;)

most any raw veggie goes great with it

use it as a zero point salad dressing

bagel chips

pita chips

make your own tortilla strips (I get Arizona brand corn tortillas that are 2 for 1 point, cut into strips 1/2"-3/4" and bake after spraying with a bit of oil and then salting after baking)

Baked chips

Light (beware if you have Olestra problems) chips

Personally, I love celery with salsa.

- Barbara

Plain rice cakes would probably go well with salsa and you could put some low fat cheese and a little refried beans and bake it in the oven til the cheese melted.

My substitute for chips in all dips is sliced cucumber with a little bit of salt and pepper. Just slice the cucumber, add salt and pepper to taste, and dip. Its salty AND crunchy, like a chip, but super-low calorie. I buy english cucumbers so I can leave the skin on for the extra fiber and preparation ease.

Jicima is my favorite with salsa

The baked chips are relly great!

Tostitos offers baked tortilla chips and wholewheat ones - not sure of the points in those since I don't buy them but they must be lower than regular ones.

Tortilla chips are much lower in points than you might think, but I love wheat crackers too. I look at the number of items I get per serving. I'd rather eat 20 of something than 10 of something.. and just think, thats way more trips to the mouth :)

Just to give you an idea:
regular potato chips - 4pts - 14 chips
regular large tostitos - 3pts - 7 chips
tostitos rounds - 3pts - 13 chips
Reduced fat wheat thins - 3pts - 19 crackers
100-cal pack wheat thin chips - 2pts - 21 "chips"
*Baked Bite Size Tostitos" - 2pts - 20 items

Another idea - Don't just limit yourself to just salsa with chips. If its the taste of the salsa you crave and not the chips, think about using your homemade salsa with other things. I feel like I can't live without my fave salsa, so I have used the following:
-topping for baked potato
-spoon over grilled meats and fish
-wrap up salsa with a slice of turkey, veggies in a tortilla
-use as a "dressing" for my salads.
-use with scrambled eggs, omelets, breakfast burritos

Salsa is a "pointscheap" way to get a LOT of flavor.

Doh!
 

Thanks mandalinn82 for your suggestion of cucumbers! I love salsa and chips, and due to health reasons, cannot have any kind of chip. I'd never thought of cucumber chips, even though I make a cucumber salsa. :dizzy:

multigrain corn cakes i think would work well (and have more flavor and, i think more fiber, than rice cakes)