Four Ingredient Cooling Cucumber Salsa
Why I Love This Recipe
This is a light and cooling salsa. However, it can quickly become spicy-hot by adding the optional ground habanero chili powder. Pictured as a garnish to my Quick & Easy, Skillet Black Bean Garden Chili.
Ingredients You'll Need
juice from 1/2 fresh lime
1 medium cucumber
1/2 avocado
1 jalapeño pepper
Optional Ingredients:
salt
1 tsp ground habanero chili powder (optional) (1)
Directions
Directions:
Squeeze juice from 1/2 fresh lime into bowl. Peel, seed and cube cucumber; add to bowl. Peel half of an avocado; add. Mince jalapeno and add to bowl. Toss all ingredients. You may add salt to taste and ground habanero chili powder for spice.
Serve with tortilla chips or as a garnish to Quick & Easy, Skillet Black Bean Garden Chili.
(1)The Spice House
Nutritional Information -- Estimate only; includes 1/2 tsp of the optional salt. Servings: 4. Calories per serving: 49; Protein: 1 gram; Fat 4 grams; carbohydrates: 4 grams; Fiber: 2 grams; Sodium: 293 mg; Saturated Fats: less than 1 gram; Monounsaturated Fat: 2.5 grams; Polyunsaturated Fat: 1/2 gram; Cholesterol: 0.
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