Sun Tao Studio Blog


Healthy Dips
September 25, 2010, 12:21 pm
Filed under: Health

Each of these is perfect for the spring and summer..or when you want to think spring..
Mango Salsa

Use this as the base for any fruit salsa
good with fish you can substitute pineapple, papaya, peaches or apricots, basil or parsley can sub for cilantro

Combine in a large bowl:
1 small red onion,chopped rinsed and drained
1/4 cup lime juice
Prepare the following ingredients, setting aside, then add to onion mixture
1 large mango peeled, pitted and coarsely chopped
1 small red bell pepper cut into thin strips
1`/4 cup cilantro or other choices
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 cup fresh orange juice or pineapple juice
1 jalapeno ro small chili pepper finely chopped. Stir together well season with salt and cracked pepper to taste

This salsa will keep covered in the refrigerator for one day.

Spicy black bean salsa

1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
2 Tablespns olive oil
4 teaspoons minced chipotle chiles you can use canned
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 15-16 ounce cans of black beans rinsed and drained
11/2 cups fresh corn kernels, I use Trader Joe's frozen white corn thawed
11/2 cups chopped red onion
11/2 cups chopped tomatoes (about 3 medium)
1 cup chopped green pepper (which I eliminated because we don't like green pepper)
1 large avocado halved pitted peeled and diced
Tortilla chips

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