Fresh Tomato Zucchini Salsa

This fresh tomato zucchini salsa is amazingly flavorful and amazingly easy to make! Get ready for the recipe requests every time you serve this salsa!

My family loves salsa, and this fresh tomato zucchini salsa was a huge hit at our house! The addition of zucchini adds awesome color, flavor, and texture to this salsa. You can also easily make this salsa as mild or as spicy as you’d like.

Let’s talk about the ingredients in our salsa!

My family is a big fan of salsa, so I almost always have a jar in the pantry, or one opened in the refrigerator. But there’s just nothing like making homemade salsa using fresh tomatoes! For this salsa, I used vine ripened tomatoes because they’re juicy and have a nice touch of sweetness. You can also use Roma or beefsteak tomatoes if you’d prefer. Adding zucchini brings about a crunchy and delicious element and some awesome color as well! I also love the flavor and color red onions add, but you can use a yellow onion if you’d like. We also add fresh cilantro and fresh lime juice! Yum! For seasoning, we simply add a little chili powder, garlic powder, and salt. You can adjust the amounts of all these ingredients to make this salsa you own! If you’d like, you can also add a little cumin.

How can I control the heat level of this fresh tomato zucchini salsa?

You can make this salsa as mild or as spicy as you’d like! As written, it’s a very mild salsa. If you’d like to add some heat to your salsa, you have some great options for doing so. You can add hot chili powder, ancho chili powder, cayenne pepper, or red pepper flakes. You can also add chipotle or habanero powder to increase the heat of this salsa. Another easy way to up the heat level in your salsa is to add fresh chili peppers. You can add a diced jalapeno to achieve a medium spice level or a serrano or habanero pepper to make a hot salsa. A good thing to know about fresh peppers is that the majority of heat is found in the seeds and membranes. So, whether or not you add these to your salsa also determines how hot your salsa will be.

What are some ways I can serve this fresh tomato zucchini salsa?

You have some awesome low carb options for serving your salsa. I think low carb raw vegetables are perfect to serve with salsa. Some great options include broccoli, cauliflower, celery, mushrooms, and sliced bell peppers. If using bell peppers, I like to use a variety of colors. You can also use cheese whisps, keto crackers, pork rinds, or your favorite keto chips for dippers. Another fun option is to use sliced cheese or sliced meats, such as pepperoni or salami, as dippers. This salsa can also be served with fajitas, keto tacos, and all kinds of keto casseroles. Combining equal parts salsa and sour cream makes an incredible dressing, especially for taco salads! You can also serve this salsa with eggs or add it to your scrambled eggs. It also pairs nicely with chicken and fish, or as a condiment for burgers, brats, and lettuce wraps.

Need some more delicious keto salsa recipes? Here are a few of our favorites!

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Keto Blender Salsa

Keto Roasted Tomato Salsa

Helpful Hints:

*You can substitute with bottled lime juice in place of the fresh if you’d like.

*You can serve this salsa immediately or you can make it a day or so ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Medium mixing bowl
• Cutting board
• Kitchen knife

Splash of Encouragement:

***And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:5***