Name: Tomatillo Salsa
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: tomatillos; roma tomatoes; jalapeno peppers; anaheim chili peppers; garlic (fresh); red onions; salt; cumin; cilantro (fresh); limes (fresh/whole)

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20 minutes

4 servings

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dairy-free

gluten-free

kid friendly

has meat

has pasta

has seafood

mediterranean

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Not Mediterranean due to:

tomatillo

vegan

vegetarian

pescatarian

paleo

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Nutrition to Balance

This recipe has Sodium as 86.6% (as a percentage of RDA).

You'll likely need to take this into account today to balance out your diet.

Nutrition Rating Details

Here are the percentages used to determine the nutritional rating for this recipe:

• Calcium: 0.7% of RDA
• Calories: 2.5% of RDA
• Carbs: 4.0% of RDA
• Fat (total lipid): 1.2% of RDA
• Fiber: 9.2% of RDA
• Fructose: 2.3% of RDA
• Protein: 3.1% of RDA
• Sodium: 86.6% of RDA
• Sugar: 16.7% of RDA

• Vitamin A (IU): 28.1% of RDA
• Vitamin B6: 10.1% of RDA
• Vitamin C: 118% of RDA
• Iron: 0.6% of RDA
• Magnesium: 7.1% of RDA
• Manganese: 30.1% of RDA
• Niacin: 13.0% of RDA
• Potassium: 10.2% of RDA
• Zinc: 2.3% of RDA

If any nutritional component is greater than 75% of RDA (or any vitamin/mineral is greater than 600% of RDA), the recipe gets a “Nutrition to Balance” rating.

Whether this matters for your diet depends mostly on what other foods you consume today.

MACROS

Carbohydrate

10.9

Calories

50.0

Fiber

2.57

Iron

0.118

Protein

3.50

Sodium

1169

Sugars

5.23

Fat (total lipid)

0.750

INGREDIENTS

Amount

Measure

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Ingredient

whole

whole

whole

whole

cloves

1/2

whole

red onions

tsp

salt

tsp

cumin

1/4

cups

cilantro (fresh)

whole

lime (fresh/whole)

Just the juice.

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PREPARATION

Roughly chop your tomatillios, tomatoes, garlic, chillies, jalapeno, and onion.

Saute them in a pan or pot with about 3/4 cup water and salt and cumin.

After about 15 minutes(or when it's all cooked down and everything is soft) turn off the heat and add the cilantro and lime juice. Salt to taste.

Blend and chow down! Chips and salsa, in burritos, on nachos, in a kiddie pool with a straw... just enjoy!.

COMPLETE NUTRITION

This recipe has the following nutrient totals:

Calories 50.0

Protein 3.50 g

Carbohydrates 10.9 g

Iron 0.12 mg

Fiber 2.57 g

Calcium 7.44 mg

(plus many more nutrients)

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