Pomegranate Cucumber Salsa
Fresh, bright, and festive this pomegranate and cucumber salsa is made for dipping chips, topping on fish, chicken, tacos, or salads, and enjoyed as a side.
This fruity winter salsa is made with a few simple wholesome ingredients and makes a colorful appetizer or addiction to a meal. Pomegranate cucumber salsa is easy to make, vegan, gluten-free, and filled with beautiful color and flavor.
You will love Pomegranate Cucumber Salsa because:
- Pomegranate and cucumber salsa is a colorful, healthy, and delicious salsa to bring to a holiday get-together or as part of a meal
- A winter salad or salsa that is made with seasonal ingredients
- Easy to make with simple wholesome ingredients
- This salsa is gluten-free, vegan, and plant-based
- Enjoy dipping with chips or crackers, or add as a topping on fish, chicken, tacos, or salads
- This salsa also makes a great side dish
- Filled with beautiful colors, nourishing ingredients, and plenty of fiber
Pomegranate Cucumber Salsa is made with:
- Pomegranate seeds: sweet, tart, and a juicy burst of flavor that is in season in fall and winter
- Cucumbers: hydrating and crunchy I like Persian or English cucumbers for this recipe
- Red onion: adds a little zing to this salad and red onion is best for raw salads
- Jalapeño: add one to two jalapeños depending on your preference for spice
- Cilantro: fresh cilantro to add fresh herbs and flavor to this recipe
- Lime: helps meld the flavors together into a bright and zesty salsa
- Sugar: sweeten this salsa up just a bit with sugar, honey, or your preference for sweetener
- Spices: add salt to your taste, I use around 1/4-1/2 tsp
Recipe Tips:
- Make this recipe even easier to make by buying pre-seeded pomegranate arils
- Cut cucumber and onion into small pieces similar in size to pomegranate seeds
- Add a large diced avocado to this festive salsa for an optional twist
- If you like a sweeter fruity salsa add 1-3 tsp sugar or honey to sweeten
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Pomegranate Cucumber Salsa
Fresh, bright, and festive this pomegranate and cucumber salsa is made for dipping chips, topping on fish, chicken, tacos, or salads, and enjoyed as a side.
Ingredients
- 2 cups pomegranate arils
- 2 cups cucumbers (Persian or English cucumbers work best)
- 1/2 red onion
- 1-2 jalapenos
- 1-2 limes juiced
- salt to taste
- 1-2 tsp sugar, honey, or sweetener (optional for a swweewter taste, may use up to 1 tbsp)
Instructions
- De-seed 2 pomegranates or buy de-seeded pomegranates to make this recipe even easier
- Dice cucumbers, jalapeno, and onion into small pieces
- Finely chop cilantro
- Add pomegranate arils, cucumber, jalapeno, onion, and cilantro into a bowl
- Juice 1-2 limes (depending on size and juiciness) on top of salsa
- Add salt and sweetener to your taste, mix, and enjoy
- Other subsitutings and addtions listed above as well as serving ideas
Notes
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