AIP Verde Salsa (nightshade-free, no avocado)

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AIP Verde Salsa (nightshade-free) is great on tacos, with grilled meats or fish or any other Mexican food where you’d want verde salsa!

Enjoy for other wellness diets, too, including VAD, Anti-Inflammatory, Whole30, Paleo, GAPS and Gluten-free.

Ingredients in AIP Verde Salsa

Typically salsa verdes are a type of spicy, green saucy salsa in Mexican cuisine. They usually contain ingredients that can be inflammatory: tomatillos and green chili peppers. That salsa verde dates to the Aztec Empire, and is unique from medieval European green sauces that always contained parsley.

Ours is an updated version of the Latin recipe. Instead of using tomatillos and peppers, it uses cilantro, kiwi and cucumbers. And the spice comes from finely grated fresh ginger root.

The appearance is similar, and the flavor is, too!

My family loved this recipe on tacos, and it’s thankfully easy to make AIP Taco Shells and Mexican Ground Beef — to create a whole delicious and compliant AIP meal (recipe links to these below!)

No avocado

Other salsas that seek to be anti-inflammatory by removing nightshades often use avocado. This recipe excludes avocado because it’s very high in copper, which is also inflammatory.

Ingredients in AIP Verde Salsa are:

• kiwi
• cucumber
• fresh cilantro
• lime juice
• ginger root
• sea salt

How to make AIP Salsa Verde

Soo easy!:

1. Place all ingredients into blender.
2. Pulse to combine, to create a chunky but soupy texture, about 30 to 40 seconds.

What to serve with Nightshade-free Salsa Verde

Any Mexican food dishes will taste lovely with this condiment.

Here are some AIP favorites:

• Plantain Tortillas (soft tacos or crispy taco shells)
• Tiger Nut Tortillas
• Cassava Flatbread Tortillas
• AIP Mexican Ground Beef
• Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs (cut into slices for tacos)
• Strawberry Pico de Gallo
• Ginger-Lime Salsa with Kiwi and Jicama

Print Recipe

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AIP Verde Salsa (nightshade-free)

AIP Verde Salsa (nightshade-free) is great on tacos, with grilled meats or fish or any other Mexican food where you'd want verde salsa!

Enjoy for other wellness diets, too, including VAD, Anti-Inflammatory, Whole30, Paleo, GAPS and Gluten-free.

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Total Time15 minutes mins

Course: condiment, topping

Cuisine: American, Latin, Mexican

Keyword: aip, nightshade-free, paleo, salsa, verde, whole30

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 27kcal

Author: Megan

Cost: $6

Equipment

• blender

Ingredients

• 3 kiwi peeled and roughly chopped
• 1 cucumber peeled and diced
• ¼ cup cilantro fresh & roughly chopped
• ¼ cup lime juice fresh
• 1 Tablespoon ginger root finely grated to measure
• sea salt

Instructions

• Place all ingredients into blender.
  
• Pulse to combine, to create a chunky but soupy texture, about 30 to 40 seconds.
  

Notes

Storage

AIP Verde Salsa keeps well in the fridge for about 3 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 27kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 134mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 90IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.2mg

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