Cranberry salsa is such a deliciously fun and flavorful holiday appetizer or condiment, which we love spooned over cream cheese and served with crackers. This quick and easy recipe only takes about 5 minutes to make, and your friends and family will devour it!
Prep: 15 minutesminutes
Cook: 0 minutesminutes
Total: 15 minutesminutes
Yield:8
Equipment
Food processor (see Notes)
Ingredients
112-ounce bagcranberriesfresh or frozen
¼cupcilantroroughly chopped
½cupgreen onionsroughly chopped, about 6 green onions or 1 regular bunch
1-2jalapeño pepper(s)with seeds, minced; see Notes
juice of 1 limeabout 2 tablespoons
⅓cupwhite sugarsee Notes
1pinchsalt
To Serve
18-ounce blockcream cheesesoftened, optional
Ritz crackers
tortilla chips
Instructions
Add cranberries, cilantro, green onions, jalapeño pepper(s), lime juice, sugar, and salt to bowl of food processor fitted with medium blade.
Pulse until ingredients have been chopped to medium consistency. Serve immediately or chill in refrigerator if not eating immediately. Serve at room temperature.
Notes
Food Processor: No food processor? No problem. You can make this salsa by chopping all of the ingredients very well, then stirring them together with the sugar, salt, and lime juice.
Jalapeños: For a milder salsa, remove the seeds from the jalapeño before mincing.
Make it Added-Sugar Free: Use granular Swerve, monk fruit, or a similar sugar substitute. Note that different substitutes vary in sweetness; start with 1-2 tablespoons then taste and add more sweetener if needed.
Make it Paleo: Use coconut sugar or monk fruit instead of white sugar, and serve with paleo-friendly crackers and a cashew cream cheese.
Make it Keto: Use granular Swerve or monk fruit instead of white sugar. Serve with keto-friendly crackers and full-fat cream cheese.
Recipe yields approximately 8 servings. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including cream cheese, crackers, or tortilla chips. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by 8. Result will be the weight of one serving.