Reprinted from The Blood Type Diet Website (www.dadamo.com)

Pico de Gallo (Chunky Salsa)
36 votes
Contributed by: KatsyAdded: May 10, 2009 at 06:26 PM


Description:

My husband's favorite snack! Can be used as an appetizer, side dish, or to spice up a Mexican dish.

Best Used By Blood Types:
  • Type B Non Secretor (1 beneficials)
  • Type O (1 beneficials)
  • Type O Non Secretor (1 beneficials)
Category:
  • Snack
Ingredients:
  • 3 Roma tomatoes, diced (or 1 can petite diced tomatoes)
  • 1/2 med. onion
  • 1 jalapeņo
  • 1/4 bunch of cilantro
  • 1-2 Tablespoons lime juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
How to make it:
  1. Chop tomatoes, onion, jalapeņo and cilantro.
  2. Add lime juice and salt; stir to combine.
    Note:
    The measurements are approximate -- you can add more or less of an ingredient, depending on your preference.)

BTD Core Ingredients Analysis:

NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Onion (Red/Spanish/Yellow/Whit...1 ,2 B B N N N B B B
Cilantro2 N B N N N N N N
Lime/Lime Juice2 B N N B N N N N
Pepper (Cayenne/Red Flakes/Jal...  A A A A N N N N
Tomato/Tomato Juice1 ,2 ,3 ,4 A N N B A N N N
Sea Salt2 N N N N N N N N
[1] This recipe uses ingredients rich in lignans.
[2] This recipe uses ingredients which may help limit bacterial overgrowth.
[3] This recipe uses ingredients which may be genetically modified .
[4] This recipe uses ingredients which may be high in chitinase, an allergen.

  • This recipe is low in common allergens.
  • This recipe is gluten free.
  • This recipe uses ecologically friendly ingredients.

    If an ingredient is an avoid for your blood type, then try using a BTD compliant variant/substitute or leaving the item out of the recipe.

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    When using any recipe, always check it for avoids and make the appropriate adjustments where necessary. The Blood Type Diet Recipe Database has been recently greatly enhanced. Also, the food lists changed somewhat a couple of years ago, and all recipes in the database may not reflect those changes in terms of the blood types for which the recipes are recommended. Volunteer Blood Type Diet Forums Members are working to review and update all the recipes to take advantage of the all the new features and food lists. Please be patient with us until the process has been completed.

    Revision History:
    • Revised May 26, 2009 at 11:02 PM By: Lola