A Salsa Dance

This festive salsa features lightly poached shrimp infused with citrus juice and spice.
A Salsa Dance
A smattering of fresh, vitamin-rich vegetables joins the fiesta for a light and vibrant salsa. Lynda Balslev for Tastefood
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A salsa is much more than a spicy red or green sauce to swipe with chips. Salsas are a dance of ingredients that collide and crunch in your mouth and pop with sweet, juicy, spicy flavors.

Each ingredient plays a role in creating a salsa. The key is to gather a tasty team that provides a fiesta of color, flavor, and texture. While the variations are potentially endless, a few general tips will help to create the perfect bite.

Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.
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