Sugar Free Tomato Sauce
Why you should make your own healthy sugar free tomato sauce
Most commercial tomato sauce/ketchups are very high in sugar, with a sugar content of around 30%. It varies a little from brand to brand but in general they are around one third added sugar. For every Tablespoon of tomato sauce, your child is eating they are having 1-1.5 teaspoons of added sugar. This can add up pretty quickly if your child is a sauce lover.
My kids are no exception to the rule, they L O V E tomato sauce. They love it for dipping things, they love it with meats, hell they enjoy licking it straight off the plate or off their fingers. So how do I keep my sauce loving kids sugar intake low?
Well, I make my own sugar free tomato sauce.
3 Ingredient Tomato Sauce Recipe
Yes, that's right to make homemade tomato sauce you only need 3 ingredients. Around 2 minutes of preparation time and about 30 minutes of patience. By patience I mean leaving something to bubble on the stove. It's easy I promise.
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Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 Clove garlic
- 400 grams tomato purée crushed & sieved tomatoes or passata
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons maple syrup optional
Instructions
- In a saucepan heat the olive oil over a medium low heat
- Roughly chop the garlic, it does not need to be super fine, in fact large chunks are better so it does not burn.
- Sauté for a few moments until coloured and fragrant
- Pour in the tomatoes, add the cinnamon and (optional )maple syrup, then leave to bubble over a medium/low heat for around 30 minutes.
- Once the sauce is nicely thickened give it a good vigorous whisk to really incorporate the oil.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Serving suggestions
- Serve the sauce/ketchup as you would normal commercial sauce, as a condiment, in a burger, with meats or sausages
- Stir it through pasta for a super quick pasta dish, you can add extra vege, meat, fish, chicken, cheese or lentils/chickpeas to add extra nutrition
- Make a layered hummus dip, alternate layers of hummus with the tomato sauce to make a colourful dip perfect for cucumber and carrot sticks
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Hi, thank you for this great idea!!! Just wondering how long does this last for?
It will be absolutely fine for 3 days. It will freeze too. I my house with 3 kids we get through it quickly. I use it to stir through pasta, in toasted sandwiches, as a pizza base sauce or just as a dip so it goes quickly
Hi, looks great! How long do you think it will last in the fridge? Should freeze ok too?
Hi Gemma. It should store in the fridge for 3 days easily. It will freeze. The recipe makes a relatively small quantity around a cup of sauce... So in my family it gets used quickly ?
Ketchup can be so micronutrient-dense. I love that you've created a healthier version here! We can enjoy the powerful antioxidants without all the sugar and inflammation!
You are right! It is so rich in lycopene etc!
Soooooo, where is the actual recipe? This entire page is filled with everything BUT the actual ingredients...
I am soo sorry it seems my recipe plug in failed me. It is there now. Thank you so much for letting me know
Sugar free using canned tomatoes read the ingredients on the can
My canned tomatoes do not contain added sugar. Tomatoes will have dugar listed in the nutrients panels as tomatoes contain natural sugar, but there is no added suagr in the canned tomatoes I use.