Sweet Marinara No Added Sugar Food

QUICK KETO MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or pot. Sauté the garlic just until fragrant.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Once at a boil, cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 25-30 minutes.
• Stir, taste and adjust seasonings. Makes about 8 cups.
• Use immediately or store in the refrigerator for up to a week or freeze for up to 3 months.

SUPER SIMPLE MARINARA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the tomatoes (with their juices), halved onion, garlic cloves, olive oil, oregano and red pepper flakes (if using).
• Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium-high heat, then lower the heat to keep the sauce at a slow, steady simmer for about 45 minutes, or until droplets of oil float free of the tomatoes. Stir occasionally, and use a sturdy wooden spoon to crush the tomatoes against the side of the pot after about 15 minutes has passed.
• Remove the pot from the heat and discard the onion. Smash the garlic cloves against the side of the pot with a fork, then stir the smashed garlic into the sauce. Do the same with any tiny onion pieces you might find. Use the wooden spoon to crush the tomatoes to your liking (you can blend this sauce smooth with an immersion blender or stand blender, if desired).
• Add salt, to taste (the tomatoes are already pretty salty, so you might just need a pinch). Serve warm. This sauce keeps well, covered and refrigerated, for up to 4 days. Freeze it for up to 6 months.

SWEET MARINARA-NO ADDED SUGAR

Steps:

• Peel carrots, garlic, and onion.
• Chop onion.
• Carrots need to be finely chopped or grated.
• Mash garlic cloves into salt using large knife blade to make a paste.
• Heat large pot on stove with olive oil, caramelize carrots and onions, after the carrots and onions are VERY caramelized and smelling sweet, add garlic, add this last as it can burn easily.
• *If using meat in the recipe cook meat while vegetables are caramelizing.
• In a separate large bowl pour all crushed tomatoes in puree, and all tomato paste, add in all seasonings.
• Swish water through all tomato cans, puree and paste getting out as much of the tomato as possible.
• Mix tomatoes, water, and seasonings well. Add to caramelized veggies in pot. Add meat if using meat. Bring to a boil.
• Turn heat as low as possible and cover and simmer. Stir often scraping sides and bottom of pot. Simmer 30 minutes to an hour for a thinner spaghetti sauce, or simmer 2 or more hours to make a thick marinara sauce good for dipping bread sticks or Lasagna or manicotti.
• Make lots as it freezes well.

CROCK POT APPLE PUMPKIN BUTTER (NO ADDED SUGAR)

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to a large crockpot, stirring to combine.
• Set crockpot to LOW and crack the lid to let the water evaporate out. Let it cook. The idea is to cook out most of the liquid so it thickens.
• After several hours (I left mine overnight), check it, stir it, taste it, adjust.
• If it is still holding liquid, cook it longer, stirring, checking, tasting, and adjusting occasionally.
• When it seems thickened to your preference ("spreadable" maybe), spoon it into containers for the fridge, or prepare to can and preserve...continuing to the next step --.
• Bring a large canner pot to a boil and add sterilized jars.
• Bring one jar and a 2 piece lid out of the hot water. Fill jars to ½" of top. With a chopstick or similar utensil, stir and move the butter around in the jar, removing air pockets and bubbles. Then, tap the bottom of the jar firmly (but don't break it for gosh sakes!) on a towel on the countertop a few times to tamp down the butter.
• Wipe any gunk off the rim and screw on 2-piece lid until finger tight. Place jar in water and repeat until the butter fills the last jar. Leftover butter can be put in a jar and into the fridge. Try to do these steps swiftly.
• Cover the canner, bring water back to a boil, and process jars for 30 minutes. Remove from water carefully, and let cool.
• You may hear popping as the jars cool. Leave them be! Don't shake or jostle them for 24 hours. After that, check seals- lids should be sucked down. Any jars that didn't seal can be refrigerated.

BANANA-BERRY SMOOTHIE (NO ADDED SUGAR, SUGARLESS)

Steps:

• Pour yogurt and milk in a blender, then add fruit and optional ice cubes.
• Blend until desired thickness.
• Enjoy!