Diabetic Recipes: Healthier Homemade Tomato Ketchup
Sugar can hide in some surprising places, such as ketchup. Did you know the average ketchup bottle has 4 grams of sugar per tablespoon? That’s more than an average Chips Ahoy cookie. In fact, the first ingredients listed on a bottle of regular Heinz ketchup are: tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high-fructose corn syrup, corn syrup…
Forget the big brand names and make your homemade ketchup to enjoy this summer! Recipe courtesy of https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/healthier-homemade-tomato-ketchup/
For more interesting information about ketchup read this article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/do-you-know-how-much-sugar-is-in-your-ketchup/2015/06/02/9496b77e-fe5f-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html
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Ingredients:
| 1 tablespoon | olive oil |
| 2 cloves | garlic minced |
| 1 cup | chopped onion or 1 tbsp. dried minced onion |
| 1/4 cup | apple cider vinegar |
| 1/4 cup | red wine vinegar |
| 1/4 cup | honey |
| 1 teaspoon | salt |
| 28 ounces | can tomato puree |
| 12 ounces | can tomato paste |
| 1/2 teaspoon | ground cloves |
| 1/2 teaspoon | oregano |
Directions:
1. Heat oil and saute garlic until fragrant.
2. Add onion and cook until softened.
3. Pour in vinegars, honey and salt.
4. Bring to a boil.
5. Add tomato puree and paste.
6. Bring to a boil.
7. Add in cloves and oregano.
8. Cook until reduced and sauce thickens about 15-20 minutes.
9. Pour into blender and blend until smooth.
Refrigerate. Makes 30 ounces.
Bethany Bird
Monthly Newsletter Contributor since 2014
Email the author! bethany@dvo.com
