Video/Recipe: The No Tomato Sauce (Paleo, AIP, SCD/GAPS)
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Total Time: 13 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups carrots well steamed
- 1/3 cup beets steamed or roasted
- 2/3 cup water
- 3/4 cup chopped onion (1 medium sized onion) sauteed in olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic sauteed in olive oil briefly just to bring up the flavor
- 1 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (more or less to taste) (where to get sea salt)
- 1 teaspoon basil (more or less to taste)
- Other spices you like in your sauce like oregano
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
Instructions
- Steam the carrots and beets until tender (or roast)
- Brown the onions and briefly at the end, the garlic with olive oil
- In a blender mix the carrots, onions, garlic and water (and lemon juice if you are using it)
- Add the beets carefully as you do not want too much, just enough to have the rich red color of tomato sauce
- Blend until it is very smooth
- Add the spices and blend
- Taste and add more spices if need be, or beets for color (small amounts at a time)
- Refrigerate
- This recipe tastes better after one day
- Make a double batch and freeze some for later use