You say ketchup, I say tomato sauce…

The teenager came home from school yesterday and announced he is on a health kick. I’m not 100% sure what prompted this interest in getting healthy (although, it has to be said I have some ideas), but I’m certainly not knocking it. When pushed, he suggested that this really meant he would limit his consumption of fizzy drinks to one per week… And, then he completed a fairly lengthy ‘man work-out’, so he’s starting well!

As you no doubt know, here at Casa TSL we try to limit our sugar consumption. The teenager is sort of forced to comply with this by default. Poor sausage. But, since he is now on a health kick, I thought I should give him a wee boost by whipping up some easy-peasey home-made tomato sauce (aka ketchup).

Blood may be thicker than water, but it’s certainly not as thick as ketchup. Nor does it go as well with french fries. (Jarod Kintz)

This is the tomato sauce you whip up when you want a fast, reasonably un-processed solution.

Let me be clear – this is not the prepared-from-scratch number you make on a lazy Sunday afternoon of bottling. Rather, it is a good compromise between that and the approximately 30% sugar-laden commercial tomato sauces.

And the best bit? – The teenager has given it his tick of approval!

Ingredients:

170g tomato paste
60ml apple cider vinegar
2 tsp honey
1 tsp molasses
60ml water
½ tsp salt
1 x small garlic clove
1 Tbsp finely chopped onion
A pinch garam marsala (or all spice, as an alternative)

Method:
(Note how complex this recipe is!)

Combine all ingredients in a blender at medium-high speed until very smooth. And, you’re done!

Boo-ya!