The No Tomato Sauce Recipe

"From Real Food Forager. Good for those who have a nightshade allergy (tomatoes, peppers and eggplant). The beets are necessary for color, but you won't taste them. This really tastes like tomato sauce, if you use a good amount of seasonings."

Original is 4 servings

Metric US

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Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (165.6 g)
Calories 61.6
Total Fat - 1.3 g
Saturated Fat - 0.3 g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Sodium - 81.9 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 12.1 g
Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
Sugars - 5.8 g
Protein - 1.4 g
Calcium - 43.1 mg
Iron - 0.6 mg
Vitamin C - 8.7 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Steam the carrots and beets until tender (or roast). Brown the onions and briefly at the end, the garlic with olive oil.

Step 2

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 .

Step 3

Add the spices and blend. Taste and add more spices if need be, or beets for color (small amounts at a time). This recipe tastes better after one day.