I have a confession to make. We don’t do any canning here on Humble Hill Farm. It’s a big project I’ve never had the time or community power to tackle. With so many little ones in the house the combination of huge vats of boiling liquid, glass jars and our concrete floor the scope of the undertaking has always scared me.
It’s definitely on my list of things to learn.
The cost of sugar-free organic tomato sauce has always inspired me to look for other sauces we can enjoy on pizza, pasta dishes, and rice. Here's a delicious sauce that you can easily cook up with local root veggies when tomatoes are out of season.
Be forewarned this is not an exact substitute, stubborn tomato sauce lovers will complain and people who don’t like beets won’t be fooled into eating this.
That being said it tastes wonderful, it’s nutrient rich and it’s an inexpensive sauce that you can easily find the ingredients for in the winter.
Farmhouse Kitchen No-Mato Sauce
1/4 olive oil
1 large onion chopped
4 cups peeled, chopped beets
8 cups peeled, chopped carrots of many colors ( if your carrots are local and very fresh peeling isn't necessary.)
2 cloves of garlic
2 quarts of water
1 TBLS of dried Italian seasoning
1Tbls Red wine vinegar ( Eden Foods)
1 TBLS+ 1 tsp sea salt
1 drop Young Living oregano oil (optional)
1 drop Young Living thyme oil (optional)
Cooking
First add the olive oil to you pan on med- low heat add onions and cook for 5-7 min till they're nicely sautéed.
Next add carrots, beets and garlic. Then add the water and bring the whole pot to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 30 min.
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Blending
Purée until smooth with a wand blender. If you don't have a wand blender then to be safe this mixture has to cool almost completely (2+ hours) before blending it in a regular blender. If you don't have a wand blender it might be the best $25 you ever invested in the kitchen.
After blending season to taste and use as you would tomato sauce.
Purée until smooth with a wand blender. If you don't have a wand blender, then to be safe this mixture has to cool almost completely (2+ hours) before blending it in a regular blender. If you don't have a wand blender it might be the best $25 you ever invested in the kitchen.
After blending season to taste and use as you would tomato sauce.
Flavor Tip
After blending when the sauce has cooled for 30 minutes add one drop of 1 drop Young Living oregano oil & 1 drop Young Living thyme oil. To prevent over doing it, add the oils to the pot either over a ladle or in a small bowl of sauce that you then mix right back into the sauce. This way if too many drops come out at once you won't ruin your whole pot of sauce. The addition of the essential oils really takes the flavor to the next level.Known for their cleansing and purifying properties, the addition of Oregano and Thyme essential oil has medicinal benefits as well.
