No-Tomato Tomato Sauce
Here is a recipe I found on the Eat Right For Your Blood Type website that is great for those who are avoiding the nightshade family. Those nightshades are notorious for causing joint inflammation in many of us. But with this recipe you will not even notice the absence of tomato because the taste is so remarkably like real tomato sauce. A tip mentioned was that it is better if it’s made the day before and allowed to mellow.
No-Tomato Tomato Sauce
2 1/2 cups/675g steamed carrots
1/2 cup/100g steamed beets
2/3 cup/app 90 ml water
3 tablespoons/45 ml lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons/app 5-6g salt
1 tablespoon/app 12g basil (optional)
1/2 teaspoon/app 3-4g onion powder
pinch of oregano
3/4 cup/175g chopped cooked onions
1 clove minced garlic
Steam the carrots and beets until tender. Brown onions and garlic together. Measure all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Freeze or refrigerate until ready to use.
webmaster said,
May 17, 2007 @ 9:29 am
I have made a sauce that is a lot like yours- using butternut squash as the base (instead of carrots).
Karen said,
June 5, 2007 @ 9:01 am
I can imagine that the squash would be a good substitution in this recipe. I’m assuming you still use the beets, need them to at least give it a tomato color. Making this recipe in bulk and freezing would be a great way to use up surplus squash at the end of the growing season.
Thanks for your comment!
Karen
Denise said,
January 18, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
I’ve been hooked on this sauce and I’m telling everyone!!!!!
I’m blood type B and have looking for a recipe to substitute tomato paste and or tomato sauce and this tastes even better and my friends thinks so also.
I found out beets prevent colon cancer.
I just made bison heart cooked in this sauce of course and I added tons of red bell pepper. rosemary, thime wow… Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I’m on Paleo and blood type diet together, never felt better!
Denise said,
January 18, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
I forgot to say I used purple carrots instead and all organic ingredients. They taste better and I read that purple carrots were around longer than orange carrots, well the taste convinced me. I made the recipe with orange carrots before and definitely tasted the difference. Also instead of onion powder I baked half an onion in the oven. I’m on Paleo diet and don’t use processed anything. Bottled water instead of tap.
More importantly instead of steaming, I baked. I wrapped carrots, beets and onions in aluminum foil and baked for 1/2 hour. All the flavor left in tact.
Thank you thank you, I love this recipe!!!!
Karen said,
January 19, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
You’re welcome, and glad you like it.
Purple carrots — now I’m intrigued. I’m going to have to try them. Are they less sweet than orange carrots? I usually steam all my veggies but maybe I will bake them next time.
It’s nice to hear from a fellow BloodType Dieter. Glad to hear you are doing great combining it with a Paleo diet. I’m an O, and now that Dr. D’Adamo’s new book, The GenoType Diet is out, I’ve discovered I’m in the hunter genotype.
Hope you have continued success on the diet.