Okay, we hardly ever eat ketchup so I've not really stressed about the ingredients of what I'm buying, but we've been exercising 30 minutes a day and watching our carbs and sugar. The result... 2 lb weight gain. Thanks!
So I am looking at everything! Sugar is in almost everything and sugar is evil. I think I've mentioned before that I don't have a huge sweet tooth, so cutting sweets is not a big deal for me, but finding out it's in almost everything I buy, just sucks.
So I'm trying to cut it out in places I know where it is. Ketchup is one of those places. I've searched pinterest and this recipe is very common out there. I've made my own tweaks but that's how I "own it' You need to do the same! "Own it!".
Homemade Ketchup
Ingredients
2 6oz cans of tomato paste
1/4 cup honey (use your local honey)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1 packet stevia (optional - I might leave it out of the next batch)
1/2 cup of water
Pink salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper to taste. Start with a 1/4 tsp of each. You will need to add more to "own it!".
Additional Tracy "own it" ingredient was white wine. Yum! - We usually have chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon on hand which make great cooking add in!
Put all of the ingredients in a saucepan and simmer for 2 hours. Taste and add more seasoning. Mine was way too sweet when I tasted it but adding a few more shakes of the garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper made it pretty awesome!
Use a funnel and slowly pour your ketchup in a container (preferably glass) and store in the fridge.
I had saved our last ketchup bottle to store my homemade ketchup.
I'll be on the lookout for a glass bottle or 2 for the next batch of ketchup. I must note that the brand on the bottle that you see, is the the best store bought ketchup we have ever had!
Enjoy!
