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I am my own super fan of this Sugar Free Tomato Sauce, cooked right in my kitchen with wholesome ingredients and aromatic herbs. You, too, can easily make your own low carb tomato sauce to satisfy your lifestyle and taste buds.
As it is made with the ingredients that most of the kitchen pantries have a good stock of, you will enjoy a quick homemade recipe that is versatile and healthy.
Marinara sauce is a tomato sauce, usually made with tomatoes, garlic, herbs, and onions. Its many variations can include the addition of capers, olives, spices, and a dash of wine. – Wikipedia
This no sugar red sauce is a perfect match to a Keto marinara sauce, spaghetti sauce or any pasta sauce. If you make it a bit thicker, it can be served as a dipping sauce for cheese sticks, fish sticks, veggies and more.
How To Make Your Own No Added Sugar Tomato Sauce
For those of you who like sauces, this delicious sauce has a heavenly texture. You can make your recipe thicker or more liquid, depending on your goals and needs.
You can use water, vegetable or chicken stock to dilute a thicker consistency. I prefer to make my sauce a bit on the thicker side, but you can do what you love.
As a recipe variation, for the meat lovers, you can add hamburger meat or chicken pieces when you plan to use the sauce right away. When I plan for storing the leftovers, I leave this sugar free tomato sauce as is, without any additions to the recipe.
One more homemade Easy Romesco Sauce recipe for pasta, veggies and rice dishes.
This recipe is a one-pan dish of sorts. Just add all ingredients into a pan and cook for fifteen minutes. Voila, you are going to be rewarded with the best no added sugar tomato sauce.
For the fans of fresh herbs, here’s a recipe for Basil and Spinach Pesto add to sandwiches, salads, entrees of all sorts.
How To Store This Keto Friendly Marinara Sauce
Sometimes, I plan for a few weeks ahead and make a double of this recipe. I like to freeze the most of it and use portioned tomato sauce for my other meals and recipes.
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Here’s an example how I used my delicious no sugar added pasta sauce on the cheese ravioli. Simple and to the point!
Can You Use Tomatoes for Skin Care?
Tomatoes are the fruit rich in antioxidants and micronutrients that are super beneficial for your skin health. Acting as anti-aging agents, the phytochemicals found in tomato reduce our bodily inflammation, thus reducing the aging effect on the skin.
But do keep in mind that you need to eat tomatoes to rip the maximum benefits for your skin well-being.
Some people, though, can have allergic reaction to tomatoes once they eat them. But such allergies are not wide-spread. If you do not have allergies towards tomatoes, you have been consuming them in different forms, from fresh to tomato sauce, then your body loves this fruit.
Antioxidants in tomatoes support skin cells
The lycopene, a super carotenoid or plant chemical, is found in abundance in tomatoes. Lycopene is an antioxidant and a fat soluble phytonutrient. Adding healthy fats to the tomato sauces and tomato salads is a must to increase its bioavailability by the body. Cooking tomatoes also increases the concentration of bioavailable lycopene. That is why I absolutely love marinara sauces!
Vitamin C is a must for healthy collagen production, especially as we age
On the other hand, tomatoes have a water soluble vitamin C in them. Eating raw tomatoes with a drizzle of olive oil is one of the delicious things ever! In addition to the taste, you can capitalize on a powerful synergies of vitamin C and its role it plays in collagen production. Vitamin C is a precursor, i.e., you have to have it before the process of collagen synthesis.
Both lycopene and vitamin C fight free radicals, thus reducing signs of skin aging: wrinkles, and sagging.
Moisturize your skin from inside out by including tomatoes into your diet
As we age, adding plant sources like tomatoes into our daily diet is a must to deliver that needed moisture to our skin. Being rich in potassium, tomatoes provide that necessary water balance in the skin layers. Decreased levels of potassium may contribute to dry skin and skin conditions like atopic dermatitis, type of eczema that can be itchy, flaky and producing skin cracks. Check out this research on this topic.
If you are looking for ways to increase moisture levels in your skin, check out Hyaluronic Acid Benefit for Women.
Sugar Free Tomato Sauce
Easy homemade recipe for a no sugar added tomato sauce that is perfect for any vegetarian or meat meal. Or if you want, you can use it as a dip, too.
Ingredients
- 2 cans of crushed tomatoes store-bought, 14 oz each can
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp dried basil
- Black ground pepper to taste
- 1-2 packets stevia
Instructions
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Put ingredients into a pot and simmer for about 15 minutes.
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Stir the mixture in the pot during the simmering. Add a bit of water if you want the sauce a bit looser.
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Serve it onto your pasta, zucchini pasta, hot dogs and hamburgers and anything where you would celebrate this amazing tomato flavor.
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You can freeze the leftovers for up to 4 months.
37 thoughts on “Sugar Free Tomato Sauce for Your Healthy Lifestyle”
I so love that this recipe is sugar free we need this one for game day.
I really enjoy tomato sauce. This Sugar Free Tomato Sauce would be wonderful for me to make.
This is a great recipe to have on hand, I am cutting down on sugar and need all the sugar free recipes I can find.
I love this recipe! It’s very similar to ours. We don’t put sugar in it either.
This looks delicious. It is so surprising sometimes to find all the things that have sugar in them you never would have thought of before.
Thanks for the recipe. The sauce is looking so creamy and rich. I’ll surely give it a try.
Laura,
This sauce is so easy to make! Enjoyable to the last one.
Is it bad that I never used sugar in my tomato sauce? This looks awesome!
I’m loving this healthy version of tomato sauce. Hubby enjoys homemade tomato sauce for our pasta dishes. Using this one for later this week when we host pasta night.
I didn’t know tomatoes has a lot of health benefits! I must give this recipe a try. I am sure this is delicious!
I am definitely going to have to try this. I am shocked at how hard it is to find good sugar free pasta sauce.
That tomato sauce looks quite delicious. My son likes ketchup and other tomato-based products, I think he would like this a lot.
Lyanna,
You can also involve the kids to cook their own tomato or pasta sauce. They will know exactly what ingredients make that yummy taste.
This recipe could not have come at a more perfect time! I was just talking about the added sugar in tomato sauce! I will have to try this!
Wren,
Once you try a homemade tomato or marinara sauce, you will get addicted to make it yourself!
I love how easy this is to make!! Can’t wait to try it.
Toni,
You are the Master Chef of easy and delicious! Learning from you!
I love the idea of making this from scratch! It’s always better, health-wise, to know (1st hand) what’s in it!
Heather,
Ditto!
I definitely would like to try to make this because the more sugar I can cut out the better. I am also barely having grain carbs.
Krystel,
Making your own tomato sauce is something addicting. You can vary its taste and texture based on your personal preferences.
I started making my own tomato sauce a few months ago. It’s been a huge hit at our house. Last night I made a pasta recipe with my own sauce and my son said it was the best meal he’s ever had. That was pretty high praise!
Lisa,
Homemade meal is so much fresher and has a fuller taste.
This looks amazing! I’ve always wanted to make my own marinara sauce. I can’t wait to try this.
Stephanie,
Once you make it once, you will know exactly how to make it from that moment on. We all have different taste buds, thus, we can adjust the ingredients accordingly.
A pasta dish with this tomato sauce is the best dinner or lunch that you’ll ever have! Easy and delicious!
I have always wanted to make my own tomato sauce. I like being able to control what goes into it. I am making some changes to the way I eat and of looking for healthier options.
Sherry,
Ditto! Plus the ingredients and the herbs you can add to your own recipe will create the taste you are looking for, without guessing.
I love a good marinara sauce. I also like to make my own. I’ve never added stevia to my sauce, I’ll have to try that!
I had no idea that tomato sauce has sugar in it! I’ll definitely try this as we are trying to eliminate sugar.
I love that this is sugar free. I’ve never made my own tomato sauce before. I do use it in a lot of recipes too. I’ll have to try this next time.
This sounds like an awesome recipe. When tomatoes on sale I will make this
Tara,
That’s what I do: I make a big bulk of the sauce and freeze it.
So easy! I really need to start making my own tomato sauce. Thanks for the sugar free recipe!
Scarlet,
You are so welcome!
Try it and feel free to tweak to your taste buds!
I love homemade tomato sauce and love controlling the sugar content. This recipe is similar to mine and it tastes so good with lasagna or on pizza even.
Amy,
Yes, the homemade is so much more practical, healthier and can change flavor as we cook it or add it to other recipes.