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Everyone Loves This: Rich & Creamy PUMPKIN PASTA SAUCE!

maud — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:05:13 +0000

Everybody likes pumpkin, and pasta sauce made with pumpkin is really satisfying! Pumpkin is good to add to lots of different sauces, especially light cheese sauces and tomato sauces. The pumpkin acts as a thickener, adding a rich creamy texture.

Tip: Add a little nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice to bring out the pumpkin flavor even more.

Here’s the recipe for the basic Pumpkin-only Sauce that is perfect in its own right and contains only 80 calories with 1g fat:

Start with a small bowl and combine these ingredients to make a pumpkin mixture:

1/4 cup canned pure pumpkin,

1/4 cup light plain soymilk,

1/2 tsp. garlic powder,

1/8 tsp. salt,

a dash of black pepper.

After mixing the initial Perfect Pumpkin Sauce ingredients well, grab a small sauce pan and over medium-high heat, combine:

1/4 cup fat-free chicken broth,

1/4 cup finely chopped onions,

1/2 tsp. chopped garlic,

half a wedge of light creamy Swiss cheese.

Then:

Cook until broth has evaporated, 2 – 4 minutes.

Reduce heat to medium, and cook until onion and garlic begin to brown, about 1 minute.

Add pumpkin mixture, and stir until thoroughly blended and hot.

Source: Lisa Lillien

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Homemade Blueberry Lemon Sauce

Chris — Thu, 10 May 2018 19:33:46 +0000

Only a few minutes is needed to make this popular Homemade Blueberry Lemon Sauce. This is a perfect healthy topping for ice cream, cheesecake and so much more! Try a spoonful with your morning yogurt or spooned over a stack of hot pancakes for a delicious treat!

Homemade blueberry sauce comes together on the stovetop in less than ten minutes with just a few staple ingredients: fresh or frozen blueberries, water, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. And it’s absolutely delicious spooned over just about anything from pancakes and waffles to ice cream and cheesecake. We also love stirring a spoonful into vanilla, Greek-style yogurt with a sprinkle of granola for fun and tasty afternoon snack.

Here is the list of ingredients you’ll need for approximately 8 servings of this topping:

2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup granulated sugar (or sugar substitute)
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with 2 tablespoons cold water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Zest of 1 lemon (about 1 tablespoon), optional

Note: If you prefer using a healthy sugar substitute, then here are some alternatives for the granulated sugar in this recipe: Healthy Substitutes for Sugar.

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A Special Recipe for Healthy Homemade TOMATO SAUCE … for Every Meal!

Chris — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 17:44:30 +0000

Making this delicious Simple Roasted Tomato Sauce is a smart and healthy idea, especially when fresh tomatoes are in season and you have some room in your freezer to freeze whatever you can’t use right away — for up to 4 months! Go ahead and cook up a big batch since tomato sauce can be the foundation for dozens of yummy recipes, such as a topping for pasta and much more.

This recipe adds fresh garlic, lemon juice, salt, sugar to tomatoes to make a delicious sauce.

Before making this Simple Roasted Tomato Sauce, here a just a few ideas for incorporating tomato sauce in your meals:

I add a cup or so of milk or half and half and warm it up for a flavorful tomato soup.

Use it to bathe frozen meatballs on a solid sourdough bun to make a divine meatball sandwich.

Of course it’s the base for a zesty lasagna. Or even for a short cut lasagna soup.

A cup of the sauce is perfect as dipping sauce for fritti misto or fried calamari.

Spread it on french bread halves, top with mozzarella and any other toppings for a French Bread pizza.

Nestle a few chunks of chicken breast in warmed sauce and cook over medium for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

The kids go wild for stuffed pizza rolls.

Polenta, gnocchi and ravioli. Need I say more?

The secret to this sweet and fresh-tasting sauce is roasting the tomatoes in olive oil with all of the ingredients in the recipe. Roast slowly at a low temperature and let them sizzle for awhile.

I like to keep my sauce in the fridge until ready to use or I freeze them flat in freezer bags and then stack in the freezer for later use. Pour the sauce in muffin tins or ice cube trays to use in smaller portions.

To make this as a shelf-stable, jarred sauce, add two tablespoons of bottled lemon juice and one teaspoon of salt to each jar. Add a teaspoon of sugar to offset the added acidity if desired.

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