Super Low Fat Tomato Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Crumbled ground beef, and pre-cook in dutch oven (DO NOT brown, just render the fat/water).
• Drain pre-cooked beef (I do this in a strainer lined with paper towels). Wipe extra grease/water from bottom of pan with a paper towel.
• Chop onion and celery; finely dice carrot.
• Sauté onion and EVOO in dutch oven on low heat, until onion is translucent (be careful not to let onion get brown; this makes it bitter, which makes the sauce bitter. If it gets brown, throw it out & start again!).
• Add carrot, celery, and salt, continuing to sauté until all veggies soften, stirring often.
• Add beef, tomato, herb/spice. Stir. Cover and raise heat until sauce is simmering.
• Turn heat down to lowest possible. Continue to simmer, covered, for at least an hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
• If heat is too high, or pot not well-insulated, water may need to be added.
• Add chopped parsley when you turn off the heat -- FINISHED!
• Note: Flat-edged wooden spatulas are best for lifting sugar-laden ingredients (i.e. veggies & tomato sauce) from the bottom of a pot.
• Alt: If you're not picky about fat, skip the 'pre-cook beef' step, and add beef directly to cooked veggies.

Steps:

• Spray a nonstick skillet with olive-oil spray, and place over low heat. Add onion and garlic; cover, and cook until translucent, about 7 minutes. Add tomatoes, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium low; simmer 25 to 30 minutes. Pass sauce through the largest holes of a food mill, and set aside.

Steps:

• Place the tomatos, veggies and herbs into a pan.
• Cover and cook over a low heat to allow all the veggies to release their juices and simmer slowly together until pulpy (about 30-45 minutes).
• Allow to cool then whizz in a food processor.
• Put sauce into a pan and boil rapidly over a medium heat until sauce is thickened a little, or to your liking.
• Take care not to let sauce burn.
• Adjust seasoning.
• This sauce freezes well.