Healthy Homemade Ketchup

Healthy Homemade Ketchup

1 cup Tomato Paste

1/2 cup Apple Juice

1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar

1 tsp Garlic Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1/8 tsp ground Cloves

Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the tomato paste, apple cider, and vinegar. Stir to combine and let the mixture come to a simmer, but do not allow it to boil.

Add the garlic powder, salt, and cloves. Cook, stirring frequently to prevent scorching. You may need to turn the heat down to low or simmer here. Cook until the ketchup has thickened enough to evenly coat the back of a spoon, about 5 to 8 minutes.

Remove from the heat and allow to cool.

Serve when cool or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Oriental Chicken - slow cooker

4 Chicken - Boneless Skinless Breast thawed

1/2 cup Flour (all-purpose)

2 tsp Salt

1/3 cup Cooking Oil

1 can Lemonade concentrate (12 oz can) thawed

4 Tbsp light Brown Sugar

6 Tbsp Ketchup

2 Tbsp Vinegar

1. Combine flour with salt. Coat chicken. Brown chicken in oil in skillet. Transfer to slow cooker.
2. Combine lemonade concentrate, brown sugar, ketchup and vinegar. Pour over chicken.
3. Cover. Cook on High 3-4 hours.

Orange Chicken - Slow Cooker

4 Chicken - Boneless Skinless Breast cut into small chunks

1/3 cup Flour (all-purpose)

small amount Olive Oil

1/2 Tbsp Salt

1 tsp Balsamic Vinegar

3 Tbsp Ketchup

1 can frozen Orange Juice concentrate (6 oz) thawed

4 Tbsp light Brown Sugar

4 cups Minute Rice cooked

In a bowl, mix the orange juice, brown sugar, vinegar, salt, and ketchup. (Note: you can thaw orange juice in microwave for 45 seconds)

Pour the flour in a small bowl. Cover the chicken breast chunks in flour and shake off the excess.

Pour a small amount of olive oil in a skillet and brown the flour-covered chicken.

The chicken doesn't need to be fully cooked since it's going in the crock pot.

After the chicken is done cooking, pour the pieces into the crock pot.

Then cover the chicken with your sauce mixture and give the pot a stir.

Cook on low for 5-6 hours or on high for 2-3 hours.

Serve over rice and even add veggies if you want a healthier meal.


A possible alternate, leave out the brown sugar and put in a can of chunk pineapple!