Here are THREE good reasons you should try this homemade and healthy ketchup recipe:
- No high-fructose corn syrup, and you get to control how much–if any–sugar goes in.
- Homemade really does taste so much better than bottled ketchup.
- With just 4 basic ingredients, this healthy ketchup couldn’t be easier to make!
Once you try homemade ketchup, you’ll never want to buy store-bought ketchup again.
When I was little, my mom joked that we should’ve bought stock in Heinz for how much ketchup I ate.
Looking back, I think the issue was that I really never liked the taste of meat.
So I’d put a ton of ketchup on my burgers and then they wouldn’t taste like meat… they’d taste like ketchup! 
Healthy Ketchup
Loosely inspired by a recipe in Better Homes and Gardens
- 3 cups cherry or grape tomatoes (450g)
- 1/4 cup sliced onion (35g)
- scant 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar) (12g)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- sweetener of choice, to taste (or omit for unsweetened ketchup)
- 1/8 tsp powdered ginger (omit if desired)
- optional pinch garlic powder or minced garlic
Healthy Ketchup Recipe: Preheat oven to 400 F. Roast first two ingredients 40-45 minutes, or until the tomatoes are shriveled and most of their liquid is absorbed. Then blend with all other ingredients. Let cool before putting in the fridge, and for thickest results leave uncovered a few hours even after putting in the fridge. (Recipe yields 345g, or about 1.5 cups.)
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I’m going to have to try this with all the tomatoes in the garden right now. Is it okay if you don’t use grape tomatoes, I’m not sure what tomatoes my mom planted in the garden? Thanks for the great sugar free ketchup recipe, now I can eat ketchup again!
I don’t see why other tomatoes wouldn’t work, but I’ve only tried the grape/cherry ones.
I used to do the same thing! I hated meat as a kid and smeared my chicken and everything in tons of ketchup. I still love ketchup, but I haven’t had to eat meat for 15 years.
Can’t wait to make this ketchup! Thanks for sharing.
Well surprisingly I am not a big fan of ketchup, but do LOVE bbq sauce, so I will definitely make it as a base, thanks!
I recently made homemade ketchup and to get the sweet heinz taste try using plums for part of the recipe (i can’t remeber from memory what ration of tomatoes to plums probably 4:1 ish) it really does make the difference in terms of sweetness!
HATE IT.
But unfortunately, my husband loves it. And the worst thing is, he’s always putting ketchup on things so he doesn’t have to share!! Ha. Maybe I’ll make this kind and love it and then life will be equal.
Also – just posted this on my facebook page the other day – something ingenius I never knew about!! 😀
http://foodbeast.com/content/2012/08/01/so-apparently-weve-been-using-ketchup-cups-all-wrong/
xoxo
Cheri
I think I did the same thing when i was younger! I hated steak and my family would have it constantly and I wasn’t allowed to leave the table without eating, so naturally, I doused it in ketchup and didn’t have to taste it! I am definitely going to try this recipe! Thanks!
This recipe came at the perfect time since our garden is just overflowing with cherry & grape tomatoes!! (well that & we ran out of ketchup this week).
Cannot wait to try it! I think we’ll have to divide it up and test out different spices in each.
Love ketchup!! & condiments in general! I will definitely have to try this recipe!
We all need more healthy, chemical-free condiment recipes in our lives! Thanks!
I love ketchup, but my boyfriend isn’t a fan (he doesn’t really like tomatoes in general). I also rarely have foods that go with ketchup at home, so the bottle in my fridge is usually suspiciously old, lol. I have a cherry tomato plant in my AeroGarden now, so once it starts bearing fruit I’ll have to give this a try!
Okay I never want to buy store bought ketchup again. Now that is some ketchup I would use! We love mustard more than ketchup but I usually have the juice sweetened or organic on hand.
can you freeze it? trying to take advantage of tomato season 🙂
Sorry, I haven’t ever tried.
I eat my own weight in ketchup on a regular basis – so I’m going to be all over this, thanks!
I’ve never really been a fan of ketchup, but I’m willing to try it with some veggies and sweet potato fries– yum!
This came at just the right time!
I was just telling my family that tomato sauce is u healthy when you buy it.
Thanks for the recipe!
I may just put it in the heinz bottle so they will have a healthy surprise hehe
Hmmm I really like your idea about putting it in the Heinz bottle 😉 – my Dad has soooo much tomato ketchup and only ever uses Sainsbury’s own-label, even more sugar, less tomatoes!! So I may just have to try this with his ketchup…. 😉
As you know, I am a big fan of your blueberry ketchup. 🙂 I will have to try this one. I actually like ketchup but don’t crave it the way some people do so it is not uncommon for me to go months and months without eating it.