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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Ketchup and me are like best friends!! Nothing makes me feel better than a batch of homemade fries drenched in ketchup!
How long do you think the ketchup can last in the fridge?
Also,did you post the winner of the vita mix contest from a June??
3-4 days, and yes that post has been updated for awhile 😉
When it’s four days old, you can send it to my house and I’ll finish it off in a few weeks. Save me the trouble of making it! =P
Seriously, I’m sure you’re either erring on the side of caution to not be blamed if someone thinks they got sick from old ketchup, or perhaps you’re referring to a food safety site, but since tomatoes are acidic and it’s also got vinegar (and possibly sugar), I doubt whether this would spoil even in 3-4 weeks or more. I’ve never seen ketchup spoil (we all keep it in the fridge for weeks and months, right?), and as someone kindly listed the ingredients of commercial ketchup, and I don’t see any preservatives there, this can’t be very much different.
Just a common-sense comment, I hope!
I could only say 4 days because mine was all gone before then ;).
Aha, very sensible of you. =)
That is so funny… I got on here specifically to make protein fries and THIS was the post I found!!! 🙂
Okay, you are officially my favorite person in the world! If I weren’t already married (which I am – to an awesome man that wild horses couldn’t drag me away from), if I had a thing for girls (which I don’t – see previous comment) and if I didn’t live on the other side of the planet (which I do – Australia) – I think I might as you to marry me! (And you can totally take that with the comedic tone that was intended.)
For about a month now I’ve been addicted to your blog and have been baking up a storm. My husband thinks I’m a super hero (woo hoo!) and my friends can’t understand why I’m not looking like a blimp and don’t have pimples everywhere.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you for all of these AMAZING recipes. the help with our healthy change of life and the opportunity to give our kids treats that aren’t laden with junk.
PS – This ketchup will be on our table tonight!… and tomorrow morning for the scrambled eggs… and for lunch with the burgers….
Your comment put a really big smile on my face 🙂
that’s funny because I did the exact same thing. always hated meat so would cover it with so much ketchup and mustard that I wasn’t able to taste it! 🙂
Love this idea! Ketchup is definitely a hidden source of sugar…and I’d be this tastes way better than store-bought ketchup!!
Holy cow… I am sending this to my wife immediately. I love ketchup with EVERYTHING in my diet. Tuna, eggs, chicken – it’s required. But definitely keen for a less sugar one. Thanks so much 🙂
We call it tomato sauce here in aus but I’m not a huge fan of it- it’s fine but I dont typically add it to my food. My younger sister use to HEAP that stuff on everything haha.
Nutmeg! Ohmygosh, put nutmeg in there!
That Heinz ketchup that we all know and love? Most of that taste comes from a teeny, tiny pinch of nutmeg. I add it to every batch of ketchup that I make and it’s ALWAYS good.
Also, ketchup is traditionally the combination of vinegar, sugar, some sort of fruit, and spices. Sort of like all-American chutney. There are restaurants in my area that serve things like banana ketchup (yum), blueberry ketchup, MINT ketchup, and red pepper ketchup. They’re ALL incredible.
Thank you for this! I love ketchup and will def try this recpie!
So clever! It reminds me of one of my double tomato soups! Yum!