Make Your Own Nutrient-Packed Vegetable Marinara Sauce (VIDEO RECIPE)
It can be tough to pack your daily serving of vegetables into one day. But SPE Certified chef Anthony Moraes and SPE Certified culinary nutritionist Natalia Hancock are making it easy with this five vegetable marinara sauce that is delicious and nutritious.
Watch below as Dr. Pam Peeke, author of The Hunger Fix: The Three-Stage Detox and Recovery Plan for Overeating and Food Addiction, joins Hancock and Moraes in making a roasted vegetable sauce packed with nutrients and vitamins:
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Roasted Vegetable Marinara Sauce
Serves 12
Ingredients
2 ½ lbs tomatoes, halved
1 large carrot, halved
1 small onion, peeled and halved
1 shallot, peeled and halved
3 cloves garlic, peeled and halved
1 small red bell pepper, cored and halved
1 small jalapeño, cored and halved
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
No need to peel the vegetables either before you chop them, says Hancock. “The peel is where most of the nutrients are and also where lot of the fiber is.”
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and place vegetables skin side down in a large roasting pan.- Drizzle the vegetables with 1 tbsp of the olive oil and sprinkle with ½ tsp salt. Cover with foil and roast for 45 minutes.
- After 45 minutes, remove the foil and continue baking another 15 minutes uncovered. Remove from the oven and pour off extra cooking liquid and reserve.
- Purée the vegetables in the blender with remaining tablespoon of the olive oil and ½ teaspoon of the salt. Use some of the reserved cooking liquid if needed to blend.
- Sauce should be sweet, spicy, flavorful and bright orange in color. Add red pepper flakes for a spicier sauce. Serve over pasta.
Note: Can be frozen for up to 2 months.
Follow this up with a tasty dessert: Healthy Stone Fruit Crumble Recipe
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