Healthy Sauces

Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:
One, number-2 can of tomatoes
One clove of garlic, crushed
4 tablespoons olive oil
One bay leaf or sprig of sweet basil
One chopped onion
Salt and pepper
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Directions:
Saute onion and garlic in oil for five minutes; add tomatoes, bay leaf or basil. Cook to a thick sauce. This will take about 45 minutes. Add sugar, salt and pepper; stir thoroughly. Simmer 15 minutes. Recipe makes two cups. Serve with meat loaf, fish, zucchini, eggplant, green peppers, spaghetti, rice or noodles.

White Sauce

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup skim milk
2 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Heat the oil, add flour and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture appears dry. Have the heat low enough so flour mixture does not turn yellow but remains light in color. Stir the milk in slowly. Bring to boiling point and cook three to five minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Suggestions:
You may use broth or vegetable or fish stock for all or part of milk, depending on the type of food you will serve the sauce with. Vary the flavor of the white sauce by adding, to taste, any one of the following: celery salt, onion juice, lemon juice, grated nutmeg, Worcestershire sauce, chopped chives, dill or parsley.

Recipe makes one cup.

Curry Sauce

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup broth, chicken, beef, shrimp or vegetable
1/4 cup chopped onion
One medium-size, peeled and chopped tart apple
1/2 to 1 teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2-1/2 tablespoons flour
1 cup skim milk

Directions:
Saute onion in olive oil until tender. Add curry powder and apples. Continue cooking for about ten minutes over low heat. Stir in flour and blend until smooth. Slowly add broth, then milk and bring to a boil. Cook for five minutes. Add lemon juice and salt to taste.

Serving Suggestions:
Serve with fish, leftover veal, and/or chicken or over boiled rice.

Recipe makes two cups.

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