Spicy Tomato Sauce
With cream cheese and jalapeño, this creamy sauce is beautiful over pasta or plated as a bed for chicken or beef. For a milder sauce, remove seeds and membrane of the jalapeño.
Ingredients
- 4 Roma tomato, quartered
- 45 g (3 Tablespoons) tomato paste
- 30 g (2 Tablespoons) reduced fat cream cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt, optional
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ jalapeño
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
Directions
- Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
- Select Variable 1.
- Turn machine on and slowly increase to the highest speed.
- Blend for 1 minute or until desired consistency is reached, using the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.
- Pour into saucepan and simmer for 30 minutes.
Chef's Notes
For extra spicy, leave a few jalapeño seeds in pepper.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 60 ml (¼ cup) |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 35 |
| Total Fat | 1.5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.5 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Sodium | 280 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 5 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
