For many, many years I tried to make the perfect BBQ sauce and failed so many times I was ready to settle for just an edible sauce. The foodie in me was stubborn and unwilling to try a ketchup based sauce so I kept on buying my favorite Sweet Baby Rays. But one day, I relented and made this sauce and have never looked back. It is amazing and made with a ketchup base but so amazing the foodie in me just doesn't care anymore.
Amazing Bar B Q Sauce
1/4 cup diced onion
1 tbsp oil
1 clove garlic (or more to taste) or equivalent granulated garlic
2 cups ketchup
1/2 cup molasses
1 1/2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce (I sub Braggs here)
1 tbsp liquid smoke
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
Saute onion in oil until soft. Add garlic and saute another minute.
Add remaining ingredients to blender along with garlic and onion mixture.
Puree until smooth.
Yes, it really is just that simple.
THM modifications: Substitute with sugar free ketchup. There is a good recipe in the THM cookbook for ketchup or you can buy one. Make sure you use blackstrap molasses and I like to use coconut oil to saute the onion and garlic in. This would be an E recipe.
I wish I could give credit where it is due, but I really do not know who created this recipe. I've been making it for years so I'm guessing I found it in a cookbook and not pinterest. If this is your creation, I thank you from the bottom of my BBQ loving heart.
I have a love affair with my bread machine that very few people enjoy. I literally wear them out every other year. I have no shame in admitting that it makes better bread than I can by hand kneading and mixing. However, until lately it has always let me down when it comes to pizza dough.
Every bread machine pizza dough recipe I made was always bland and tough. My husband loves, and I mean loves, a thick, soft crust that I just could not achieve until now.
Cena's Bread Machine Pizza Crust
2 pound loaf - makes 2 medium to large pizzas
1 tsp salt - be generous
4 cups flour - I use whatever I have, normally half all purpose and half whole wheat.
1.5 cups warm water
3 tbsp oil or butter - again whatever you have, usually I use coconut oil
1 tbsp honey or sugar
seasonings - whatever you are in the mood for, I like to put a couple of teaspoons of Italian seasonings.
Load your bread machine as you normally do. Make sure you select the dough cycle!
This recipe will give a soft dough with air bubbles. I like to load it up with sauce, onions, olives, pepperoni and bell peppers.
Trim Healthy Mamas- This is of course off plan. I have tried most low carb pizza crusts and I like either the cauliflower crust or the Fat Head/Holy Grail Pizza crust. Both recipes are very easy to find online.
Making homemade pizza is important in our home but sometimes you need to take a lesson from a cat.
