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Zero Point Marinara Sauce

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This Zero Point Marinara Sauce is super delicious, easy to make, and requires only a few simple ingredients!

Servings: Makes 4 (1 cup) servings

GREEN: zero SmartPoints per serving

BLUE: zero SmartPoints per serving

PURPLE: zero SmartPoints per serving

 

This Zero Point Marinara Sauce would be perfect with any of these recipes:

Pizza Roll Ups

Pepperoni Pizza made with Two Ingredient Dough

Cream Cheese Chicken Lasagna 

Pepperoni Crusted Stuffed Chicken Breasts

 

How do I make this Zero Point Marinara Sauce?

Place canned tomatoes, garlic cloves, fresh basil, and parsley into a blender or food processor, blend for about 30 seconds until pureed.

Place in a large sauce pan or dutch oven. Add minced dry onions, salt, and oregano. Stir until well combined. 

Stir in tomato sauce for desired consistency.

 Let the sauce simmer for ten minutes.

How do I thicken or thin out the sauce?

Depending on your preference of thickness-you can choose to make the sauce thinner or thicker by adding water or cornstarch. 

To thicken: Use cornstarch. Cornstarch is pretty neutral in flavor and can be easily added to the sauce.  Simply stir in a small amount of 1/2 tsp cornstarch into the pasta sauce and let it cook for a minute or two. You’ll often see thickening results with a small amount of cornstarch.

To thin out: add 1/4-1 cup tomato sauce while sauce is simmering. 

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 2 ( 14 oz ) cans of Hunts 100% Natural no salt added diced tomatoes
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 5-6 fresh basil leaves or 2 Tbsp dried basil 
  • 2 Tbsp dried oregano
  • 2 Tbsp minced dried onions
  • 4 Tbsp fresh parsley or 1 Tbsp dried parsley 
  • 1 Tbsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup to 1 cup tomato sauce, if desired

Directions:

  1. Place canned tomatoes, garlic cloves, fresh basil, and parsley into a blender or food processor, blend for about 30 seconds until pureed.
  2. Place in a large sauce pan or dutch oven. Add minced dried onions, salt, and dried oregano. Stir until well combined. 
  3. Stir in tomato sauce for desired consistency.
  4. Let the sauce simmer for ten minutes.
  5. Use on pasta, spaghetti squash, pizza, ect.

Notes:

  1. For a thinner sauce: Add 1/4 to 1 cup tomato sauce.
  2. For a thicker sauce: Whisk 1/2 tsp cornstarch with a little water. Pour into the simmer sauce and stir until well combined.
  3. Add 2 tsp of zero point white granulated sugar substitute, for added sweetness. 

 

Servings: Makes 4 (1 cup) servings

GREEN: zero SmartPoints per serving

BLUE: zero SmartPoints per serving

PURPLE: zero SmartPoints per serving

 

 

Yield: 4

Zero Point Marinara Sauce

Zero Point Marinara Sauce

This Zero Point Marinara Sauce is super delicious, easy to make, and requires only a few simple ingredients!

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 ( 14 oz ) cans of Hunts 100% Natural no salt added diced tomatoes
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 5-6 fresh basil leaves or 2 Tbsp dried basil 
  • 2 Tbsp dried oregano
  • 2 Tbsp minced dried onions
  • 4 Tbsp fresh parsley or 1 Tbsp dried parsley 
  • 1 Tbsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup to 1 cup tomato sauce, if desired

Instructions

  1. Place canned tomatoes, garlic cloves, fresh basil, and parsley into a blender or food processor, blend for about 30 seconds until pureed.
  2. Place in a large sauce pan or dutch oven. Add minced dried onions, salt, and dried oregano. Stir until well combined. 
  3. Stir in tomato sauce for desired consistency.
  4. Let the sauce simmer for ten minutes.
  5. Use on pasta, spaghetti squash, pizza, ect.

Servings: Makes 4 (1 cup) servings

GREEN: zero SmartPoints per serving

BLUE: zero SmartPoints per serving

PURPLE: zero SmartPoints per serving

Notes

How do I thicken or thin out the sauce?

Depending on your preference of thickness-you can choose to make the sauce thinner or thicker by adding water or cornstarch. 

To thicken: Use cornstarch. Cornstarch is pretty neutral in flavor and can be easily added to the sauce.  Whisk 1/2 tsp cornstarch with a little water. Pour into the simmer sauce and stir until well combined. You’ll often see thickening results with a small amount of cornstarch.

To thin out: add 1/4-1 cup tomato sauce while sauce is simmering. 

  • Add 2 tsp of zero point white granulated sugar substitute, for added sweetness. 

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 53Total Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 1768mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 4gSugar: 6gProtein: 2g

The point values and nutritional information is estimated and figured based off the brand of ingredients I used for the recipe using the WW app and can vary depending on ingredients used.

© Lindsay Kehl
Cuisine: Italian / Category: Dip

Comments

  1. Thanks, this sounds like what I have been looking for. Thanks also for all of your hard work posting your other recipes also.

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  3. Just finished making your zero point marinara for the chicken lasagna. I like spice so I added a little hot Rotel tomatoes. Delicious. Not buying pizza sauce again.

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    • I recommend storing it an air tight container for up to a week in the fridge or it can be frozen for up to 6 months. I usually freeze all but a few servings that I plan on having for the week. Thanks so much!

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  6. I absolutely love your recipes. I have made the Chicken salad, marinated chicken, bbq chicken, etc. please keep them coming!

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  7. Wow! I made this yesterday using a bunch of whole tomatoes I had (I shouldn’t have added the water, but it still turned out great)! My kids (who will typically NOT eat pasta, because they don’t like red sauce, LOVED this sauce (even my watery version)! My husband didn’t believe me that it was 0 smart points either. My kids asked if this could be the only sauce we use any more. I’m totally sold, and it is SO easy and simple. Thank you!

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    • Hi Jeanie,

      Yes, 1 Tbsp is correct. For the amount of sauce this recipe makes, 1 Tbsp is the correct amount. You can always always add 1-2 can of crushed tomatoes if your batch came out too salty or for the future reduce it to 1/2 Tbsp the next time you make it, according to your taste preference.

      Hope that helps! Have a wonderful evening.

      Linds

      Reply

  11. I’m looking forward to trying this. It looks really great. Is there a reason you use diced tomatoes and purée them instead of just using Hunts tomato sauce? By the way your French Onion Chicken is to die for and an absolute favourite of both my husband and mine. Thanks for all the fabulous recipes. They’ve made my WW journey so much easier then before.
    Patricia

    Reply

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