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I developed this homemade passata for my son who is on the spectrum and an incredibly fussy eater. Visual changes in food are much more of a problem for him than changes in taste. He used to only eat plain jarred spaghetti sauce and I started by introducing one flavour at a time for that, then eliminating the jarred sauce in favour of tinned diced tomatoes. Now this final one is a combination of fresh tomatoes with some tinned tomatoes. You can leave it chunky or blitz it smooth. I also usually add some water when cooking veg in it if I’ve blitzed it.
I use this as a base for lots of things including all my son’s ‘spaghetti’ sauces which are his main food and which are now packed with vegetables, meat and fish. It’s a great recipe for getting veg and protein into fussy kids as well as developing their palate. You can puree your veg and meat/fish and it blends into the sauce very well. We started off with a sauce that was completely pureed with the stick mixer, moved on to blitzed veg cooked in the sauce and are now onto a fine dice. Textures can be very important to autistic kids too, so we have been developing those as well. You can use this passata to make sauce for your kids, or just as a base to lots of different recipes. I’ve made sure to add lots of healthy fat to it for more satiety.
Homemade Passata
Ingredients
- 4 roma tomatoes, diced
- 2 onions, sliced
- 800 g diced tomatoes
- 4 cubes garlic paste or 4 tsp minced garlic
- 2 cubes basil paste or 2 tbsp fresh chopped basil
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 100 g butter sub ghee for paleo
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Place oil and butter over high heat. Once butter has melted add in onions and garlic. Mix through and saute for a few minutes then reduce heat so the onions cook gradually.
- Add in fresh diced tomatoes. Cook, stirring occasionally. You want the tomatoes to cook down a bit and blend in with the butter to make a thick sauce consistency. Mix through your basil and season with salt and pepper.
- Add tinned tomatoes. Mix through, bring to the boil and then reduce and simmer for 10 minutes. You can then leave the sauce as is or puree with a stick mixer for a smooth sauce.
Notes
Nutrition
Passata after being pureed smooth
Passata with blitzed veg simmering for my son’s sauce
Nutritional Info:
Cals – 253.4
Fat – 23.9g
Protein – 2.1g
Total Carbs – 8.4g
Fibre – 0.9g
Sugars – 5.4g
Net Carbs – 7.5g
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