AIP BBQ Sauce!!

ketchup

🥗Healthier: no-sugar-added ketchup

💰Cheaper: generic ketchup

Lower sugar content or budget-friendly option.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

More natural sweetener or cost-effective.

Boil 2 cups of water.

Add 1 tablespoon of coffee grounds to the boiling water.

Use an immersion blender to blend the coffee grounds with the water.

Strain the mixture to remove the coffee grounds, resulting in about 1 and 3/4 cups of coffee.

Break 2 tamarind pods and soak them in a dish with about 1/2 cup of boiling water.

Add 3 medjool dates to the tamarind soaking water to soften them.

Heat 1 tablespoon of refined coconut oil in a pan.

Add 1 sliced red onion to the pan and caramelize it.

Add 1 ounce of garlic cloves and 2 tablespoons of fresh grated horseradish root to the caramelized onions.

Add 12 ounces of purple carrots to the pan and cover it to cook until soft.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder and 1/2 - 1 teaspoon of smoked salt to the pan.

Remove the tamarind pods from the soaking water, squeezing to extract the pulp and discarding the hard pods.

Add the softened dates back into the mixture.

Add 1/3 cup of lime juice to the mixture.

Blend all ingredients together until smooth to create the barbecue sauce.

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