Sweet and Sour Sauce

When I first started to go on my diet which was about a year ago now, I started looking into labels on food quite a bit. I have always liked to cook at home but my idea of cooking home made meals would sometimes include things like a bottle of sweet and sour sauce from the grocery store.

If you look at the nutrition facts like I use to you would see that it doesn't look that bad. there is little to no fat, in the whole thing there is only 666 calories in the bottle. Where my focus turned was at the sodium, which is the equivalent of %74.25. So naturally I started looking into recipes which I could make myself and use little to no sodium. I was able to mess around in the kitchen a bit and construct through measures of other recipes, my own sweet and sour that is pretty delicious and inexpensive. So what you are going to need is:

Pineapple Juice (one cans worth, save the pineapple)
1 Tablespoon of minced Garlic
1/2 Tablespoon of Ginger
1/3 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1 Tablespoon of Agave Sweetener
1 Tablespoon of Cornstarch
1 Minced Habenero pepper(or something not so hot if you desire)(use the seeds if you want hotter)
*You can use a Teaspoon of Soy Sauce to add some extra salty, I stay away)

To make, add all ingredients in a medium sauce pan stir with whisk and apply to medium heat and allow to thicken (about 5 minutes). If using as a sauce for stir fry then apply to cooking vegetables, or if using as a dipping sauce allow to cool.

I have found this to be a very quick and inexpensive way to make this at home. I especially like it when finishing the cooking of the vegetables in the sauce and then putting it over some brown rice. Let me know if this recipe works out for you, or if you have any questions.