Yeah, yeah, I know. This has nothing to do with affiliate marketing. But it does have something to do with one of my favorite hobbies, and that is cooking. And since this is a blog about what I do, I thought I would share some of my recipes with everyone. So, here we go with a family favorite, homemade ketchup.

This is a fairly easy thing to make, so don’t start thinking before you read this that you could never make it. All you really need to do is throw some things together, simmer it for about an hour and that is all. But, here are the fine details.

You will need these ingredients:

1 Medium Onion chopped
Olive Oil (to fry the onions)
28 oz canned or fresh tomatoes, either diced or whole (fire roasted gives them a nice flavor as well!)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tablespoon tomato paste
1/2 cup cider vinegar
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
OPTIONAL
To make spicy, add 1/2 Tablespoon of either Chiptole powder or cayenne power

Now that you have your ingredients, fry the onions in the olive oil, about 2 Tablespoons. Do this for about 5 to 8 minutes until browned. While frying, add all of the other ingredients in a large saucepan and stir them in. When onions are ready, dump them in as well.

Turn heat onto medium and cook for about an hour, stirring every 15 minutes at first and then every 5 minutes the last 15 minutes. Once you do this, pour into a food processor or blender (I suggest splitting this into 2 batches since the sauce will be very hot and it gets a smoother texture). Blend or process until smooth and no onion pieces can be detected.

Pour them into a jar or bottle or anything with a cap and that is it. You can use this up to about 3 weeks, so enjoy. My family won’t buy store brand anymore, as I need to always make this for them! Enjoy!