12 Homemade Condiments You’ll Never Need to Buy Again
ByAcademy of Culinary NutritionLast updated onReading Time: 5 minutes
It’s easy to get on board with baking gluten-free brownies or black bean burgers from scratch, but when it comes to condiments, many of us are still intimidated by whipping up homemade condiments in our kitchens.
The truth is condiments are just as easy to make as a batch of vegan muffins – in fact, condiments are often simpler because they require fewer ingredients and less time! And they’re just as delicious, if not more so, because you can use fresh ingredients and skip the preservatives or unwanted additives (even some organic brands can have excess sugar, starches, or thickeners).
The main difference between store-bought and homemade condiments is their shelf life. You can’t leave a bottle of homemade Dijon in your pantry for eight months. But that’s actually a good thing: fresh condiments don’t last as long because they’re just that – fresh. You need to eat ’em up before their life-giving nutrients fade or spoil.
Once you get into the swing of creating homemade condiments and their endless flavour variations, you’ll never want to purchase another bottle from the grocery store again.
Ketchup
Traditional ketchups are loaded with refined sugars – in fact, most brands contain more sugar than tomatoes! However, tomatoes are a naturally sweet food and you can whip up a delicious batch simply with tomatoes, some apple cider vinegar, and a touch of natural sweetener like honey, coconut sugar or maple syrup.
Skip the fake vegan mayonnaise brands, which are typically pumped full of GMO canola oil, GMO soy, or inflammatory stabilizers like carageenan. Homemade dairy-free mayo can be created with nuts, seeds, or organic tofu.
This easy homemade condiment has the extra benefit of fermentation – which generates probiotics that help with digestive health and boost the immune system.
This spicy/sour fermented Korean condiment is made with a mix of cabbage, garlic, salt and Korean red pepper flakes – also known as gochugaru (but you can also use regular chili flakes!).
We typically associate the word ‘salsa’ with tomatoes, but salsa can be made with a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, including mango, pineapple, and corn.
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Jam
Is there a condiment more loaded with sugar than jam? (Perhaps ketchup.) Fruit is naturally sweet and you don’t need to add much sugar, if at all, when you make it at home.
Traditionally prepared with basil, garlic, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese, pesto is another one of those homemade condiments that is made with a multitude of herbs and veggies. We like our pesto to be dairy-free, so we drop the cheese.
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