Clean Homemade Crock Pot Pizza Sauce

Mmm, I am a saucy kind of gal, are you? Extra sauce the better!

Have you ever noticed that most people eat pizza on Fridays? They usually take out the phone and call some major pizza chain and it makes a HUGE dent in your pocket. Not cheap, not good. 

I love to make extra sauce to freeze - makes pizza making a breeze. 

Organic pizza sauce in a jar can be a little pricey. Have you ever looked at the ingredients in a non-organic jar of pizza sauce? Man, those ingredients are scary. Very scary. Have no idea what the heck they are, but I am putting them into my body. No thanks. :) Sorry, rant. 

Ingredients

• 1, 15 oz can of tomato sauce (organic preferred, if you can)
• 4, 6oz cans of tomato paste (organic preferred, if you can)
• 1 cup of water
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 3 tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
• 1 tbsp raw honey
• 1/3 cup of fresh basil, chopped
• 3 tbsp Italian seasoning

Directions

1. Toss everything into the crock pot.
2. Mix everything together and cook for 4 hours. 
3. Stir occasionally. 

When my Husband came home yesterday, he immediately went to the crock pot and said that looks amazing. Of course, he had to taste it. Like always... :)

Easy, right? If you want you can freeze the rest in individual bags.

HOW TO: Can Chicken Stock

There is something about things being homemade - the taste is so much better and you know you took the time to make it. You appreciate it more.  You can catch up here on how to make chicken stock from a whole chicken.

Have you looked at the prices of organic chicken stock lately? It is not cheap at all. Why not make your own, if you can?

Out of one medium chicken I canned 7 pints. That is about 7 different meals for my family! Awesome. :)

Pssst, hey, it's organic too!

As always, sterilize your jars, lids, and bands. (Oops, I misspelled sterilize in the photo - sorry!!)

I always heat anything up that I am putting in glass jars because I am so afraid of breakage. Before you ladle the chicken stock into the jars you can heat it up. 

For step by step picture instructions you can catch up on this post. 

Pressure can the chicken stock for 90 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure. After the 90 minutes wait until the canner completely cools. 

That's it! Very easy for frugal, organic chicken stock!

Clean Eating Weekly Menu Plan: July 1-7th

Hey there! Welcome to our first clean eating {real wholesome food} menu plan! Clay and I have decided that we want to completely eliminate all non-clean foods from our diet. Not only would we love to loose some pounds, but we want to be healthier. 

We are no longer doing our once a month shopping. We are having to go once a week because all of the foods we eat do not have a long shelf life.

As always it is done on a very frugal budget!

Stay on the lookout for the recipes during the week!

Menu Plan: July 1-7th

Monday, July 1st - Jalapeno Shrimp Cakes with Veggies on side {Recipe HERE}

Tuesday, July 2nd - Turkey and Broccoli White Lasagna

Wednesday, July 3rd - Spinach and lettuce salad with oranges. Fresh herb vinaigrette

Thursday, July 4th - Happy fourth of July! We left this day open.

Friday, July 5th - Veggie and Steak foil packets

Saturday, July 6th - Sausages with peppers. Fruit on the side

Sunday, July 7th - Chicken Fried Rice

Print Menu Plan and Shopping List HERE

Our Journey of Eating Clean (Shopping Phase)

My husband and I have always had a pretty good diet. We do not buy any processed foods/snacks well because they are just loaded of crap and are pretty pricey. 

I never finished planning the last week for the menu so we can try and focus on switching our pantry to a clean pantry. I have done a lot of research and some people just throw out all of their "dirty" food, but I cannot see myself throwing out food. We can been trying to finish it all up and have a clean, fresh start in July. 

Our grocery budget in the past has been $166 and this month we changed it to $300. I say $300 because we really wanted to stock up on a lot of the clean basic and next month we will not have to do that. After this month our budget will go down to $200. 

Some say you cannot have a clean, organic lifestyle on a budget...I will show you how you can! 

So let's start this journey together and become healthier! :)

Yesterday the hubbs and I went grocery shopping. I will give you the breakdown as well. We went to BJS (like Costco), Wegmans (like Whole Foods), and Walmart. 

Boy... we got a lot of stuff! The photo above doesn't even begin to describe how much stuff we purchased. I always like to put the perishable items in the fridge pronto. 

BJS

At BJS we stocked up on a lot of grapefruits, apples, organic pure maple syrup, agave, organic spinach, organic romaine lettuce, kale, almonds, honey, vanilla extract, olive oil, salmon fillets, whole chickens, and peppers (boy he can go through a jar of those in a day!). 

We really did a lot of stuff there and bought a lot of things in bulk. 

Total: $136.25 (wow)

Wegmans

We purchased organic hemp protein powder, organic tomato paste, molasses, organic salsa, white whole wheat flour, and organic flaxseeds. 

I love this store! Some of the products are so neat looking! Dork moment..haha! :)

Total: $29.30

Walmart

Some people hate to shop at Walmart because of the views and so on, but on a budget we have to shop there for some things. They even have some organic items! YAY!

We bought a lot of things: tuna, plastic baggies, toilet paper, quick oats, lemons, vinegar, red wine vinegar, unsweetened applesauce, low sodium soy sauce, raisins, almond milk, clean butter, stir-fry veggies, jalapenos, garlic, and more! 

Sometimes the receipt is hard to read because they don't spell everything out!

Total: $50.62

We also have a order from Amazon coming pretty soon. When it arrives I will show you all when we purchased. I got a great,great deal on it!!!

Final Total: $216.17 ($5.48 is tax)