Post by Serene on May 8, 2013 22:32:07 GMT -5
The following hot sauce recipe is a living, raw food, flooded with enzymes and teeming with life giving nutrition and slimming abilities. Best of all, it is super easy to make! In this recipe, you will be receiving all the benefits of raw apple cider vinegar which you are already clued in about through my Good Girl Moonshine posts. It also contains a perfect balance of healthy minerals and electrolytes from the Celtic sea salt and the immune boosting blasts of the noble yet humble onion and garlic. These are all extra icing to the super food powerhouse foundation of hot peppers which you’re about to find out about.
My hubby thinks I am one "Hot Saucy Mama” so I had to pass this name along to this recipe. My hot sauciness is not due to what I am wearing which is pretty much "baby spit on- around home - grungy clothes that have white chalk dust from kettle bell swinging mixed with muddy dirt splotches from sweet little boy hugs who went deep in our woods for their gift of a little wild flower to their Mama." Well, I can always change.
No, I'm a "Hot Saucy Mamma” because I put this hot sauce on almost everything... well I mean at least the things that can be categorized as food. I haven’t as yet put it on as a face mask… thankfully.
And I am a Hot Saucy Mama because as you may have read in earlier posts, I gave birth to Hot Saucy Children. I also adopted Extra Hot Saucy Children from Africa who birthed the "Extra Hot Saucy" in me.
Out of necessity I had to come up with a homemade hot sauce recipe as we were constantly running out of the store bought stuff even when I bought at least 4 big bottles at the store each week. Also, my purist health phobia side really wanted to tweak our favorite condiment into a super duper wonder food with no suspect ingredients added like many of the store bought versions contain.
Maybe you are already a “Hot Saucy Mama.” You’re going to love making your own! If you are not already hot and saucy, read on about the benefits of hot peppers and I’m betting you’ll get a little of the fire under you.
*THERMOGENIC FOOD – This means peppers raise the temperature of your body and ignite your metabolism to burn more body fat. Hot peppers burn up fat by consuming energy (calories). They increase your body's heat production and oxygen consumption for about 20 minutes after eating, which means you are in a more calorie burning, instead of calorie storing mode during and post mealtime.
*APPETITE SUPPRESANT - Not only do they put a fire within your metabolism but they also reduce the body's desire to over eat. They give a natural satiety to the mind and body.
*FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER - Red peppers are richly endowed with a carotenoid called lycopene. This helps prevent prostate cancer and other cancers like those of the bladder, cervix and the pancreas. The capsaicin in hot peppers drives prostate cancer cells to kill themselves. These cancer cells literally commit suicide. Let’s be "Hot Saucy," helpful wives and give our hubbies’ plenty of this stuff at meal times to help protect them from this rampant disease. If you have a husband who has a tender palate and does not like spice, then you can help protect his prostate by suggesting he take cayenne pepper in a supplement form. A capsule does not break down until it is in parts of the body that will not burn like the opposite of heaven! Supplementing with mega dose pepper in this form has been documented as successful at reversing prostate cancer! Say hooray for a "Hot Saucy Papa” with a healthy prostate!
*DIGESTIVE AID - Despite the wives tales, hot peppers are a not a cause but actually a cure for stomach ulcers. They help kill bacteria in the stomach that can lead to ulcers. Yale University reported a close association with a much lower incidence of stomach cancer in Mexican workers who ate from 9 to 25 jalapeños a day than in the rest of the population. They are also a powerful gastric relief.
*RELIEVE PAIN - The heat from peppers come from capsaicin which predominates in the membranes and seeds of the hot pods. Capsaicin is extremely effective for relieving and preventing cluster, migraine and sinus headaches. Capsaicin suppresses substance P production which is the body's main mechanism for producing swelling and pain.
* POTENT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY - Hot peppers fight chronic, sub-clinical inflammation. They reduce inflammation like that found in arthritis and asthma.
*FIGHT INFECTION - Capsaicin possesses powerful antibacterial properties. It fights and prevents chronic sinus infections (sinusitis). This natural chemical will clear out congested nasal passages like nothing else.
*BURSTING WITH ANTIOXIDANTS, CARATENOIDS, MINERALS AND VITAMINS - Peppers are rich in vitamins A and C which aid in preventing cell damage, cancer, and diseases relating to aging, plus they are immune boosting. People talk about oranges being high in vitamin C but did you know that hot green peppers contain the highest amount of C out of all foods? In just half a cup you receive 303% of your daily allowance! Vitamin k abounds in peppers which promotes proper blood clotting, strengthens the bones and helps protect cells from oxidative damage. You will also receive a good amount of potassium and folic acid if you add peppers to your meals. Beta-cryptoxanthin, another carotenoid in peppers prevents lung cancer, related to smoking and the inhalation of second hand smoke.
* PROMOTE HEALTHY LIPID PROFILES - Capsaicin decreases bad cholesterol and triglycerides. Vitamin k and other goodies inside the incredible pepper pod aid in the dissolution of fibrin, which is a necessary component for blood clots. Capsaicin strengthens blood vessels and aids in their ability to adjust to fluctuations in our blood pressure.
Are you ready for the recipe? Have I made a Hot Saucy convert out of you? I have three simple versions of this sauce. One is so easy that even our Drive Thru Sue’s will want to give it a whirl. And each recipe makes a large amount so you won’t have to be making this every few days. High end blenders with more powerful motors work best but it will still work with cheaper Wally World versions. Little sprinkles of floating pepper here and there just add to the gourmet touch.
Hot Saucy Mama – version 1 (Fresh Verde Style)
1. Put 2 cups of raw Apple Cider Vinegar in your blender. Find one that says, “Contains The Mother.”
2. Add 1 cup of roughly chopped fresh hot green peppers. If you are baby stepping with your "hot sauciness" just use mostly green bell peppers with one jalapeno or serrano use slightly more Serrano pepper to fill the rest of the cup. If you are an "extra hot saucy” type, add one whole habanero.
3. Add 4 tsp. of a good mineral rich salt like Celtic salt.
4. Add 2 tsp. of onion powder or you can use a chunk of raw onion.
5. Add 1 tsp. of garlic powder or for the raw garlic lovers add 1 fresh clove. Personally, I find the powdered kind gives this sauce a more muted, rounded garlic flavor rather than too pungent a garlic taste.
6. Now start the blender. Let it run for a minute or so then add 1/2 tsp. of glucomannan while it is on the lowest speed. Turn it up to normal and blend until smooth. If you do not have access to “gluccie” or you are someone who has an aversion to it, you can easily and successfully use Xanthan gum instead. It is easily found at most grocery stores. (Walmart has little inexpensive packets of it in their gluten free section).While blender is running on low add 1/4 tsp of Xanthum at first and then blend and check for desired thickness. Too much Xanthum can get a bit slimy but the perfect amount makes a great texture so take it slow and steady when you first make it and learn your own perfect amount.
7. Taste and do a Hot Saucy Mamma jig.
8. Transfer sauce to your favorite empty glass bottle and refrigerate.
HOT SAUCY MAMA – VERSION 2 (FRESH RED STLE)
Do every step the same except substitute red hot peppers, like hot red Thai fingers or red jalapeños or your favorite red hot variety from your back garden. For heat baby steppers use mostly red bell pepper and just one or two hotties.
HOT SAUCY MAMA – VERSION 3 (DRIVE THRU SUE STYLE)
Do every step the same but do not use fresh peppers. Instead, substitute 4 tsp. of cayenne pepper. Do not freak out at the amount! The other ingredients dilute the bite of the pepper quite a bit and remember this is a flavor packed condiment not a soup. But if you really are fearful of heat, just start with 1 tsp. then slowly step up the heat as you learn to tolerate more.
The color of the Drive thru Sue version is gorgeous due to the concentrated dried red pepper powder. Do not think because it is so simple, that it is any less delicious. In fact it is "hot saucilicious"!
Whip up a batch or two of any version of your choice. It will keep in the fridge for months and months. Drizzle it on as much of your THM cuisine as you wish and eat up while burning down the pounds. It adds a wonderful raw food shot to your cooked items. I like it on eggs, drizzled into soups, in my Wonder Wraps, on most of my meat dishes… the list goes on and on. But I also love it on salad! Most folks like to have their sweet potatoes with a little cinnamon and sweetener. In our home, we drown ours in hot sauce, so don't be surprised when I tell you that our children happily receive their very own bottle of this homemade hot sauce as a stocking stuffer at Christmas time. Perfect Christmas colors too!
Love Serene