Sauces - not too fattening/healthyish ones?

[anonymous-user]

Starting my diet, have given up the booze and want to lose a stone before the summer.

I love steamed veggies and grilled chicken/meat/fish.

However i'm a "wet eater" and have to have a suace of some sort. Can you foodies point me in the right direction of some lowish fat but tasty sauces to accompany?

[calibrax]

Home made veg-based sauces. Don't go for the shop bought ones... they have a lot of sugar in them.

couple of examples...
Tomato & basil
Roasted red pepper

you can use chilli, garlic, other herbs and veggies to vary them.

[Mobile Chicane]

Salsa.

In its basic form this is ripe tomatoes, onion, chilli and fresh coriander (all finely chopped).

Mint, pineapple, apple and mango can all go in.

I add a bit of sugar to mine if the tomatoes aren't particularly sweet (as now).

[Bill]

Salsa verde for fish and chicken.

[D1ngd0ng]

Just don't finish them off with a good knob of butter at the end like I do

There were a few suggestions the other day for some Italian type sauces in a thread (sauce for sausages?)

[grumbledoak]

Low fat creme fraiche and mushrooms is a good one. Just fry the mushrooms a bit and add the creme fraiche and warm it gently. It'll work on chicken, pork, or beef.

[escargot]

Sauce vierge.

[Todzilla]

I have a Ponzu Sauce on grilled fish/steamed veg quite a lot - I make it with the juice of two limes and one lemon, three tablespoons of Soy, one tablespoon of Roasted Sesame oil and plenty of finely grated ginger - bloody lovely.

[anonymous-user]

These are great guys, any chance of some recipe's, my culinery expertise is limited to cheese or white sauce based