Gluten Free Whole30 Pineapple Sweet and Sour Sauce

That tangy-sweet punch you get from a great sweet and sour sauce is hard to replicate without a long list of questionable additives — but this version nails it with nothing but clean, whole-food ingredients. Unsweetened pineapple juice brings natural brightness, coconut aminos add a savory depth in place of soy sauce, and a little tomato paste gives the sauce its gorgeous color and body. Fresh grated ginger and garlic powder round everything out so it tastes layered and complex, not flat. The thickening trick here is arrowroot starch whisked into cold water, which creates a silky, glossy finish that's completely grain-free — just be sure to pull it off the heat as soon as it coats the spoon, since arrowroot can thin back out if you push it too far. It comes together in one small saucepan with barely any effort, and the result is a sauce you'll want to drizzle over everything from grilled chicken to roasted vegetables. Store-bought sweet and sour sauces are almost always loaded with refined sugar, corn syrup, and thickeners that don't work for a grain-free lifestyle, so having this recipe in your back pocket is genuinely useful. Make a batch, keep it in the fridge, and watch it disappear faster than you expected.

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