Healthy low or no sugar sauce for grilling or cooking meat

Low or No Sugar Grilling Sauce or Sauce for Meat

Need a low (or no) sugar grilling sauce, or just a sauce to add some flavor to your meat in the air fryer or skillet? Mesa de Vida's cooking sauces are a healthy way to bring a celebration of flavors that will transform healthy protein and veggies!

Makes enough sauce for about 1 lb of protien

With most barbecue sauces, marinades and grilling sauces being mostly sugar (or corn syrup), salt and oil; or those that profess to be "healthy" and low sugar being filled with artificial sweeteners, gums and thickeners, a healthy grilled meal with protein and veggies can quickly turn into a salt and sugar bomb.

Additionally, most marinades and grilling sauces can be pretty boring, with options limited to teriyaki, lemon-pepper, balsamic, buffalo, or barbecue sauce.

With Mesa de Vida's globally inspired, healthy cooking sauces you now can bring a celebration of global flavors AND healthy ingredients to elevate your grilling game!

Try using our Caribbean, Latin or Moroccan sauces next time you're grilling. They're packed with a chef-crafted blend of fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs, so with just a couple of simple additions you can create your own healthy, gourmet marinade and grilling sauces.

Great whether you’re working on your gains 💪🏽💪💪🏿 , or need to watch your sodium ❤️ or sugar.

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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup Mesa de Vida's Caribbean, Latin or Moroccan Cooking Sauce
  • For the marinade: 2 tb fresh citrus juice (lemon, lime, or orange)
  • For the grilling sauce: 1 tsp pure maple syrup (optional)
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. To make the marinade: Combine the Mesa de Vida sauce, citrus and salt to taste. Pour over 1 lb of protein, toss to coat. Marinate for 3 hours or up to overnight.
  2. To make the grilling or sauce for meat in the air fryer or oven: Combine the Mesa de Vida sauce, maple syrup (optional) and salt to taste. Brush on meats and veggies when they’re about 3/4 of the way cooking, flip and allow to caramelize on each side.
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