Homemade Raspberry Apple Sauce (sugar-free, paleo, vegan)

Quick and easy homemade raspberry apple sauce with only 4 ingredients! Naturally paleo and vegan.

One of my problems with snacking is that it usually involves some form of sweetener. Not here! All you need are apples, frozen raspberries, and a little apple and lemon juice. I eat this stuff all day. Seriously. It’s just so great for the super lazy. I love fruit, but sometimes I just couldn’t be bothered, but I’m usually up to opening the jar of apple sauce and pouring a huge bowl of it. This I can do.

The texture is exactly like store-bought apple sauce, with the exception of some raspberry seeds, but the flavor is all raspberry. If you smack your mouth around a little (does that even make sense?), then you can taste some apple. But it’s subtle. And with my totally-not-sweet frozen raspberries, this is slightly tart. You could add a little honey if you like, but I don’t think it’s necessary.

I’ve made it a few times, and there is such a thing as adding too many raspberries. It’ll just be runny and not sweet enough. So don’t use more raspberries unless you want to add store-bought apple sauce to make it thicker! And that kind of defeats the whole point of making apple sauce, doesn’t it?

I don’t know a thing about apples. I go to the store and pick the cheapest ones that are labeled as sweet and not sour. So use any sweet apples you like! And feel free to use more. i used an extra pound of apples, and it tastes pretty much the same. We’ve also stopped using the apple juice. It’s sweet enough for me without it!

The quickest and least messy way to puree it is to use an immersion blender, followed by a food processor, and then a food mill. I imagine a blender would work, but I don’t even want to think about the mess!

And look at the color! So much more appetizing