Cocktail Sauce for Shrimp – No Ketchup

Cocktail sauce is easy to make and enjoy with just a few key ingredients you could already have in your kitchen stash.

If you grow a garden of tomatoes, this is one good way to use up some of them! 🥫

And whether you purchase or forage from your garden, this cocktail sauce recipe has no sugar (aka no ketchup). And I think tastes like the traditional cocktail sauce you can find in stores and when you’re attending events.

It’s so easy to make your own cocktail sauce, and you probably already have the healthy ingredients in your kitchen.

Cocktail sauce is great for shrimp, bay scallops, and calamari.

And this is such an easy dinner meal, afternoon snack, or party appetizer that pleases.

Cocktail hour started in the 20th century where it’s hard to believe that it’s our now past. It was that social hour when friends would get together in a speakeasy or gather at a friend’s house before going out. This still happens on event days…

Some things change, and some stay the same.

And appetizers or hors d’oeuvres (as we called in catering) were and still served.

Shrimp cocktail is high value as it’s easy and makes for a great impressive small bite for any event small or large! You don’t fill up but you do get a protein filling.

And shrimp is so easy to cook in minutes…

Or to purchase cooked shrimp and simply put together on a platter.

Or present on a a bed of lettuce and serve up in a glass cup or stylish martini glass. 🍸

…Sometimes you need to do no cooking to entertain others (or your mouth for a great afternoon protein snack)!

…and you can be sure this will not disappoint in smiles and enjoyment.

I’m remembering one seafood cocktail appetizer from my yester-years that was forefront entertainment! 🍤🦀

Cocktail sauce is often served with a horseradish sauce pairing that’s healthy good for clearing sinuses and a palate. 👍