I’m really going to throw y’all for a loop. Lady at work is allergic to tomatoes, she made her chili and served it to everybody and it was fantastic. Later she told me that she uses carrot sauces and what not in place of tomato products. Absolutely could not tell the difference but I didn’t have heart burn, so that’s a win.
Tell her to try it with no tomato at all, I like it better that way. I made a batch with tomato and without, did taste test with my kids, my son like the no tomato batch better, my daughter liked the tomato batch better, but she also loves spaghetti sauce.