Sauces

Chutneys are a great sauce for turkey, pork and other types of protein. You can find many varieties of apple chutney recipes that are all equally simple and delicious. Apple cranberry chutney is a great chutney to make during the fall to accompany your Thanksgiving dinner

Description This is a traditional Greek sauce, which has a delightful mild flavor and is great paired with Souvlaki in a pita.

Festive enough for special occasions - simple enough for everyday.

Grown-up mac-n-cheese.

Cheese sauce is one of the tastiest sauces to put on pasta. It is thick, delicious, and very rich. Try rich cheeses like Gruyere or use a milder cheese for a milder sauce. The Fontina cheese in this recipe is very important; it is adds an essential flavor. Use this recipe as the base for the four-cheese sauce of your dreams. The base of this sauce is called a roux; most roux recipes are very similar and quite simple. The essential step to making a thick, smooth sauce is to make sure the butter and flour are smooth before you add the milk.

Make sure you buy Alaskan King Crab - the stuff that comes from Russia is typically freezer burned and not nearly as sweet.

Perfect fresh tomato salsa for chips or gourmet nachos.

Signature Carolina barbecue is slow cooked & smoked pork, dry rubbed and finished with a tangy slightly spicy vinegar based sauce.  You can use a slow cooker to start the pork - just make sure to finish it over a wood fire or grill with wood chips for that smokey flavor.

The best plan is to begin prep at least the night before to season you meat and let it sit refrigerated overnight + prepare the sauce so flavors will develop and come together.

You will have left over sauce that can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.  This is also great over grilled chicken or pork tenderloin.

Tangy mustard sauce that is prefect with chilled or hot seafood. It is a nice accompaniment to or replacement for traditional cocktail sauce.

Tangy, sweetness - perfect to serve on grilled fish tacos.

The exact proportions of this recipe can be altered however you like, if you want more oil add a little more, more Parmesan, etc. You should alter this recipe to taste how you like your pesto.

The exact proportions of this recipe can be altered however you like. If you want more oil, add a little more; more parmesan, etc. You should alter this recipe to taste the way you like your pesto. When using this pesto as a pasta sauce, be sure to reserve some of the water from cooking the pasta. Pesto has a tendency to make pasta a little dry, and adding a little pasta water will keep your pesto sauce and pasta moist and fresh. Homemade pesto also freezes well for use later.

This is a fun and festive way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo or to add a little spice to everyday entertaining and family camping meals.

This is a great dip appetizer for a crowd. Serve with veggies or crisp crackers like a water cracker, Ritz or Triscuit. Enjoy!

This is a great dipping sauce chicken wings, chicken fingers, shrimp skewers or steak bites.  Or a great finishing sauce for grilled chicken.