Salsas, Sauces, Spreads, Dips, Dressings

Baby Kale Salad with Goat Cheese and Strawberry-Mint Vinaigrette with strawberries, almonds, and sunflower seeds is loaded with fresh flavor!

Baked root chips with buttermilk-parsley dipping sauce are the best things that have come out of your oven since sliced bread. This won’t come as a shocker, but I prefer acquiring kitchen appliances over all other things in life. Cars? Purses? Shoes? Foggedaboutit. But a nice whatchamacallit to facilitate my kitchen musings? I’m down. It’s true. I haven’t …

That’s enough. Normal view. – – – > Name that movie! Do you know it? Do you know it? It’s Mystery Science Theater 3000. GAH! I totally just blew the lid off my own trivia question. Who does that other than an over-eager 7th grader who drank too much Capri-Sun at lunch? Don’t answer that.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Ginger and Maple is a healthier recipe perfect for your Thanksgiving feast! This delicious cranberry sauce recipe is easy to make and so flavorful! Last week, my mom and I were sitting in a Sri Lankan restaurant planning Thanksgiving dinner, and I was being a bit of a pill.  She’s nodding …

Guys! Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys! UGH!  (And gals!) Chimichurri sauce. Seriously. Seriously. Let’s slow this down for maximum absorption. C H I M I C H U R R I S A A A A A A A A A A A A A U S E – UHHHH You’re like, yeah, so what. …

You just saw a photo of a sunset-pink Creamy Raspberry Vinaigrette and now you want to go away and come again another day. DOOOOOOON’T DOOOOOOO THAAAAAAAT. Can you sense my co-dependence? I need you here to take a gander at my pink salad dressing. I need you to sit your pretty little hiney down in …

Life should be one big sauce and dip fest. In a non frat house sort of way. My ideal evening would include guacamole, a spoon, a beer and re-runs of Desperate Housewives. Or a simple Thai dish with peanut sauce…plus the beer…and the Desperate Housewives.

Have you ever put kale in your pesto? It’s quite a marvelous idea. By adding the leafy green to your classic pesto sauce, you’re achieving a vitamin and antioxidant infusion while not sacrificing any flavor! This is a great way to get a little extra greenage in your diet, and also an awesome way to …

We’re back on the cherry train and it’s going to your barbecue.  You know all those cherries my family got a few weeks ago? The ones that ended up in pretty much everything from cherry pie to cherry scones, even cherry chutney?  The same cherries are now in my cherry bbq sauce.   Yup, cherries galore made for some great …

  When you have extended family that works at a cherry farm, you end up with a lot of cherries. And by a lot, I mean like 30 pounds. If you thought the cherry train had stopped at cherry scones, you were incorrect. And by incorrect, I mean the cherry train just left the station.  If …