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Sauces and Dressings

A good sauce can transform a dish. This collection features all of my favorite sauce recipes from tzatziki, Greek cucumber-yogurt sauce, to fresh tomato sauce to the only green sauce you need to this Thanksgiving staple: red wine cranberry sauce.

freshly baked currant scones

Lemony Buttermilk Currant Scones

A jar of vegan ranch dressing.

Vegan Ranch Dressing (Cashew, No-Soak)

Homemade ranch dip in a bowl.

Homemade Ranch Dip with Greek Yogurt

Raw bok choy salad.

Bok Choy Salad with Sesame-Almond Crunch

A platter of tzatziki, drizzled with olive oil aside pita.

Tzatziki (Greek Cucumber-Yogurt Sauce)

Greek salad

Greek Salad + 9 More Dressings & Vinaigrettes

An overhead shot of homemade tomato sauce in a quart container.

Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce (Canned Tomatoes)

A platter of hummus and vegetables.

Smooth & Creamy 5-Ingredient Homemade Hummus

This garlic and thyme monkey bread with spicy tomato sauce would nicely complement any pasta dish (for all of you carb lovers that is) but would also be wildly received at any sort of Super Bowl gathering. // alexandracooks.com

Easy Garlic Monkey Bread

A bowl of real sour cream and onion dip.

Real Sour Cream & Onion Dip

A bowl of bucatini tossed in Ina Gartens vodka sauce.

Ina Garten’s Vodka Sauce {Best Vodka Sauce Ever}

In this kale Cesar salad, the dressing is light and lemony and the kale itself is extremely soft and tender. It's also vegan, the dressing made with vegannaise and vegan Worcestershire. The combination of curly kale, massaged till tender, quick-pickled onions, and toasted pumpkin seeds, which add so much texture and flavor, is so good. I think this is one you have to taste to believe. // alexandracooks.com

Honest Weight’s Vegan Kale Caesar Salad

Gramma's mustard sauce in a Weck jar.

My Grandmother’s Mustard Sauce (AKA: “The Ham Sauce”)

A fall salad of greens, pine nuts, goat cheese, and apples in a bowl.

5-Ingredient Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Pizza Margherita, Marcella Hazan Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter, Homemade Ricotta

Charred eggplant produces a creaminess without the help of oil, and the charring moreover imparts such a nice smokiness to the eggplant's flesh. Some sort of flatbread or grilled bread is a must with each of these preparations, and if you happen to have some za'atar in your pantry, the aromatic spice mixture complements the eggplant so nicely. // alexandracooks.com

Burnt Eggplant with Za’atar Flatbread

Raw asparagus salad.

Canal House Shaved Asparagus & Arugula Salad | Roxbury Farm CSA

red wine cranberry sauce

Homemade Red Wine Cranberry Sauce

Broiled, lightly seasoned, meaty, Dockside crabcakes embody everything I hope for in a crabcake. Because the cakes are broiled, the cakes can (and should) be delicately and loosely formed. A nearly falling-apart crab cake will ensure that the mayonnaise and panko (or pulverized Saltines or bread crumbs or whatever you are using) are doing their job as binders but nothing more. // alexandracooks.com

Maryland Crab Cakes

A slice of toast with rhubarb jam.

Rhubarb Ice Cream + Rhubarb Jam

Roasted Ratatouille = The Best Ratatouille

A sauté pan filled with roasted eggplant pasta with caramelized onions and tomatoes.

Caramelized Onion, Tomato, and Eggplant Pasta

A pan of just-baked eggplant involtini.

Pressure Cooker Tomato-Basil Sauce

A pan of just-baked eggplant involtini.

Simple Roasted Eggplant Involtini