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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.

Mandy's Spaghetti Sauce

Mandy’s Spaghetti Sauce

Alice Waters’s Baked Goat Cheese Salad

Just when you think you have nothing to serve for dinner, toasted breadcrumbs along with a few pantry items — garlic, crushed red pepper flakes and anchovies — come to the rescue, working together to produce an unbelievably tasty dinner. This is pantry cooking at its finest — quick, easy, delicious. // alexandracooks.com

Pasta with Crispy Bread Crumbs, Anchovies, and Garlic

Broiled tarragon chicken breasts on a board.

Broiled Tarragon Chicken Breasts

A jar of homemade harissa paste.

Simple, Delicious Harissa Paste Made at Home

This salsa di parmigiano is a nice little sauce to know. Made mostly in the food processor, it comes together in less than ten minutes and makes enough to last you for weeks. Apparently, at Michael Chiarello's Bottega, every table receives a bowl of the sauce along with crispy bread before the main courses arrive. Sounds heavenly. // alexandracooks.com

Salsa di Parmigiano

freshly baked currant scones

Lemony Buttermilk Currant Scones

A bowl of Caesar salad covered with finely grated parmesan.

Caesar Dressing (Large Batch or Small)

A quart of freshly made turkey stock.

Roasted Turkey Stock (Wings, Make-Ahead)

Homemade romesco sauce in a glass jar.

Easiest Homemade Romesco Sauce (No-Peel Peppers!)

A jar of tomato-basil sauce.

Quick, Fresh Tomato-Basil Sauce

A jar of roasted yellow tomato sauce.

Simple Roasted Yellow Tomato Sauce

A bowl of bucatini tossed in Ina Gartens vodka sauce.

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

A jar of vegan ranch dressing.

Vegan Ranch Dressing (Cashew, No-Soak)

Grass-fed steak with balsamic caper sauce

Grass-fed Steaks with Balsamic-Caper Sauce + Oven-Roasted Potatoes

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

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

A bowl of roasted mushroom polenta bake topped with parmesan cheese and pepper.

A bowl of vegan, one-pot lentil soup.

A plate of sautéed chicories with chile oil.

A pan of eggplant involtini

These are the ideal no-bake granola bar for me: tasty and incredibly chewy, containing healthful ingredients, no processed cereals, and no candy-like additions. The dry mixture contains oats, sliced almonds, unsweetened coconut, and wheat germ, but this mixture can be tailored to your liking with dried fruit, nuts, seeds, wheat bran, oat bran, chocolate chips, etc. // alexandracooks.com

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