Sauces
What sort of sauce are you looking for? Tartar sauce and cocktail sauce go with fish and seafood. Barbecue sauce is great on meat and poultry. Sweet and sour sauce pairs well with chicken and Asian cooking. White sauces like Bernaise and Bechamel are classics while Jack Daniel's sauce adds a new flavor twist to cooking.
Saucy and Sweet
Luscious dessert and sweet sauces like homemade apple syrup, easy caramel sauce, or peanut butter pancake syrup.
Don't Forget The Sauce
The right pasta sauce brings your boiled noodles from bland to brilliant. Try our delicious alfredo, a spicy marinara, or an easy blender pesto.
BBQ Sauce
The tang that takes your grillables to the next level. Whether you choose a sweet honey barbecue sauce or an Alabama white bbq sauce, your food will take on a whole new and wonderful flavor. Sure, you can buy bottled sauce - but why when it's so easy to make your own?
Cooking Glossary
Lyonnaise Sauce: A classic French sauce preparation made with sauteed onions, white wine and demi-glace. The sauce is strained before being served with meats and sometime poultry.
Bordelaise: This is a term primarily used to describe a brown sauce that includes shallots and red wine. Some versions of this sauce include slices of bone marrow added at the end of cooking. Fish dishes with this name will be cooked with white Bordeaux wine.
Helpful sauce Hints
Lowering the Fat, Sauce: Make your own white sauce using 2 tablespoon reduced-fat margarine, 2 tablespoon flour, and 1 cup skim milk. Add fat-free cheese slices for a great cheese sauce.
Quick Sauce for Veggies: If you don't have time to make a cream sauce for vegetables, just combine equal parts mayonnaise and water used to cook the vegetables. Season to taste.
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