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This recipe is a slightly modified version of Karen Bertelsen’s Garlic Scape Pesto and it is “knock your socks off” good. Thanks, Karen. Hey look, I did stuff (ha). June is garlic scape season and if you are lucky enough to grow your own garlic …
Mint yogurt chutney is a great sauce for lamb kofta or any “meatball” type dish. It’s got a bit of a kick that pairs nicely with sweet mango salsa or plum sauce. Adapted from Recipe 1 from Swasthi’s Recipes. Ingredients 1 cup mint leaves, packed …
Using the Homemade Gochujang recipe from Pepperscale.com I made up a sweet and spicy sauce for a pressed tofu bake with broccoli. I love Korean food. I need to make it more often! Ingredients 1 cup water 1 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 cup miso …
This barbeque sauce is based on the Homemade BBQ Sauce from Robyn Stone on Addapinch.com. I only wanted to make a half recipe and I had to substitute some ingredients but I’m pretty happy with the result. It’s tangy, smoky and will go well on …
Like many of you, I’m trying to eat less meat and more veg. This Sweet ‘n Spicy Stir Fry Sauce is helping. It’s an adapted version of the Maple Ginger Stir Fry Sauce from Denise at Sweet Peas and Saffron. The link includes seven easy …
This sauce is based on Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce and simply adds bacon, dried red chilis and capers. Ingredients 2 cups tomato sauce, I used the batch that I made of Marcella Hazan’s sauce. 3 rashers of double smoked bacon, chopped 1/8-1/4 tsp dried red …
Tomato sauce is generally not something I bother making because you can usually pick up a pretty decent sauce on sale and I like to collect the glass jars for other food stuffs. However, this recipe popped up in my suggested reads feed and it …
Cranberry orange sauce with a hit of port is the perfect compliment to juicy turkey. This recipe for cranberry orange sauce is quick, easy, and can be made the day before. In fact, it’s better if you do make it the day before to let …
This was a sauce that my friend Rob whipped up to go with Yakhni West Point Grey Pilau. It’s not like your completely non-spicy cucumber raita, it’s cooling but it also has a kick from the bird’s eye chili. It was so delicious I thought …
This recipe is a tweaked version of Chimichurri Sauce (Argentinian Pesto) from Simply Recipes. The original does not have cilantro, mine does. Ingredients 1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, trimmed of thick stems 1 bunch fresh cilantro trim the bottom stems off but use the tender …