Recipe Type: Dressings & Sauces
Bolognese Style Meat Sauce (ragu alle bolognese)
Bologna, Italy not only gave the world one of its most popular cold cuts, bologna (mortadella), but a meat based tomato sauce made with carrots and celery. Who said pasta isn’t healthy? The flavor and thickness of Bolognese sauce comes from simmering several hours to reduce the liquid content and ...
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Avocado and Tomatillo Salsa (Salsa Verde)
Some Mexican-American restaurants serve one or two types of red salsa, ranging from mild to hot, with tortilla chips prior to ordering your meal. One Mexican restaurant in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona serves three types of salsa including a salsa verde (green salsa) made with tomatillos and avocados. Tomatillos look ...
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Blue Cheese Dressing
Homemade Blue Cheese dressing is easy to make and you are assured of using real blue cheese instead of natural and artificial flavors. You can make this recipe creamy or chunky, thin or thick. It is all up to your preferences. Cook’s Tip Add milk or water to thin dressing. ...
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Hearty Guacamole
Hearty Guacamole is a simple recipe of diced tomato, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and seasoning you can be served as a dip for tortilla or pita chips, with your favorite Mexican foods, or as a condiment for broiled or pan fried fish. Although high in calories do to the avocados ...
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Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
Honey Mustard Vinaigrette is a simple recipe that is great for lettuce, quinoa and pasta salads. Most of the calories are from fat, but this dressing is low in saturated fat and you need less vinaigrette to coat the same amount of salad ingredients compared to creamy dressings like Ranch ...
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Basil Pesto
Most Americans associate Basil Pesto with pasta or pizza. Pesto is a basil based sauce originating in Genoa, Italy. Like tomato and Alfredo sauce, pesto and can be used in a variety of ways to flavor soups or stews, spread on toasted bread, add a rich basil flavor to grilled ...
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Barbecue (BBQ) Sauce
Making homemade BBQ Sauce takes only minutes. While it does not have the shelf-life of prepared sauces with preservatives, it does have up to 40 percent less sugar and up to 80 percent less sodium. This BBQ Sauce is perfect on beef, chicken or pork, or can be used for ...
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Basic Guacamole
Guacamole is Aztec for avocado sauce. This basic guacamole recipe produces a creamy version similar to prepared guacamole available from most grocers. Whether creamy or chunky (hearty), guacamole takes only minutes to prepare. This recipe requires only four ingredients: Ripe avoados Prepared salsa Lime juice Salt (optional) Although avocados are ...
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Easy Tartar Sauce
Homemade Tartar Sauce has as few as 3 ingredients (mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish or sweet pickles and capers), or you can make a deluxe version by adding herbs and spices like dill, chives, and garlic. Even though this recipe is made with reduced fat mayonnaise, it can have more calories ...
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Seafood Cocktail Sauce
Homemade Seafood Cocktail Sauce has as little as 4 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to make. You can use the sauce immediately. For more intense flavor, refrigerate overnight. The amount of sodium in your sauce depends on the brand of ketchup you use. Use a reduced sodium ketchup ...
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