Sauce & Condiment Recipes

Five simple ingredients are all you need to impress your guests at your next backyard BBQ or summertime soiree. If you’re a culinary overachiever, you can even make your own ketchup to use as an ingredient in the sauce.

Skip the jarred stuff and get the party started with fresh homemade salsa that brings zest to any fiesta!

A zesty topping that tastes as good on tacos, meats, and fish as it does with a basket of tortilla chips! Made with chipotle peppers and a medley for roasted ingredients, this sauce delivers the perfect kick to your favorite dishes.

This smokey, nutty sauce adds richness and complexity to whateverdish it accompanies. Try it with meat, fish, tacos, or even as a simpledip for tortilla chips and veggies.

This red sauce gets a sweet, peppery boost from red bell peppers, adding freshness and depth to an otherwise traditional marinara recipe.

What would a tuna salad sandwich or potato salad be without the mayo? While it sometimes gets a bad rap because it’s calorically dense, homemade mayo uses only high-quality, real food ingredients like eggs, oil, and vinegar. If you don’t have avocado oil, feel free to use whatever oil you have on hand like canola or grapeseed. Just be sure to use pasteurized eggs in this recipe since the eggs are raw.

Mole is a traditional sauce used in Mexican cuisine made with roasted chilies and an assortment of spices. Once combined, you’ll taste a layered flavor of sweet, salty, spicy, and smoky. Use this mole sauce to top your protein like chicken, as an enchilada sauce, or over rice.

This silky-smooth, intensely flavorful spread is a classic match for roasted chicken, but can be paired with pretty much any savory dish for a pop of major flavor.

This succulent sun-dried tomato pestois packed with bright, umami flavor, making ita perfect accompaniment to sandwiches, meats, pasta, and beyond!

A well-stocked bar is not complete without a fruity syrup that adds a touch of sweetness and tartness to your favorite cocktails. Level up your at-home bartending skills with an easy-to-make cherry grenadine that calls for just three simple ingredients!

Sure, you can buy marinara premade at the grocery store, but nothing is quite as comforting as homemade tomato sauce simmering on the stove. From a health standpoint, we also love tomato sauce because tomatoes contain the health-promoting antioxidant, lycopene, which becomes more available to your body when it's heated.

Skip the store-bought and pre-made salsa, and make your own homemade version. This recipe calls for canned tomatoes, which offer an added nutrition bonus! When tomatoes are heated during processing or canning, the powerful antioxidant, lycopene, becomes more bioavailable to our bodies, offering potentially more cancer protection and anti-inflammatory benefits.