Condiments and Sauces
Whole Food Plant-Based Joy
(Tastes Like) Makota Honey Ginger Dressing
This homemade Makota Honey Ginger Dressing recipe captures the fresh flavor of the store-bought version with a fraction of the oil.
Homemade BITCHIN’ Sauce Recipe
I support small businesses that make delicious vegan food, but shelves are empty. Here is a homemade BITCHIN’ Sauce recipe–cheap and easy!
Vegan Pesto Recipe
Most vegan pesto recipes are disappointing. But the right combination of ingredients yields flavorful, mouthwatering results.
Steakhouse Style Vegan Vegetable Recipes
Chose between three steakhouse style vegan vegetable recipes: cream, spicy or air-fry. Transform basic and boring vegetables into heavenly health food.
Cashew Cream
Giving up dairy is a small price to pay for the benefits of a plant-based diet, but “buttery cheesy cream sauce has no vegan counterpart.” Just kidding. You can eat those words . . .
Vegan Ranch Dressing
Sauce Sauce
Healthy Horseradish Sauce
Healthy horseradish sauce is awesome-sauce. Use it on sandwiches or as a dip for roasted veggies. No oil, no nuts, high fiber with great flavor and texture.
Dairy Free Blue Cheese Dressing
Dairy free blue cheese dressing is rich and decadent. I can’t say that it would pass in a blind taste test, but after fine-tuning this recipe with multiple trials, I don’t think it matters.
Lemon Turmeric Dressing
This isn’t just salad dressing. It’s a bit spicy, a lot savory and so unique. After one taste, you might just grab a spoon and eat it right out of the blender.
Vegan Tartar Sauce
Simple and easy tartar sauce.
Dairy Free Cream Cheese for Sauces, Dressings and Dips
Seasoning and Spice Seasoning and Spice
Dairy Free Alfredo Sauce
Use any combination of beans, nuts and squash in this easy, quick and dairy free alfredo masterpiece that everyone will love.
Whipped Coconut Cream
Dessert, Sauce Dessert, Sauce
Balsamic Glaze Recipe
Explode the flavor of any vegetable, fruit/nut stirfry or cold salad with this delicious and simple balsamic glaze.
Rhubarbecue Bourbon Sauce
Use this recipe as you would a traditional barbecue sauce. Grill meat, veggies, tofu or tempeh, make sloppy joes or use for stir-fry’s.
Authentic Italian White Cream Sauce
This authentic Italian white cream sauce is a culinary masterpiece. Serve over fettuccini and/or with sautéed seasonal mushrooms and vegetables.
Vegan Parmesan Topping
Sprinkle this flavorful and nutritious alternative to Parmesan cheese on stir-fry’s, salads, even popcorn. Safe to store in the fridge.
Vegan Mozzarella Cheese Sauce Recipe
This Vegan Mozzarella Cheese sauce recipe has a rich, nuanced flavor. If you don’t have all of the ingredients, that’s ok. Make it anyway!
Roasted Red Pepper Romesco Sauce Recipe
Impress your family with wicked culinary expertise. This sauce is quick and easy to make, yet it doesn’t taste that way. Serve on pizza, lasagna and pasta, over roasted root veggies, as a dip or soup base.
Homemade Vegan Cream Cheese (Option:Soy Free Vegan Cream Cheese)
It takes just a few minutes, contains no artificial or highly processed ingredients, and has a delicious flavor that easily tops any store-bought brands. You can also make a soy-free vegan cream cheese with this recipe.
Pumpkin Marinara Sauce
Take advantage of the fall bounty and create a pumpkin marinara sauce that is perfect for pizza, spaghetti and even dipping sauce for garlic bread!
How to Make Homemade Hot Pepper Sauce
End of season peppers are a dime a dozen. Found in your own garden or local farmer’s market, there are enough hot peppers this time of year to set the roof (of your mouth) on fire. Here’s a simple recipe for homemade hot pepper sauce.
What is Pesto without Parmesan? Vegan!
What is pesto without parmesan cheese? Delicious and healthy! Make use end-of-summer basil where we substitute yeast flakes for cheese, and never miss what's not in it!. Pumpkins are popping up, mums are in bloom. It's harvest time. So grab the last bit of growth from...
Easy Homemade Vegan Yogurt: No Equipment Required
Make your own non-dairy, gluten-free (even soy-free!) vegan yogurt without a machine, thermometer or hard-to-find ingredients. This inexpensive and simple technique will bring yogurt back into your diet. I haven't eaten much yogurt since we went vegan several years...
Tomato Free Marinara
I was interested in creating a tomato free marinara because my husband, mother-in-law and other family members are “sensitive” to acidity. Cold sores, upset stomach, even hives occur on occasion. This happens with strawberries too. I’m not sure what the cause, but personally, I could eat salsa or marinara every meal, so it’s a puzzling conundrum.
Sweet, Creamy and Simple: Homemade Vegan Butter (Includes Soy-Free Option)
This homemade vegan butter recipe will have you licking the bowl. Of butter. Seriously. And the soy free version is just as delicious. And you can bake with it. Butter is back, baby.
Three Delicious Varieties for Homemade Vegan Whipped Cream
Three Delicious Varieties for Homemade Vegan Whipped Cream Homemade vegan whipped cream is so easy. No need to purchase processed food filled with fooling chemical flavors! Take your pick of my favorite recipes! Store-bought whipped creams, vegan, dairy or otherwise,...
Homemade Vegan Sour Cream in 5 Minutes, and No Palm Oil!
Vegan Sour Cream is Easy. After reading that Earth Balance Butter contains palm oil, which is horrifically destructive to our environment, I vowed to stop buying it. It took me a few trials, but I can now make a vegan butter that will compete with the "I Can't Believe...
Preserve Garden Herbs for Fresh Summer Flavor All Year Round
Gardening is a metaphor. You take the time to roll up your sleeves, get a little dirty, tend, water, and nurture your investment, wait patiently for Mother Nature to do her thing, and she will (usually) give back ten-fold. As the summer draws to a close, now is the...
Zucchini Basil Hummus
Zucchini Basil Hummus So our 3 year-old was being "helpful" and weeded our basil plant, resulting in an early harvesting of daddy's precious basil. Oops! But, when life gives you basil, you create a delicious recipe for Zucchini Basil Hummus. Enjoy! 1 large organic...