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Sauces and Dressings

A good sauce can transform a dish. This collection features all of my favorite sauce recipes from tzatziki, Greek cucumber-yogurt sauce, to fresh tomato sauce to the only green sauce you need to this Thanksgiving staple: red wine cranberry sauce.

Just baked garlic-herb monkey bread on a cutting board.

Cheesy Garlic & Herb Monkey Bread

A large Mason jar filled with make-ahead gravy.

Simple Make-Ahead Gravy

In this tomato sauce, canned tomatoes are brightened by olive oil and sautéed onions, a few cloves of crushed garlic, a little white wine, some chopped fresh parsley, and a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes. After about 20 minutes of simmering, it's done. And it's delicious. // alexandracooks.com

Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce with White Wine & Parsley

A jar of homemade harissa paste.

Simple, Delicious Harissa Paste Made at Home

A large bowl of chopped Thai salad satay ready to be served.

Chopped Thai Satay Salad with Peanut-Ginger Dressing

Pizza Margherita, Marcella Hazan Tomato Sauce with Onion and Butter, Homemade Ricotta

A plate of an egg taco topped with roasted vegetable salsa.

Breakfast Tacos with Roasted Poblano and Corn Salsa + Excellent Mail-Order Flour Tortillas

This is my favorite recipe for buttermilk dressing, which I love for slaw — so much lighter than mayonnaise-based dressings, and delicious, too: vinegar, Worcestershire, and hot sauce give it a nice kick/bite. To put it all together, I used cabbage, basil, cilantro, scallions, and two turnips as well as a couple of carrots. // alexandracooks.com

CSA Week 4: Buttermilk Dressing for Slaw | Reviving Greens | Zucchini Pickles

A fall salad of greens, pine nuts, goat cheese, and apples in a bowl.

5-Ingredient Apple Cider Vinaigrette

A quart of freshly made turkey stock.

Roasted Turkey Stock (Wings, Make-Ahead)

Tender and flaky, these buttermilk cheddar biscuits are the perfect vessel for housing slices of ham or turkey or roast beef, handfuls of arugula, and a slathering of mustard sauce, a must-have recipe if you're making ham this holiday season. // alexandracooks.com

Cheddar Biscuits

I can't seem to get enough of this bulgar bowl: a mix of bulgur and lentils, chopped cucumbers and tomatoes, toasted almonds, cilantro, and a lemon-tahini dressing. When you have some of the components prepared ahead of time, the assembly happens quickly! // alexandracooks.com

Bulgur, Lentils, Lemon-Tahini Drizzle

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Just-baked rosemary focaccia.

Overnight, Refrigerator Focaccia = The Best Focaccia Bread Recipe

Just baked margherita pizza.

Simple, 4-Ingredient Homemade Pizza Dough

A halved loaf of sourdough bread.

Homemade Sourdough Bread, Step by Step

A bowl over overnight chia oats and berries.

Overnight Chia Oats (Gluten-free, Dairy Free)

Two fresh loaves of peasant bread on a cooling rack, and the pyrex bowls they were baked in.

My Mother’s Peasant Bread: The Best Easiest Bread You Will Ever Make

An overhead shot of a dozen blueberry muffins on a cooling rack.

The Best Lemon-Blueberry Muffins

An up close photo of cut brownies on a board.

Best-Ever Fudgy (Shiny-Topped!) Homemade Brownies

A tray of soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies.

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies