Simple Sauces and Such
There are many excellent pasta sauces on the market, and they can’t be beat for convenience. But they can’t compare to a homemade marinara, and the wonderful aroma that will permeate your kitchen as it cooks!
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This sweet caramel sauce makes a great addition to pies and ice creams, but you should try it along with the Pumpkin Bread Pudding! Contributed by Beverly Lynn Bennett (reprinted by permission of the author), author of Vegan Bites and other titles. Read More→
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Include this wonderful sweet yet tart cranberry orange sauce at your next Thanksgiving feast. Contributed by Leslie Cerier from Going Wild in the Kitchen: The Fresh and Sassy Tastes of Vegetarian Cooking (reprinted by permission of the author and Square One Publishing). Try this sauce with the Tempeh Stew with Wine and Shiitake Mushrooms. Read More→
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If you like mushrooms, you’ll enjoy this simple vegan gravy, which is great over seitan, tofu, rice, and especially mashed potatoes. Read More→
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This super-easy cold sauce is perfect for simple sautéed or grilled tofu or tempeh recipes. Read More→
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Cooked tomato-based sauces such as this one are more common in some parts of the Southwest than in others. It’s a good bet for those who are wary of super-hot chile sauces—it’s milder and has a more familiar flavor. This is flavored with what are known as the “Spanish seasonings.” Read More→
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This delicious pesto turns ordinary carbs into special meals. You can use this as suggested below for serving with pasta, pizza, or potatoes. Or skip the carbs as I’ve done here, and toss this pesto with “noodles” made of raw zucchini and/or yellow summer squash made with a spiral slicer (the one I use is by World Cuisine). No matter how you use it, this pesto, made greener with spinach, imparts a rich, briny flavor from the addition of miso. Read More→
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Serve this easy miso sauce over pan-sautéed tofu or tempeh, or toss it with noodles. It’s also delicious over steamed broccoli and summer or winter squashes. Miso, a fermented paste made of soybeans, comes in several varieties; read the article on miso on VegKitchen’s Healthy Vegan Kitchen page. Read More→
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