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Dips & Spreads

Dips and spreads.  These recipes will make you want to dip, dunk, slather, spread, and sauce it up.  Grab a knife or spoon and something to eat these recipes with like toast, meats, or vegetables.

Bowl of Tzatziki (yogurt, cucumbers, lemon) sauce. falafels in background.

Easy Chunky Tzatziki Sauce (No Garlic)

White tea chup with 3 poached shrimp and a lemon wedge on the edge with cocktail sauce in the cup. Close up.

Easy Homemade Cocktail Sauce

White bowl of horseradish sour cream white sauce with a spoon sticking out. Rare beef tenderloin on the side.

Horseradish Sour Cream Sauce

Wood bowl of pimento cheese with 3 crackers and a small spoon hanging out. Crackers on plate in background and one with pimento cheese on it.

Easy Homemade Pimento Cheese

Guacamole in a wood bow with toasted pepita garnish with a spoon in bowl. Blue tortilla chips and bowl of salsa in background.

Pepita ( Pumpkin Seed) Guacamole

8 little crostini toast on a green slab board topped with goat cheese and cranberry sauce and garnished with rosemary. Side view.

Cranberry Goat Cheese Crostini

Side View of a brie wheel laying on a puff pastry and topped with brown sugar and nuts.

Baked Brie en Croute with Nuts

Top down view of white bean dip with lemon zest on top in a wood bowl.

Creamy Lemon Cannellini Bean Dip

Cooked Cranberry Orange Sauce & Orange Zest Garnish in White Bowl

Cooked Cranberry Orange Sauce (Relish)

Wood bowl of brown dip garnished with chopped parsley and lemon zest. Purplee and white napkin in background. Top view. Close up.

Simple Eggplant Dip (No Tahini)

Applesauce in small jar and slathered on toast on cutting board. Side view.

Easy Homemade Applesauce

White bowl of plum coulis sauce with a fresh sprig of rosemary on it. Napkin and spoon on the side. Close up.

Fresh Rosemary Plum Coulis

Top down view of smashed pistachios, dried cranberries, chopped rosemary in a white bowl with a spoon. Rosemary sprig and lemon half on the side. Cropped close.

Savory Pistachio and Herb Garnish

Blue Bowl of Brown Peanut Sauce with a white chinese style spoon in it. On a bamboo placemat.

Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce with Soy

Side view of 3 jars of deep red cherry fig jam with spoons sticking out. Close up.

Easy Fig Jam - No Pectin, No Canning

Close up top image of cooked cherry tomatoes, sliced basil, creamy chunks of goat cheese, sliced pepperoncini, and garlic in a bowl.

Baked Tomato and Goat Cheese Pasta

Top view of wood bowl filled with white mayonnaise sauce with pickles.

Easy Homemade Tarter Sauce

Chili Lime Compound Butter Roll on a wooden cutting board with a bowl of fresh lime juice with a teaspoon in it, fresh sliced bread, a lime, and ground chili powder with a butter knife.

Chili Butter with Lime and Honey

Baked Meatballs elevated on a wire rack above an aluminum lined baking sheet.

Buffalo Meatballs with Dill Sauce

5 ripe strawberries on a small rectangle plate with a dollop of whipped cream.

Fresh and Easy Homemade Whipped Cream

Blue bowl of green cilantro sour cream sauce on a wood cutting board with a red spatula on the side. Blender top in the background with green sauce all over it. Close up.

Easy Cilantro Sour Cream Sauce

Blue bowl of blended tan pinto bean hummus on a wood cutting board with a lemon half and spoon in the background.

Easy Creamy Pinto Bean Hummus

Small blue bowl of off white hummus with a mint garnish. Spoon inserted into hummus.

Easy Homemade Hummus

Close up of fresh diced tomatoes, jalapenos, red onions, cilantro in a bowl.

Fresh Chunky Tomato Salsa (Pico de Gallo)

Tan bowl of sliced black olives with walnuts and chopped figs mounded in bowl with a spoon and garnished with parsley. side view.

Easy Kalamata Olive Tapenade with Figs

Close up of butter in a green butter dish with toast in the background.

How To Make Homemade Butter In A Vitamix or Blender

Lemon Parsley Compound Butter On A Cutting Board With Ingredients. Side view.

Lemon, Parsley, Garlic Compound Butter

Blue Bowl of Purple Grape Sauce on a wood plate with a sprig of rosemary and a silver spoon.

Fresh Grape Reduction Sauce

Small steel pan with pulverized fresh oranges, soy sauce, sriracha sauce, and sliced green onions.

Orange, Ginger, and Tamari Dipping Sauce

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I’m Beckie Hemmerling. I love food and I think of it on a basic level of providing strength & nourishment. Cooking has helped me *try* to figure out life, not just my own, but also other people's. I have cooked through many joys / sorrows and cooking has always been a meditative place through these highs & lows. More background info →

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