25 Easy Sauce Recipes

The first recipe on our list is this basic mustard and lemon vinaigrette, perfect for salads and vegetable side dishes. It makes simple veggies pop, try it on steamed asparagus and roasted bell pepper and taste the difference.

Homemade Italian dressing is a simple vinaigrette recipe to add flavor, freshness, and aroma to many salads. A classic dressing that levels up green salads and pasta salads immediately.

Sour cream is perfect on potatoes, with soups, and as a dip with nachos. Try this velvety creamy version with your next baked potato, nachos, or Taco Tuesday, or as an easy appetizer.

This Italian marinara sauce is easy, versatile, and perfect with pizza, pasta, and mains. It's a simple base recipe that is a lifesaver if you're short on time and need a quick and tasty dinner on the table.

This guide for vegan mayo will teach you the tips and tricks of mayonnaise. It's tasty, versatile, and so easy to make that you can do it in literally 1 minute with 6 simple ingredients. Serve it with fries, in a BLT sandwich, or as a spread in your next burger!

A scrumptious dip with a velvety and creamy texture, this eggplant dip is perfect with crostini, pita bread, and fresh veggies.

We'll show you how to make the best vegan pesto with basil. Then we demonstrate how easy it is to change the flavoring ingredient and make pesto with your favorite herbs and veggies.

Technically not a sauce, but this olive tapenade spread deserves a spot on this list. It's perfect with crostini as an easy appetizer and great in sandwiches too!

Ready in 5 mins with just 5 ingredients! Rich, creamy, nutty, and nutritious, tahini sauce is a favorite drizzle-on everything sauce. We love it with this crispy tofu salad.

Refreshing, healthy, and bright, this carrot ginger dressing is perfect for salads and ready in 5 mins in a blender. It pairs well with Asian-inspired dishes, noodle bowls, and grilled vegetables.

Refreshing, tangy, and aromatic, this Italian salsa verde is wonderful with roasted, steamed, and fresh veggies. It takes 5 minutes to prepare and stores in the fridge for about 3 days.

Our aromatic and mega-easy bean dip is perfect for game night and an appetizer platter. Serve with crackers or toasted bread and a sprinkle of parsley on top.

Simple, easy, and endlessly creamy. This is an amazing guacamole recipe that takes only minutes to make, and pairs well with nachos, burritos, baked potatoes, and on toast. Made with avocado, lime juice, red onion and salt.

Another tex mex favorite on our list is this herby chimichurri sauce.

It's wonderful on roasted, baked, and steamed veggies and as a bold marinade for legumes too!

Perfect for the summer: BBQs, grilling, and hot evenings.

Tzatziki sauce is easy! All you need is Greek yogurt, cucumber, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and dill, and just over 15 minutes to make this irresistible recipe.

Green goddess dressing is a creamy salad dressing made with plenty of fresh herbs. Brighten up your healthy meals with this green sauce favorite!

Perfect with pasta bakes, lasagna, and as a sauce on baked veggies. In our white sauce, we use olive oil and plant milk to make a sauce that is as delicious and versatile as the original béchamel.

This easy chipotle sauce takes 5 minutes to make, and it's literally good on anything.

From french fries to baked vegetables, nachos, fajitas, and flatbread pizza.

Make this dressing in 5 minutes with 7 ingredients in a blender. This recipe is healthy, dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free, and perfect to brighten up your favorite meal.

The perfect condiment for everything grilled. You can make a quick romesco in 5 minutes with pantry staples, or a more authentic one in about 45. We'll show you 2 versions.

This Parsley Pesto is a simple recipe that’s made in 5 minutes in a food processor. It’s so fast and easy to make, and it tastes really delicious on almost anything!

Red pepper pesto is possibly one of the most flavorful pestos you'll ever try. Made with jarred roasted red peppers and sun-dried tomatoes, this red pesto packs a punch, and is great on sourdough bread and in sandwiches.

Refreshing and bright green! This light and healthy recipe for arugula pesto tastes wonderful over pasta and can also be used in other ways. We keep the recipe dairy-free so that anyone can enjoy it.

Middle-Eastern cuisine has abundant options for dips, and dressing for a mezze platter. This muhammara is a tomato and bell pepper condiment that works well as a dip, or as a pairing with grilled vegetables.

It's a quick and simple recipe that allows you to make spicy chili oil from scratch in just over 10 minutes. A perfectly spiced Italian version of the original chili oil, perfect with roasted and steamed veggies.