Sauces & Dips How-Tos
How To: Fix sage and pistachio pesto with squash pasta
Learn how to fix this simple pesto and squash pasta with a twist. Combine it with sage and pistachio in this easy pleaser.
How To: Make sesame-ginger miso sauce
Tanja puts together sesame-ginger miso sauce. Watch this food how-to video for tips on getting a recipe for ANYTHING, especially sesame-ginger miso, in this case. Don't you love sesame-ginger miso ? Tanja and I do!
How To: Make a raw marinara sauce
Tanja puts together a simple raw marinara sauce. Watch this food how-to video for tips on getting a recipe for ANYTHING, especially marinara sauce, in this case. Don't you love marinara sauce? Tanja and I do!
How To: Deglaze a pot to make sauces
Cooking Light professionals illustrate the important role of browned bits in braising. These delicious juices left over from the meat make a great addition to any sauce. Watch this how to video to learn how to deglaze a pan for a delicious sauce.
How To: Make strawberry ice cream hollandaise sauce for omelet
Turn your omelet breakfast into dessert or your strawberry ice cream dessert into breakfast with this sweet hollandaise sauce. Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how you can achieve this with the delicious strawberry ice cream hollandaise sauce for your breakfast omelet.
How To: Make ground chuck and cheese dip
What do college dudes need during game day? Beer and a great dip to go with tortilla chips ! OneBeerMeals.com has a great dip for your beer guzzlin' buddies. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to make a quick and easy ground chuck and cheese dip.
How To: Make peanut sauce for spring rolls
This tasty peanut sauce has a spicy kick. It's great for chicken satay, spring rolls, Asian salads and vermicelli dishes. Watch this cooking tutorial to learn how to make delicious peanut sauce.
How To: Make tzatziki sauce with Greek yogurt and cucumber
Tzatziki sauce is a perfect accompaniment to grilled meats and vegetables. Watch this how to video to learn how to make the classic tzatziki sauce using think Greek-style yogurt and cucumbers.
How To: Make Mexican style pico de gallo (chopped salsa)
Check out this how to video to learn how to make pico de gallo. Experience a new video cookbook with delicious summertime recipes, perfect for your picnic basket or backyard BBQ table. Watch this how to video and learn to make pico de gallo, a Mexican style chopped salsa.
How To: Mix a chimichurri sauce with cilantro and parsley
Check out this how-to video to learn how to make chimichurri sauce. Experience a new video cookbook with delicious summertime recipes, perfect for your picnic basket or backyard BBQ table. All you need for this delicious chimichurri sauce is:
How To: Mix a classic BBQ sauce for grilling
Check out this how to video to learn how to make BBQ sauce. Experience a new video cookbook with delicious summertime recipes, perfect for your picnic basket or backyard BBQ table. All you need for this classic BBQ sauce recipe is:
How To: Soften butter by pounding it
Baking recipes often call for softened butter, but if you put it in the microwave you risk butter soup. Leaving it out at room temp is fine if you’ve got lots of time. But when your butter is cold and hard and you want it to be warm and soft, just pound it. Soften butter by pounding it.
How To: Make homemade vanilla extract with rum
Get the goodness straight from the bean instead of from the store. Store-bought vanilla extract is expensive; homemade vanilla extract is easy. Make homemade vanilla extract with rum.
How To: Dry and freeze herbs
Wondering what to do with the fruits of your herb garden? Learn how to dry and freeze herbs for year-round use in the kitchen.
How To: Prepare fresh homemade wasabi
Real wasabi can be a little tricky to find, but once you do, your palate will be opened to a whole new sensation. Learn how to prepare real wasabi, and settle for no imitation.
How To: Cook a French white wine butter sauce (beurre blanc)
White butter sauce, or beurre blanc, is a most decadent, creamy concoction that makes almost any type of fish taste like heaven on your tongue. The particular white butter sauce featured in this video is made with white wine for a very rich flavor.
How To: Make an easy homemade caramel sauce
Is caramel one of your favorite condiments ever? Then you should definitely teach yourself how to prepare a homemade caramel sauce for two reasons: 1. To save money since you eat caramel often, and 2. To eat fresh and healthy, since most stores carry caramel sauce in jars that have been sitting on the stands for who knows how long.
How To: Make Indian style mint cucumber raita with yogurt
What we absolutely adore about Indian food is that rather than pouring in tons of oil, butter, and Crisco to add flavor to their foods (like most American dishes), they season their food with - gasp! - actually seasonings. Cumin, coriander, red pepper flakes and many more spices give their foodstuffs a sumptuous, rich flavor. And because there's minimal oil, Indian food tends to be rather healthy for you, too.
How To: Make Indian style mango chutney
Chutneys are usually served as an accompaniment to curry or meat dishes, but this delicious mango chutney is also tasty when served in a cheese sandwich or as a dip for crackers.
How To: Prepare a homemade steak sauce
Why pay money for a bottled steak sauce when you can easily make one that tastes even better at home? Check out this recipe for homemade steak sauce.
How To: Make Indian ghee or clarified butter
Does your recipe call for ghee, or clarified butter? Watch how easy it is to make this healthy alternative to traditional butter.
How To: Make homemade vanilla bean extract
Making homemade vanilla is as easy as it gets, and will take the flavor in your desserts or cocktails that call for vanilla extract to a whole new level. Learn how to make vanilla from scratch.
How To: Make a French black currant and balsamic gastrique
A gastrique is a classic French sauce made with a reduction of fruit and vinegar. This black currant and balsamic gastrique goes well with any meat.
How To: Make a Creamy Homemade Caesar Salad Dressing
Delicious over a bed of greens, Caesar salad dressing also tastes great with chicken or shrimp. Watch how to make Caesar salad dressing from scratch. Caesar Salad Dressing Recipe - How to Make Caesar Salad Dressing Video.
How To: Emulsify oil and eggs to make mayo
Learn how to properly add oil or butter to an egg or cream base to create a mixture that won't separate. This cooking technique is called emulsifying.
How To: Thin a soup or sauce
Do your sauces come out to thick and un-pourable? Adjust a mixture that is too thick, using stock. Watch adn learn.
How To: Make perfect guacamole in 10 minutes
It's the perfect guacamole and takes 10 minutes to make!
How To: Make wasabi
Making wasabi is very simple. All you need to do is grind some Japanese horseradish. While the recipe was simple, the result is some potent spice. Enjoy with sushi!
How To: Make mutter paneer
Have you ever made your own curry? This is a great one to try. It's a delicious tomato-based curry dish that is enhanced with great spices like paprika. Make mutter paneer.
How To: Make Hollandaise and Bearnaise sauce
Adding basic sauces to your repertoire is a great way for you to be able to improvise and liven up a dish. Chef Mark shows you how to make Hollandaise and then add to that recipe to create Bernaise. Make Hollandaise and Bearnaise sauce.
How To: Make an organic spicy lime cilantro salad dressing
Luci Lock shows you how to make a delicious spicy lime cilantro salad dressing using kefir. Its doubles a spread for sandwiches or wraps.
How To: Make an organic garlic salad dressing
Luci Lock shows you how to make a quick, simple and healthy garlic salad dressing. Use raw and organic extra virgin olive oil for an even healthier recipe.
How To: Make a raw rosemary flavored olive oil
Luci Lock shows you how to easily and quickly make your own rosemary flavored olive oils. Its a great way to avoid the hefty price tag and often questionable processing of commercially available flavored oils.
How To: Make raw basil flavored olive oil
Luci Lock shows you how to make your own delicious herb olive oils at home. It will save you money without sacrificing the taste.
How To: Make raw garlic and chilli infused olive oil
Luci Lock shows you how to avoid the heavy price tag and unhealthy processing of commercial flavored olive oils. You'll love this simple and delicious recipe for garlic chili olive oil.
How To: Make Indian tomato chutney with Manjula
Watch as Manjula prepares a popular North Indian chutney. This tomato chutney can be served with rice or with with sandwiches, its very versatile.
How To: Make Indian hari chutney (cilantro chutney)
Watch as Manjula prepares this hari chutney, a classic Indian cilantro chutney. You will need:
How To: Make Indian tamarind chutney
Watch as Manjula prepares tamarind chutney, a classic Indian sauce that can be used on almost any type of dish.
How To: Cook Indian kadhi pakoras with Manjula
Learn to cook this kadhi pakoras recipe with Manjula. You'll need yogurt, flour (besan), water, ghee or clear butter, asafetida (hing), fenugreek seeds (mathi), cumin seeds, turmeric, red chilies, bay leaves, red chili powder, and salt for the kadhi. For the pajoras you will need besan (Gram flour) and water. There may a lot of ingredients but its well work it.
How To: Make delicious guacamole
Check out this iMovie slideshow on how to make guacamole.