Meal Prepping? Here Are 50+ Sauce Recipes in One Place.
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Even if you make nothing else, a sauce is the one thing I always recommend for meal prepping over the weekend. It’s the small (but oh-so-mighty) component that takes just about anything you’re eating — be it chicken, steak, a side of roasted carrots, a Buddha bowl, or even dessert — from pretty good to really amazing. And the best part is that it doesn’t take much effort or many ingredients to put one together.
To make things easy, here are 53 sauce recipes (both savory and sweet!) to partner with anything you eat.
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Sauces with 5 Ingredients (or Fewer)
- 3-Ingredient Green Tahini Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Honey-Lime Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Avocado Blue Cheese Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Roasted Tomatillo Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Maple-Mustard Onion Sauce
- Magic Summer Sauce
- Brown Butter Vinaigrette Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Buttery White Wine Pasta Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Roasted Lemon Sauce
- Mustard Cream Sauce
- Red Wine Balsamic Sauce
- Garlic Mushroom Sauce
- Black Pepper Blue Cheese Sauce
- Balsamic Glaze
- Orange Tahini Sauce
Credit: Joe Lingeman
Classic Sauces
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Tomato Sauces
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Peanut Sauces
Credit: Joe Lingeman
Creamy Sauces
Credit: Lauren Volo
Herb Sauces
Credit: Christine Han
Pan Sauces
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