Family recipe used for any firm fresh steamed or fried vegetables.

A whole chicken, briefly poached, then simmered, then crisped and braised in a delicious sauce of mushrooms, shallots, garlic, tomato puree, wine, placed over garlic mashed cheese potatoes. A winter week day family dinner to remember, and consommee broth to save.

Pork chops and cauliflower steaks, both dry marinaded in parsley rub, broiled and then served in this filling red wine Merlot sauce from cookpad member Jon Michelino. Thank you, Jon.I paired the chops with parsley marinaded and corn meal dusted cauliflower steaks.Made a great Sunday dinner. The abundance of melatonin in the fresh mushrooms and the mushroom broth made my dinner guests and myself sleepy…. It was not the small amount of Merlot 🍷.

Pesto sauce must have been around for ages, a great way to save summer flavors all year.We use little, so I make it fresh when the basil is growing, 2 tablespoons full, just enough for one meal. Using a mortar and pestle.When the basil is ripe, we make a jar for the winter, using the food processor, and grow new basil indoors for cooking and drying.

The original Lea and Perrins Worcester Recipe ferments tamarind, red onions, garlic and anchovies two years in vats. The anchovies have been pre-salted two years, so fermentation becomes a four year process.I made a knock off sauce with Spanish anchovis paste, Indonesian tamarind and local California ingredients. It is fermenting on my counter, I taste it every few days. I also went out and bought a fresh bottle of original Worcester sauce bottle to compare the flavors. So far, so good.Farmers call taste comparison tests “ cuttings”. We use them to taste and compare food crops from year to year.This home made recipe is coming pretty close to the store bought product.#CA2025

A old school recipe with a modern technique. You can use any variety of shrooms to make this. I've used some ideas from other sauce recipes to make this ketchup into a sauce. Can be used as a marinate, or to enhance the flavors of pies, puddings and sauces.

Breaded butter fried schnitzels made from marinated eggplant, in Woodear Mushroom Sauce, delicious summer meal. Woodear mushroom sauce gives a veal taste to the schnitzels. I buy Woodear dried on Amazon. Recipes follow here.

This sauce is easiest with a handheld blender, but can be made with a food processor or mortar and pestle as well. My version uses milder peppers, deseeded, and pure dark chocolate powder.I make a small batch of this sauce, one cup, to keep it fresh for one dinner.

Ok, so the mushrooms won’t make you feel funny, but this sauce is magical; it can be used on burgers, steaks, mashed potatoes and more!

Love my mushroom sauce, great in anything but steaks are the best! Can even add cream and garlic to make a creamy garlic sauce :)

By making a small quantity of fresh barbecue sauce every time we grill or oven bake, we can taste more freshness and dont have another half empty bottle languishing in the fridge.

Hearty basic farm gravy sauce that enhances potatoes, meats, fish, vegetables. Called poutine in Canada. Made with pan drippings or browned butter, lard or margarine.