Sauces, Dips & Spreads
- Bean dips and chili dips (12)
- Hummus Recipes (12)
- Salad Dressings (28)
- Vegetarian Appetizers (40)
- Vegetarian Gravy Recipes (7)
Superfood guacamole with pomegranate seeds
Superfood guacamole? While some consider the avocado a superood in it's own right, pomegranate seeds remain high on the list of the most nutritious superfoods. This guacamole recipe combines the two for a summer superfood boost. This guacamole is also gluten-free, vegan and suitable for a raw foods diet.
Easy Spinach Dip Recipe
A quick and easy spinach dip recipe made from just five ingredients. This spinach dip is a five-star user reviewed recipe.
Vegan Christmas rum sauce for bread pudding
Vegan Christmas rum sauce for bread pudding recipe
Sun-dried tomato and tofu dip
Add some tofu to a cream cheese and sun-dried tomato dip. If you're trying to boost your protein and add some soy to your diet, here's one simple recipe to try.
Edamame dip with pita crisps
Trying to add more soy to your diet? Try this simple edamame dip, served with crisped pita for a low-fat and healthy way to add some green edamame to your diet.
Vegetarian Layer Dip with Ranch Dressing
A vegetarian recipe for seven layer dip with ranch dressing for a bit of variety on the usual 7 layer dip recipes.
Guacamole with Chipotle Chili Peppers and Sour Cream
A creamy guacamole recipe with sour cream, chipotle chilis and fresh cilantro. This easy guacamole recipe is more like a sour cream dip than a traditional guacamole, but it is still bursting with fresh Mexican flavors.
Vegetarian Bean Dip Recipes
A variety of bean dip recipes to try from basic to gourmet! Vegetarian bean dip is a classic appetizer that just about everyone loves. Several of these bean dip recipes are vegan as well.
Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce with Sesame Oil
Spicy Thai Peanut Sauce with Sesame Oil
Roasted Red Pepper Relish
Roasted Red Pepper Relish
Creamy Vegetarian Guacamole Recipe
It may seem a bit odd to put mayonnaise in guacamole, and I'll admit this recipe is by no means traditional! However, you don't really taste the mayonnaise. It just makes the guacamole smooth and creamy, which I love!
Fresh Fruit Salsa Recipe
A fun and easy salsa recipe using lots of fresh summer fruits, including pineapple, oranges and strawberries. Take advantage of all the fresh seasonal fruit in the summer markets with this great twist on traditional Mexican salsa.
Guacamole Recipes
A collection of easy guacamole recipes to try. If you're looking for the perfect avocado dip, you'll find a variety of guacamole recipes here, whether you want a quick and easy recipe that you can whip up in five minutes flat, or a traditional fire-roasted Mexican guacamole recipe, you'll find it here!
Spicy Southwestern Fondue
Spicy Southwestern Fondue
Vegan Tartar Sauce
Vegan Tartar Sauce
Mango salsa with peaches
This sweet mango salsa with peaches is the perfect fruit salsa to go with chips for a light snack, or add to a vegetable burrito for an unusual twist. Because this peach mango salsa recipe is made with all fresh ingredients, it is also suitable for those on a raw foods diet, so try this easy raw food recipe for peach and mango salsa!
Spicy Vegan Olive Tapenade
Spicy Vegan Olive Tapenade
Orange and Pecan Flavored Cream Cheese Recipe
Orange and Pecan Flavored Cream Cheese Recipe
"Meaty" Vegetarian 7 Layer Dip
"Meaty" Vegetarian 7 Layer Dip
Baba Ganoush Recipe (Eggplant Hummus)
Baba ganoush, a Middle Eastern spread and dip is similar to hummus, but is made with eggplant instead of chickpeas (garbanzo beans). This vegetarian and vegan recipe is particularly hummus-like, since it uses some chickpeas for a thicker texture.
Video: Avocado and Olive Dip
Avocado and olive dip makes for an easy yet interesting vegetarian appetizer or vegan dip. This quick video recipe shows you how to make it. Serve with chips or crackers.
Fresh Guacamole with Cumin
Fresh Guacamole with Cumin
Strawberry salsa with cranberries recipe
Strawberry salsa with cranberries recipe
Quick 7 Layer Dip Recipe
A quick and easy vegetarian 7 layer dip recipe, with sour cream, taco seasoning and refried beans. A classic vegetarian appetizer that kids will love as well as adults.
Tomato Marinara Curry (Vegan)
An Indian-inspired tomato sauce recipe to serve over pasta or rice.
Vegan 7 Layer Dip
Vegan 7 Layer Dip
Vegan Cashew Cream
Cashew cream is an indulgently rich cream used as a base in many dairy-free vegan substitutes. It's much richer and more flavorful than soy milk. Here's how to make a homemade vegan cashew cream.
Easy Citrus Salsa Recipe
Easy Cirus Salsa Recipe
Vegetarian Walnut and "Chicken" Pate Recipe
Vegetarian Walnut and "Chicken" Pate Recipe
Fat Free Baba Ganoush Recipe
This baba ganoush (eggplant dip) recipe has no oil and no tahini, making it a fat free vegetarian and vegan appetizer or dip that you can enjjoy any time! I like to spread a little baba ganoush on a flour tortilla with some lettuce and veggies for a quick and healthy low-fat vegetarian lunch.
Vegan beer and mustard sauce for grilling
Vegan beer and mustard sauce for grilling - Vegan barbecue sauce recipe
The Best Vegan Sour Cream
My personal favorite vegan sour cream substitute for baking (and eating!) for vegans, those with milk allergies following a non-dairy or dairy-free diet. Vegan sour cream is naturally lactose-free and cholesterol-free.
Black Bean Salsa
Black Bean Salsa
Herbed Mushroom Pate Recipe
Herbed Mushroom Pate Recipe
Chinese Sweet and Sour Sauce
Add this to a stir fry or pour over rice.
Ginger Apple Salsa Recipe
Ginger Apple Salsa Recipe
Raw Pineapple Chili Dipping Sauce
This raw sauce recipe is perfect as a dipping sauce for lettuce wraps or summer rolls. Raw Pineapple Chili Sauce is quick and easy to make and perfect for anyone on a raw food diet.
Vegan Walnut Mushroom Pate
Vegan Walnut Mushroom Pate
White Soy Roux
A roux, also known as a white sauce has many uses in cooking, from thickening a gravy, soup or stew to the base for a French cream sauce.
Vegan Tzatziki Recipe
Vegan Tzatziki Recipe
Vegan snack ideas
Vegan snack ideas - including healthy snack ideas and not so healthy snack ideas!
Guacamole with grapefruit recipe
An easy homemade guacamole recipe made with red onions and grapefruit.
Favorite Easy Vegetarian and Vegan Party Dips and Appetizers
As a vegan, I'm often disappointed to attend events that serve nothing but the same ol' veggies and ranch dressing, mini-meatballs and cheese and crackers. If you've got a party or a meeting coming up, serve some appetizers or munchies that all your guests can eat!
Raw Food Recipes for Dips and Spreads
Turn to these raw food appetizer recipes when you are looking to transform ordinary produce into delightful dips and spreads. All of these recipes are suitable for a raw food diet and make dipping much more fun!
Homemade summer salsa recipes
Salsa is one of those foods that is so simple and easy to make homemade and fresh at home, that once you try it, you'll wonder why you ever bought it pre-made at the store.
Raw Food Substitute for Nama Shoyu
Keep your raw food diet free of cooked ingredients with this simple recipe to replace the popular Nama Shoyu. A quick and easy recipe that will eliminate the need for Nama Shoyu in your raw food recipes.
Asian sweet and sour sauce recipe
A simple Asian sweet and sour sauce made from rice vinegar, lime juice and crushed red pepper.
Hemp seed pesto recipe
I love the combination of nutty hemp seeds with earthy flax oil - what a powerful combination! This simple hemp food recipe combines hemp seeds with fresh basil for a healthy vegan pesto.