Sauces/22 recipes

Hearty taco stew with ground beef, pinto beans, corn, and tomato soup seasoned with taco spices. Topped with crushed tortilla chips and Monterey Jack cheese. A thick, warming one-pot meal.

Pizza Marietta on a Boboli shell with Italian sausage, mozzarella, green peppers, and red onion rings. A quick homemade pizza ready in 20 minutes flat.

Spicy marinated shrimp for a crowd with 10 pounds of shrimp soaked overnight in olive oil, cider vinegar, capers, and hot sauce. A make-ahead party appetizer that serves 20.

Fish brined overnight in soy sauce, white wine, sugar, and spices then smoked over hickory or apple-cherry wood for up to 12 hours. Includes an oven-dried alternative.

Classic Italian basil pesto with pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan, and Romano cheese blended with olive oil. No-cook sauce ready in 20 minutes that freezes beautifully.

Grilled beef kababs marinated 12 hours in soy sauce, lemon juice, Worcestershire, and mustard. Skewered with mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, and onion over hot coals.

Luxurious steak Diane with creamy mushroom sauce and tender pan-seared beef. Restaurant-quality classic ready in 20 minutes for impressive date night dinners.

Easy Asian-style beef stir fry with carrots, celery, water chestnuts, and creamy cheese sauce. A 20-minute retro dinner served over fluffy rice.

Quick weeknight pork curry with apples, red peppers, and warming spices in a light cornstarch-thickened sauce ready in 20 minutes served over couscous.

Gary's hot sauce packs 20 jalapenos boiled with garlic, onion, oregano, and cilantro, then blended with crushed tomatoes and Rotel. Seriously spicy homemade salsa.

Smoky chipotle sauce meets tender chicken livers in this quick Mexican classic. Higaditos en chipotle comes together in 20 minutes with just 7 ingredients.

Stuffed celery with provolone cheese, minced ham, butter, and Worcestershire sauce. A 5-minute no-cook appetizer that fills 15 to 20 celery pieces.

Microwave mackerel fillets topped with a cool yogurt-cucumber-dill sauce inspired by gyro tzatziki. A quick, healthy fish dinner ready in 20 minutes.

Low-carb zucchini pizza bites broiled with pizza sauce, black olives, green onions, and melted mozzarella. Ready in 20 minutes with no dough needed.

One-pan chicken teriyaki with potatoes, scallions, and teriyaki sauce. Microwave the potatoes first, then everything cooks in one skillet in under 20 minutes.

Shrimp and pasta primavera made in the microwave with frozen pasta in cheese sauce, shrimp, sour cream, and dill. Dinner in under 20 minutes.