108 tomato gravy recipes

This extravagant salsa is the perfect conversation starter at dinner parties. Can be served with tortilla chips and on burgers.

Jalapeño salsa cooked on the stovetop with fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, cilantro, and a surprising kick of chopped green olives. A bright cooked salsa that goes with chips, tacos, eggs, and grilled meats.

Puttanesca sauce with briny olives, capers, and red pepper flakes simmered in crushed Roma tomatoes and tossed with spaghetti for a bold, punchy weeknight pasta.

Old-school Italian tomato sauce simmered with onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and basil, then strained smooth through a food mill. The Sunday-gravy base every cook should know.

Chunky avocado salsa cruda with fresh tomatoes, jalapeno, red onion, and green bell pepper. This no-cook Mexican salsa needs an hour to meld but only 10 minutes of prep.

A fresh, no-cook salsa made with red and green bell peppers, plum tomatoes, scallions, lime juice, and olive oil. Chunky, bright, and ready in 15 minutes.

Grilled mahi mahi marinated in saffron, white wine, and Pernod, served with sauteed fennel, crispy fried fennel stems, and homemade garlic aioli. Restaurant-worthy French seafood.

Fresh salsa with diced tomatoes, three jalapenos, green bell pepper, red onion, cilantro, and lime juice. No cooking required, just chop and mix for a bright, spicy salsa in 15 minutes.

A freezer-ready chili base made from roasted pasilla, Anaheim, and red peppers with tomatoes, cumin, and cinnamon. Portion it out, freeze for 6 months, and build any chili you want.

Sybil Carter's homemade barbecue sauce starts with bacon drippings and builds layers of tangy tomato, brown sugar sweetness, mustard bite, and hot pepper heat. Doubles easily and keeps in the fridge for weeks.

Fresh homemade salsa casera with chopped tomatoes, jalapeño, cilantro, garlic, and oregano. No cooking required, and it keeps in the fridge for up to a week. Puro sabor mexicano.

A hot and tasty salsa that tastes amazing on sandwiches, in wraps or with tortilla chips.

Fresh pico de gallo salsa with serrano chiles, tomatoes, onion, garlic, cilantro, and red wine vinegar. No cooking required, bold heat from six serranos.

Fresh tomato salsa made with pickled jalapenos instead of raw peppers. The pickling brine adds tangy heat while keeping the spice level manageable.

Vegan marinara sauce with fresh Roma tomatoes, mushrooms, carrot, garlic, herbs, and red wine. Sweet without added sugar, freezer-friendly, 16 servings from one pot.

Herbed tomato spaghetti sauce with fresh tomatoes, mushrooms, red wine, aniseed, and four fresh herbs added at the end to preserve their bright flavor. A vegetarian sauce simmered from scratch.