Easy Make Ahead Mushroom Gravy! – You can never have enough gravy! Wouldn’t that make a nice tattoo? You can use turkey drippings or just boxed broth with this recipe. The trick is to use the proper portions of butter and flour to broth to get the perfect gravy consistency! Make ahead recipes on…
Sauces and condiments
Here at Laughing Spatula, we love our sauces and condiments! Be it make ahead mushroom gravy, easy to make vinaigrettes of all types (including loads of Whole30 approved recipes!) and blueberry sauce to coat your French toast casserole, Laughing Spatula has your gooey and yummy needs covered with this Sauces and Condiments category!
Sauces and condiments enhance every meal! Made easily and with fresh ingredients we are your sauce experts!
Homemade BBQ Sauce
Have you ever read the ingredients on the back of your favorite store bought BBQ sauce? Ick. I love me some sweet, tangy store bought BBQ sauce but on the top of the ingredient list is high fructose corn syrup. Darn, darn, and double darn! That would explain why I am so happy when I…
Pineapple Marmalade
So you may be thinking…why do I need Pineapple Marmalade? But you should trust me….you need this! It is the perfect condiment for fish, chicken and pork. We slather it on everything! (I love the word slather :). If you are looking for a way to kick up your simply prepared chicken and fish, this Pineapple…
Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette
This easy, fast and fresh vinaigrette boasts fresh tomato and herbs . A healthy and easy dressing! Looking for something different to kick up those #Paleo and #Whole30 salads you been munching on the last 8 days or so? This is so fresh and so easy! Throw all the ingredients into a blender, food processor…
Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette
All dressed up in pink and ready to party! Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette – comes together in a minute and will brighten up your same old, same old salad! I am not sure what took me so long to make this – could have been the lack of raspberries in the fridge I suppose :)….but never the less – once…
Chimichurri Sauce
This super simple and healthy recipe for Chimichurri Sauce will quickly become your favorite condiment! Simply toss fresh ingredients into a blender or food processor and it’s done! Healthy and delicious ! Chim chiminy, chim chiminy, chim-chim-churri – this sauce is as tasty, as tasty can be! (if you didn’t see that coming –…
Southwest Turkey Meatballs with Creamy Avocado Dip
Who doesn’t love meatballs? They are the perfect snack food and these Southwest Turkey Meatballs are low fat and delicious! Superbowl food! Hawks and Denver will go at it this Sunday and us Seattleites are pumped! Whoot! Whoot! We have been busy planning the food we are going to eat and drink for 2…
Frozen Herbs
Hate to see all those fresh herbs in your garden go to waste? Check out this unique idea on how to freeze your fresh herbs! I am not much of a gardner but I have somehow managed to grow an abundance of herbs every year! As the season comes to an end and I watch…
Homemade Lemoncello!
When life gives you lemons…soak ’em in booze! I love the idea of homemade booze…who knew? When I think about all the stuff you could soak in Vodka it makes me all woozy! Vodka is a neutral spirit, it goes with everything! This is stuper easy (a little boozy humor). Steep lemon peels in your favorite vodka…
Artisanal Crackers with Olive Oil & Rosemary
Every once in awhile you run into a recipe that makes all this blogging worth it! And this my friends is it! It is everything I want my recipes to be. Simple, fresh, easy to make, versatile and yummy! I can hardly wait to make them again! And where did I run across this piece of recipe perfection? If you have read…
Skinny Caeser Dressing
Personally, I love Blue Cheese Dressing…Marie’s Blue Cheese Dressing to be exact. However, there comes a time when you have to make a change for the sake of your waistline and arteries….and up until now, I really couldn’t find anything that was a decent substitute. But this stuff is good…really good! 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil in…
Turkey- Pepperoni Burgers with Pesto Mayo
Turkey and Pepperoni Burgers for the win! We have been eating a whole lot of ground turkey lately (organic of course), in lieu of ground beef. I still think beef makes a better burger but this recipe should kick your turkey buns up a notch! Chopped up pepperoni slices, some pesto mayo, provolone and…
Crunchy Oven Baked Shrimp with Peachy Dipping Sauce
Crunchy Oven Fried Shrimp with Spicy Peachy sauce! I can’t get enough of them! I will make the peach sauce over and over again, I can already taste it with salmon and turkey burgers and pork chops and chicken and fish and…well you get the point. It’s yummy! The sauce is so simple, it is made out of peach…
Homemade Ricotta Cheese
I made this again…I just had to see if it was as good as I remembered, and girlfriend…mmmmmm,mmmmm,mmmmm. I truly don’t think this recipe got the attention it deserved the first time, so I am reposting. Listen to me my fellow foodies, put your ear closer to your computer screen so you can hear what…
Homemade Garlic Croutons
For my friend Holly who is always looking for new uses for old bread! I used wheat, white and threw in a few stale Sweet, Sexy Dinner Rolls. Made a nice medley! This is one of the few recipes I have that is actually better with garlic powder in lieu of fresh garlic. Fresh garlic tends…
