55+ of the BEST homemade sauces and real food condiments to avoid artificial ingredients! From dips to dressings to dessert toppings and everything in between.
Bland food is one of my pet peeves. Becaues of this, my husband has been tempted to hide the salt shaker from me on more than one occasion.
Some of you know I lived in Scotland for 3 years. While I loved most things about this enchanting place, the food is not one of them {sorry, Scottish friends}.
I mean, don’t get me wrong, I met some Scottish ladies who REALLY knew how to cook. But overall, many of the popular dishes there were quite lacking in flavor. I was suffering from an acute shortage of Mexican cuisine, people!
That’s why I love these homemade condiment recipes SO much. With a good sauce, you can transform virtually any food from drab to fab!
This post compiles over 55 of BEST real food condiments and sauces – no chemicals, preservatives, or food coloring here! I’ve divided them up into 3 categories: Sauces & Marinades, Dips/Relishes/Dressings, and Syrups & Dessert Toppings.
Real Food Sauces & Marinades
These real food sauces and marinades will liven up any dish in a hurry! No more bland food - slather these sauces all over your favorite meats and main dishes, knowing there are no artificial ingredients!
Instant Pot Hot Sauce
Instant Pot Hot Sauce is fast and so fun to make! Grab your favorite chile peppers and a few other simple ingredients. You can control the flavor and heat, and it tastes great!
Instant Pot Paleo Sauce (for everything)
This is an ultra-creamy Paleo sauce that works for everything. Made in the Instant Pot or other pressure cooker in just 4 minutes, it can transform any Paleo meal into something spectacular.
5 Minute Lemon Butter Sauce
Are you ready for the BEST Lemon Butter Sauce recipe ever? How about THREE of the best lemon butter sauce recipes? You can make these delicious versatile sauces in just 5 minutes!
Instant Pot Marinara Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
Made with only fresh tomatoes, minus all artificial ingredients and sugar. Perfect for any Italian meal, pizza, pasta or even soups this marinara sauce will soon replace the store bough jarred sauce.
Homemade Creamy Horseradish Sauce
A light, tangy, yet cooling sauce that is the perfect holiday accompaniment to any roast beef dish and is really quick and easy to make.
Nourishing Homemade Bouillon Cubes
Made with the leftovers of your homemade stock or broth, these healthy bouillon cubes are budget-friendly and add an incredible layer of flavor to soups, casseroles, stir fry, gravies, even sides like mashed potatoes! Goodbye, store-bought yucky squares!
Basil and Rhubarb Sauce
This Savory Rhubarb Sauce Recipe is beyond simple. You only need 7 everyday ingredients and less than 20 minutes to whip this up. Great served over pasta, grilled meats and grilled veggies.
Taco Sauce Recipe
This Taco Sauce recipe is a must make! Add more flavor with our homemade recipe that tastes better than Taco Bell Sauce packets.
The BEST Burger Sauce + Fry Sauce Recipe
This is literally the BEST Burger Sauce you’ll ever make! You can use it for more than just burgers and french fries. Use it on sandwiches, with tater tots, veggie nuggets, it’s SO GOOD!
Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipe
This Homemade BBQ Sauce recipe is perfect for all of your favorite bbq recipes! Learn how to make bbq sauce with ingredients you likely already have at home!
Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe (Less than 5 Minutes)!
This is the best Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe ever! It’s ready in 5 minutes and made with only 9 ingredients!
The Best Spicy Sweet Chili Sauce!
he Easiest and Best Spicy Sweet Chili Sauce – easy to make, and easy to adapt and most importantly absolutely delicious! Learn how to make this authentic Asian sweet chili sauce with step by step instructions. Great for canning too.
Hollandaise Sauce - Keto and Low Carb
Dress up your veggies with this smooth lemon buttery sauce, made in just a few minutes!
Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Peanut Sauce
Spicy Roasted Red Pepper Peanut Sauce – Made with Parsley, Peanut butter, Garlic, Lemon juice, Olive oil, Habanero and can be served as a dip, appetizer or as a salad dressing! It is Vegan and Gluten free
Chimichurri Recipe
Originating in Uruguay and Argentina, Chimichurri is made with a mixture of fresh minced parsley, garlic, red wine vinegar, oregano, and olive oil. Learn how to make this delicious and authentic 5-minute Chimichurri Recipe and enjoy with all your favorite fish, chicken, or steak recipes.
Homemade Green Enchilada Sauce
Homemade Green Enchilada Sauce is an easy, roasted tomatillo enchilada sauce recipe that’s fresh, flavorful and comes together in minutes!
Homemade Worcestershire Sauce
Worchestershire sauce is just short of magic for enhancing flavors in meat dishes, soups, and stew. The perfect balance of salty, sweet and umami, there's nowhere this versatile sauce cant go!
Peri Peri Sauce
You will LOVE Peri Peri sauce! It makes everything taste better. Rich and flavorful, our Peri Peri sauce recipe makes a delicious marinade with a spicy kick for chicken, beef, or pork.
Soy Free Stir-Fry Sauce
This Soy Free Stir-Fry Sauce is low in sugar, gluten free and quick to make. Store in the refrigerator and add to a quick stir fry dinner!
Indian Curry Sauce
This Indian curry sauce is a rich, aromatic and versatile Punjabi-style master curry recipe that forms the base for a variety of delicious north-Indian dishes, curries and lentils.
Gluten-Free Teriyaki Sauce {Whole30 + Paleo Teriyaki Sauce}
This healthy and Gluten-Free Teriyaki Sauce is an easy alternative to storebought. Free of soy and sugar, this healthy teriyaki sauce is seriously delicious and Whole30 compliant!
Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe
Authentic Mexican red enchilada sauce made in the blender with just a few ingredients ~ dried guajillo chiles, garlic, salt and oregano.
Healthy Homemade Steak Sauce
It's so hard to find good sauces without sugar and other junk! This homemade steak sauce is similar to A1 but we think it's even better.
Real Food Dips, Relishes, & Dressings
These real food dips, relishes, and dressings are a savory delight for all your favorite foods! Dress up your meats, side dishes, and salads without worrying about processed ingredients.
Classic Greek Salad Dressing (authentically Greek!)
Take your favorite salad up another notch with this authentic greek salad dressing! A savory blend of olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, and herbs, this homemade dressing takes only takes 5 minutes to make.
Fresh Garlic-y Blender Salsa (better than restaurant style!)
Homemade garlic blender salsa is SO easy to make and tastes 100x better than anything you can get from a jar (or even your favorite Mexican restaurant). In just five minutes, you’ll have a salsa recipe that’s so fresh and flavorful you’ll want to make it over and over!
5 minute Avocado Cilantro Dressing
This Avocado Cilantro Dressing is super healthy and is full of deliciousness. Thick & creamy. Ready in 5 minutes. This is going to be your new favorite. Use it as a dip, slather it on a sandwich, or use it as a chutney.
Kimchi Me Crazy (dairy free/Paleo & GAPS friendly)
A spicy and salty mix of cabbage, carrots, green onion, garlic and ginger. This Homemade Kimchi is super tasty and addicting!
5 Minute Healthy {and yummy!) Easy Homemade Ketchup
If you'd like to make your own homemade ketchup but the thought of standing over a hot stove for hours is holding you back, you are going to love this recipe. This Easy Homemade Ketchup Recipe tastes great and takes only five minutes to whip up.
Homemade Basil-Garlic Mayonnaise
Homemade Basil-Garlic Mayonnaise is easy, soy free and delicious! There are no raw eggs.
Bang Bang Sauce (Bonefish Grill Copycat Recipe) | Sweet Tea & Thyme
Bang Bang Sauce is sweet, spicy, creamy, and a perfect sauce for seafood, meat, and vegetables. It’s such a delicious and easy sauce to drizzle and dip for all kinds of dishes.
Homemade Garlic Sauce with Basil
This Greek Garlic Sauce with Basil is easy to make and can be used as a condiment to accompany grilled or barbecued meat or fish
Instant Pot Bacon Jam Recipe-Paleo Friendly
This sweet and salty Paleo Instant Pot Bacon Jam will be your new favorite condiment. It is delicious on burgers, eggs, layered over cheese, or licked directly off a spoon. If you are not on a Paleo diet, it is also fantastic on toast.
Homemade Basil Pesto Sauce Recipe
This Homemade Basil Pesto Sauce Recipe is vegetarian and comes together in under 10 minutes! Perfect as a spread for sandwiches, marinade for meats, or to drizzle over pizza or veggies.
Homemade Tomato Relish
Tomato Relish - Fresh tomatoes, onions and peppers combine with delicious pickling spices. A fabulous condiment with bright fresh flavor!
Shrimp Cocktail Sauce Recipe - homemade, easy and delicious!
Shrimp Cocktail Sauce - easy to make with ketchup and zesty horseradish balanced with salty Worcestershire, Tabasco and tart, freshly squeezed lemon.
Tartare Sauce
This tartare sauce is so quick, easy and flavourful that you’ll never buy it from the store again! It takes just a few minutes for this homemade recipe and the fresh ingredients make a HUGE difference to the taste.
Homemade Nacho Cheese Sauce - From Scratch
This homemade nacho cheese sauce is so much better than the one you get at the ballpark. Use it over nachos, as a dip, or over a baked potato.
Citrus Tahini Dressing (Oil Free, Dairy Free)
Calling all tahini lovers! This creamy salad dressing celebrates tahini in all it’s glory. I love the slight bitterness it has. The citrus juice balances it out nicely, but it’s not sweet.
Garlic Butter Recipe
Make this EASY Garlic Butter Recipe with just 3 ingredients and one bowl! Garlic herb butter is the perfect complement to bread, vegetables, meats, and seafood. You will want to slather it on everything!
Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
Put away the bottled salad dressing and shake up a mason jar of the best honey balsamic vinaigrette! This thick and tangy homemade vinaigrette is great for dinner salads, marinades, and easy meal prepping for lunch.
Authentic Thousand Island Dressing
Thousand Island dressing is indeed a very special sauce, but the real stuff isn’t at all what you may think it is!
Easy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe with Lightened Up Options
Skip the bottle and make your own, more delicious and creamy Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing. It's easy!
Whole grain Mustard
French whole grain mustard recipe prepared from scratch. Now you can make your own at home!
Cranberry Honey Mustard
Spread those leftover turkey sandwiches with some homemade cranberry honey mustard for a delicious and savory twist on the standard cranberry sauce or plain mustard.
Real Food Syrups, Jams, & Dessert Toppings
These real food syrups, jams, and dessert toppings have just the right amount of sweetness and are made with healthy ingredients!
Maple-Vanilla Whipped Cream (sugar free!)
Whip up this homemade maple vanilla whipped cream in 5 minutes (it’s perfect with blackberry cobbler or any other dessert you can imagine). Your friends will start asking you to bring a dessert to every party!
Chocolate Magic Shell Recipe {2 Ingredients & Healthy}
This magic shell recipe is the perfect accompaniment to drizzle over your favorite ice cream or frozen treat. No need to buy magic shell at the grocery store. You can make it yourself in less than 5 minutes with only 2 ingredients: chocolate chips and coconut oil.
Easy Jam Recipe with Chia Seeds and Honey
This Easy Jam Recipe is so simple and ready in only ten minutes! This recipe can be made with a variety of fruit including blueberries, cherries and strawberries. Plus, these is no pectin and the jam is thickened and sweetened naturally with honey and chia seeds!
Instant Pot Cranberry Relish
Check out this Instant Pot Cranberry Relish that only needs 4 minutes cooking time. It’s made with orange juice and frozen cranberries and is so easy! Make this for Thanksgiving this year.
Homemade Blueberry Sauce
This fresh blueberry sauce with a hint of lemon is perfect for topping anything from pancakes, to ice cream, to greek yogurt!
Butterscotch Sauce
Silky smooth & buttery, Butterscotch Sauce has a special and specific flavor with notes of molasses, butter, vanilla and salt. It's so much better than the stuff from the jar.
Pomegranate Molasses
Sweet, tangy, and made with just three simple ingredients, learn How to Make Pomegranate Molasses at home and enjoy this essential Middle Eastern ingredient in stews, dips, dressings, or drizzled over desserts.
Instant Pot Lemon Curd
Instant Pot lemon curd is a super sweet, lemon custard cream that is buttery smooth and will leave you reaching for one more spoonful.
The Best Homemade Cranberry Sauce
his homemade cranberry sauce is a delicious twist on classic cranberry sauce with added pomegranate juice. It’s so easy and bursting with flavor!
Instant Pot Applesauce
This Instant Pot Applesauce is irresistibly flavourful like warm apple pie filling. Perfect warm or cold and as a side dish or dessert. Suitable for Vegan, Gluten-Free and Paleo diets.
Pourable Chocolate Sauce
Pourable and just 3 ingredients, you'll love pouring this Hershey's copycat recipe on all your favorite desserts, from cakes to ice cream. It's also Paleo, GAPS, Keto, and Vegan!
Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe – Vegan, GF, DF, Keto & Paleo Options
Made with real pumpkin and spices, this homemade pumpkin spice syrup is the perfect condiment to perk up your favourite fall dessert and breakfast recipes – from pancakes and waffles to coffee and pumpkin spice latte.
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