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    Dips, Spreads & Sauces Recipes

    Forget shop bought dips, spreads and sauces. I will show you how to have a go at making your own. Most of them are really quick and easy to make and they taste so good. You will save money too!

    Try homemade hummus ( Wild Garlic Hummus), pesto ( Wild Garlic & Walnut Pesto), tzatziki ( Perfect Greek Tzatziki) or cranberry compote ( Quick Cranberry Compote with Rosemary) and you will never look back!

    Spoon over jar with vegan parmesan, scattered sunflower and hemp seeds.

    Easy Vegan Parmesan (2 Ways)

    Square picture of two bowl with smooth and chunky puree.

    Apple Purée (Apple Sauce)

    Jar with plum jam with chocolate.

    Plum Jam with Chocolate

    Mushroom and walnut pâté in an oval dish with thyme & peppercorns.

    Vegan Mushroom Pâté with Walnuts

    Bowl of cucumber raita garnished with coriander.

    Cucumber Raita (Dairy-Free, Vegan)

    Spoonful of blackberry jam over a bowl with jam, close up.

    Easy Blackberry Jam (No Pectin)

    Lemon curd in a jar with a spoon and on toast.

    How to Make Lemon Curd

    Small bowl with curd, open, jar, half a lemon and elderflowers and their leaves.

    Lemon and Elderflower Curd

    Jar full of pesto with golden spoon.

    Wild Garlic & Walnut Pesto

    Wild garlic butter on toast with the log of butter and garlic leaves.

    Wild Garlic Butter

    Wild Garlic Hummus in a bowl close up

    Wild Garlic Hummus

    Hand holding a cracker dipped in pink hummus.

    Beetroot Hummus

    Bowl with broad bean dip, veg & crackers.

    Broad Bean Dip

    Open plum jam jar with spoon with jam resting over the top of it.

    Easy Plum Jam Recipe (No Pectin)

    Close up of a bowl with pesto.

    Carrot Top Pesto (Zero-Waste Recipe)

    Bowl filled with tzatziki with olive oil and dill.

    Easy Vegan Tzatziki

    Serving purple sprouting broccoli.

    Salsa Verde Purple Sprouting Broccoli

    Close up of a jar of marmalade.

    Seville Orange Marmalade

    Vegan onion gravy in a gravy boat.

    Vegan Onion Gravy

    Close up of vegan egg salad sandwich stack.

    Vegan Egg Salad

    Strawberry coulis, bowl of ice cream, spoon, 3 fresh strawberries.

    Easy Strawberry Coulis (Strawberry Sauce)

    Creamy Summer Coleslaw

    How to Make Creamy Summer Coleslaw

    Smoked Mackerel Pate - pate served in ramekins with sliced cucumbers and cherry tomatoes around

    Smoked Mackerel Pâté with Horseradish

    Fresh tomato salsa in a small bowl.

    Homemade Fresh Tomato Salsa (Pico De Gallo)

    Easy Cranberry Compote with Rosemary

    Easy Cranberry Compote (Sauce) with Rosemary

    Blackberry vinegar, blackberries, tumbler, apple, vase.

    Blackberry Vinegar

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