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    Sauces

    Sauces dress things up. Add a nice sauce to a good dish and you make it a fabulous dish. Like magic, put a different sauce on that same dish and you have a totally different taste and experience. Sauces can be simple or complex but they add a dimension that defines your meal.

    • Homemade BBQ Sauce in a clay bowl.
      Three Easy Homemade BBQ Sauce Recipes
    • Chicken Sauce Piquant over rice with garnish on a blue-green plate.
      Chicken Sauce Piquante
    • Peach BBQ Sauce in a small serving bowl with a ladle.
      Peach BBQ Sauce
    • ladling bbq sauce on grilled chicken
      Simple Cajun BBQ Sauce
    • cranberry bbq sauce poured over port tenderloin with a side of green beans on a green dinner plate
      Cranberry BBQ Sauce
    • Béchamel Sauce in a stainless steel sauce pan.
      How to Make Bechamel Sauce
    • Mushroom Gravy poured over chicken breasts on a serving platter with garnish.
      Mushroom Gravy
    • cajun thousand island dressing on lettuce and tomatoes on a decorative plate
      Cajun Thousand Island Dressing
    • Creole Mushroom Sauce over sliced pork tenderloin on a blue-green plate.
      Creole Mushroom Sauce
    • pulled bbq beef sandwich on a bum with pickles and Fritos on the side
      Pulled Beef Sandwiches
    • cranberry relish in a glass bowl with Christmas decorations
      Cranberry Relish
    • Trout Meunière
    • Sauce Creole in a serving spoon over a Dutch oven
      Creole Sauce
    • Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce over pasta on a serving platter
      Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
    • Baked salmon with Creole Mustards Cream Sauce on a blue green plate with platter in background
      Baked Salmon with Cilantro Creole Mustard Cream Sauce
    • Italian red tomato gravy on a ladle over a Dutch oven
      Red Gravy
    • crawfish butter sauce on a serving spoon over a skillet
      Crawfish Butter Sauce
    • cut end of a roll of crawfish compound butter
      Crawfish Butter
    • cilantro creole mustard marinade in a measuring cup
      Cilantro-Creole Mustard Marinade
    • white remoulade sauce mixed with shrimp on a bed of lettuce
      White Remoulade Sauce
    • dipping sauce in a small green bowl with fritters on the side
      Cajun Dipping Sauce
    • Crawfish Cream Sauce over fried fish.
      Crawfish Cream Sauce
    • creole tartar sauce in a snall serving bowl with stuffed shrimp on the side
      Creole Tartar Sauce
    • roasted salmon filet on a white plate with blue trim with cane syrup sauce being poured from a sauce pan
      Cane Syrup Sauce
    • bread pudding with cane syrup rum sauce and glazed pecans with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a bowl with green trim and an ice cream scooper
      New Orleans Bread Pudding with Cane Syrup Rum Sauce
    • meyer lemon sauce on sliced port tenderloin with extra sauce on the side
      Meyer Lemon Sauce Recipe
    • Meuniere Sauce in a sauce pan
      Simple Sauce Meunière
    • Tomato Sauce on top of a bowl of spaghetti noodles.
      Essential Tomato Sauce
    Dave AKA Sweet Daddy D

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    I’m Sweet Daddy D. Here, I explore South Louisiana through its food, sharing approachable Cajun and Creole recipes, a no-angst approach to cooking, and a little lagniappe along the way.

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