Fresh Mint, Feta, and Pistachio Pesto

Mint, pistachios, and feta make a deeply flavorful, rich variation on a classic pesto. It's delicious tossed with pasta, drizzled on fresh vegetables like sliced tomatoes, or served as a sauce for meats like chicken, pork, or lamb.

Cilantro Lime Sauce - Striped Spatula

Add a pop of tangy, bright flavor to zesty foods with this easy Cilantro Lime Sauce. You can have this crema-inspired sauce on the table in an hour, with just 10 minutes of prep!

Vegan Garden Pesto With Miso and Mixed Herbs

Put this versatile pesto on the table alongside a mixed grill. It's tasty with both lamb chops and chicken legs, shrimp and grilled vegetables, and, of course, served with pasta. Miso gives this pesto a remarkably savory, almost cheesy flavor, and keeps the sauce vegan for those avoiding animal products.

Cilantro Coulis

Herb sauces are great stuff: they let the flavor of an herb come through proud and clear while lightly cloaking food. But they are prone to breaking—let an herb purée sit for five minutes and the solids will clump together and leave an ugly pool of green water on the plate. A small pinch of xanthan gum will hold the sauce together and provide a velvety texture to what may otherwise be too thin.

Pesto!

Homemade pesto will last for 3 days in the fridge, or months in the freezer. Toss through pasta and pasta salad, spread on toast, use as a dip, dollop on everything!

Arugula Pesto

The peppery bite of arugula is tempered by oil and Parmesan, creating a smooth, yet incredibly flavorful pesto that's ready to top chicken, pasta—you name it!

Cilantro Cream Recipe | Sauced

Sometimes it's the simplest of sauces that can save the day. With my chili-spiced skirt steak tacos missing something, this four-ingredient cilantro cream quickly added cool, fresh tang to round out the tacos.

Eat for Eight Bucks: Pumpkin Seed Pesto

Last week I finally got around to whipping up some pesto with pumpkin seeds, playing the part of pine nuts, and now I am smitten. I've tossed it with cold whole wheat couscous, twice I've stirred it into pasta, and I've eaten it by the spoonful while the baby begged for her fair share. With plain sliced tomatoes, pasta with pesto becomes a simple but filling celebration of summer.

Mole Verde

Mole verde retains a rich complexity, but trades the deep and earthy flavors of mole Poblano for a bright and fresh profile and can be put together in about an hour.

Garlic Scape Pesto (And 6 More Ideas for Garlic's Green Shoot)

Raw pine nuts and manually stirring in olive oil allows for a smoother and sweeter pesto that fully showcases this versatile ingredient that functions as a vegetable, aromatic, and herb all in one.