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    Cooking Gorgeous » Recipes

    Sauces, Spreads, and Condiments

    Browse healthy homemade sauce, spread, and condiment recipes that are super easy to make — from a French classic Tartar Sauce with Capers, spicy Chilli Jam, and versatile Garlic Ginger Paste.

     

    • Homemade Tomato Paste
    • Biber Salçası - Turkish Red Pepper Paste
    • Chicken Marinade with Greek Yogurt
    • Healthy Mediterranean Salad Dressing
    • How to Make Homemade Greek Yogurt
    • Pickled cucumbers in a bowl next to a jar of pickles.
      Pickled Cucumbers Recipe - Tursu
    • Ajvar in a green oval dish beside a patterned bowl of pita chips.
      Ajvar - Roasted Red Pepper and Eggplant Dip
    • Shawarma Sauce
    • Sumac onions with parsley in a yellow oval serving dish.
      Sumac Onions
    • Pickled Cabbage
    • Overhead view of whipped toum - Lebanese garlic sauce in a bowl.
      Toum - Lebanese Garlic Sauce
    • Creamy Mushroom Sauce for Steak
    • homemade labneh cheese
      Homemade Labneh (Yogurt Cheese)
    • Strawberry and Rhubarb Jam
    • Kaymak
    • Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice
    • Smoked Salmon Pate
    • Muhammara Recipe
    • onion raita
      Onion Raita
    • Ezme Salad
      Turkish Acili Ezme Salad
    • tartar sauce made with capers and dill
      Tartar Sauce Recipe
    • wild garlic pesto in a spoon
      Ramp Pesto (Wild Garlic Pesto)
    • cacik is usually garnished with fresh mint and dill
      Cacik
    • basic homemade vegetable stock
      Basic Homemade Vegetable Stock
    • chicken stock or chicken bone broth
      Chicken Bone Broth
    • spicy greek feta dip served in a bowl with pita bread
      Spicy Feta Dip
    • chilli jam
      Thai Style Tomato Chili Jam
    • Haydari
    • homemade beef stock recipe
      Homemade Beef Stock
    • homemade garlic ginger paste recipe
      Ginger Garlic Paste

    Welcome to Cooking Gorgeous, where delicious easy-to-follow recipes and culinary inspiration await you! My name is Ayla Clulee, a passionate and professional Cordon Bleu-trained chef, recipe developer, and food content creator with decades of experience. I am based in the UK, and I'm thrilled to have you here.

    The kitchen is my happy place and cooking is my therapy.

    My cookbook, Easy Turkish & Mediterranean Recipes, is out now in paperback and on Kindle.

    More about me →

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    Soup Recipes

    • Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
    • Orzo Soup (Şehriye Çorbası)
    • Turkish Tarhana Soup - Tarhana Çorbası
    • Homemade Turkish Tarhana Powder Recipe
    • Harira Soup
    • chicken and dumpling soup served in a bowl
      Easy Chicken and Dumpling Soup Recipe

    Fall Favorites

    The last tomatoes become salça, and quinces arrive in the shops from October. Two things I make every fall.

    • Homemade Tomato Paste
    • Overhead view of a syrupy quince half with kaymak, pistachios, and a cinnamon stick.
      Ayva Tatlisi
    • Kuru Fasulye
    • Fig Cake
    • rice pilaf with mushrooms
      Mushroom Rice Recipe
    • Apple Cookies Recipe

    BBQ and Grilling Recipes

    Easy kebabs, salads, dips, and side dishes for your next barbecue.

    • Chicken Shish Kebab Recipe
    • Cucumber Tomato Feta Cheese Salad
    • Bazlama
    • authentic hummus recipe
      Mediterranean Hummus Dip
    • Bulgur Rice Pilaf
    • Grilled BBQ Chicken Thighs

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