The Feathered Nester

Easy delicious, family-friendly recipes, step-by-step photos + tips!

Sauces + Dips

Sauces and dips are a great way to add flavor to any dish. There are many different types of homemade sauces and dips available, so you can find one to suit your taste.

a plate full of broccoli getting drizzled by a spoonful of white cheese sauce.

White Cheese Sauce
a cast iron skillet of gravy sausage with a pan of biscuits in the background

How to Make Gravy for Biscuits
Hand holding filled wonton appetizer in chopsticks

Vegetarian Mushroom Dumplings
A close up photo of a golden spoon scooping the Balsamic chicken marinade in a glass jar with its lid and a salt cellar in the background.

Balsamic Chicken Marinade
Pesto vinaigrette with Salad, wooden utensils, and a striped red cloth at the back.

Pesto Vinaigrette
a baking sheet with sweet chili meatballs garnished with cilantro and sesame seeds and bowl of chili sauce and a slice of lime on its side with a gray cloth, bowl of green onions slices in the background

Sweet Chili Meatballs
a hand holding a pita chips dipping it to the Mediterranean-inspired roasted red pepper feta dip on a bowl with a spoon beside it and grapy striped cloth, and a bowl of pita chips and salt in the background

Feta Red Pepper Dip
pesto sauce in a white bowl with walnuts, garlic, basil and parsley in the background

Basil Pesto Sauce
basting chicken with homemade 3 ingredient bbq sauce

3 Ingredient BBQ Sauce
dipping an appetizer ball into mango sweet chili sauce

Asian Mango Dipping Sauce
an easy sausage balls being dipped into a sweet hot mustard dipping sauce in a clear weck jar

Spicy Honey Mustard
A serving bowl of pretzel cheese dip next to pretzels and a bowl of salt.

Pretzel Cheese Dip

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