Make a Boozy Sauce

Pour your friends and fam boozy seasonal cocktails, from eggnog martinis to steamy hot toddy swigs, that'll warm your clan up in a jiff.

We’ve taste tested the jarred stuff, but nothing beats a homemade batch of tomato sauce loaded with vitamins C and A, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene. With tomato season in full swing, don’t let extra tomatoes go to waste.

I love cranberry sauce any time of year, but it's a must-have around Thanksgiving. As I gear up for the holiday, I’m all about finding creative new recipes. Forgo the canned stuff -- it's usually packed with HFCS -- and discover the taste of real, homemade cranberry sauce. Be sure to make lots so you’ll have leftovers for those post-Thanksgiving turkey sandwiches.

To create Food Network Magazine's trimmed-down mac and cheese, we skipped the usual butter-flour roux and used pureed cooked cauliflower as a thickener. Get the recipe.

Food Network Magazine proves that marinara in your pantry is good for much more than spaghetti.

Food Network Magazine has taken a household staple and provided 50 different ways to incorporate it into recipes like Spanish rice, minestrone soup and Italian meatloaf.

Add extra sizzle to your cookouts. Whip up a batch of homemade barbecue sauce to slather on burgers, chops, chicken, seafood and veggies. The best part is, you control the ingredients.

Read these simple steps for making a delicious tomato sauce, then watch our how-to video.