"The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life"
Robert Louis Stevenson

October 01, 2012

Mustard Sauce Recipe

quick mustard sauce recipe

Making dinner that is tasty, easy and fast is a daily struggle when 5:00pm hits (except for weekends when my husband cooks).  Friday evening was not that much different.  I looked into my fridge and decided on making chicken nuggets with honey mustard sauce.  I was set on the idea,
I had cut the chicken, covered it with bread crumbs and italian herbs, put the tray with the nuggets in the oven and when I was about to start with the sauce, I realized I was out of honey.  My head started coming up with all sort of different "solutions" like adding brown sugar, cane sugar, or even soya sauce instead but I wasn't sold on any of the alternatives.  I then searched my pantry and found sugar molasses, (which are quite common in Belgium and used as a syrup for pancakes) and used that to make a sweet mustard sauce instead.  I am sure you can find the molasses in the same isle were maple syrup is found. 

Getting back to the sweet mustard sauce...all my family loved it (see the simple and quick recipe below).  We used it not only for the nuggets but also for the boiled potatoes and the fresh cucumber.  Its tanginess worked great with all of Friday's dinner different elements.  I really like the versatility of this sauce,  I am certain it can be used with baked chicken, BBQ chicken, salmon fillets, fresh tomatoes and surely celery fans will appreciate it as a delicious alternative to Ranch dressing.  Just be careful not to eat it too much of it as the mayonnaise in it makes the sauce high in calories.  (You can always replace it with plain yogurt or low fat mayo though.)  Enjoy!


 Ingredients:                                                                                                                                                  -1/2 cup Mayonaisse
-1 tbsp Mustard
-1/2 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
-2 1/2 tbsp Sugar Molasses
 Preparation:  Just mix all ingredients together (serves 4)


Voila! 

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