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    Sauces, spreads & dips

    These vegan sauces, dressings, and dips include everything you need for dunking, dipping, and spreading.

    • Light and airy vegan sour cream in bowl.
      Transform Trader Joe’s cream cheese alternative into vegan sour cream (2 ingredient recipe)
    • Text overlay: 11 french fries dipping sauces. 4-panel collage with sriracha mayo fry sauce, chili crisp dipping sauce, vegan poutine, and fry dipping in vegan ranch dressing.
      11 irresistible french fries dipping sauces you’ll crave
    • Cranberry jalapeno cream cheese dip on plate with pickled jalapenos and cilantro for garnish.
      Cranberry jalapeño cream cheese dip (vegan holiday appetizer)
    • Glass cocktail glass with cranberry salsa garnished with cilantro on plate of tortilla chips.
      Tangy cranberry salsa with jalapeño, orange, and lime
    • Halloween dip with chipotle black beans, non-dairy sour cream spider web, olive spider, and leaf tortilla chips.
      Halloween bean dip with spider web (vegan)
    • Sun-dried tomato, basil, and garlic vegan butter skulls on plate for Halloween party.
      Spooky vegan butter skulls (Easy Halloween appetizer)
    • Vegan butter board with slices of dill & lemon butter, chive & garlic butter, and sun-dried tomato & basil butter.
      Vegan compound butter: 3 easy flavors
    • Watermelon salsa dip with cilantro and onion.
      Sweet & spicy watermelon salsa with jalapeño & lime
    • Hand dunking crunchy pita chip into bowl of air fryer roasted beet hummus on veggie board.
      Beet hummus recipe (with air fryer roasted beets + oven option)
    • Potato chip dunked in cashew dill pickle dip with fresh dill on top.
      Creamy vegan dill pickle dip (Perfect for chips, veggies & burgers)
    • Platter with vegan crab cakes garnished with dill & lemon and served with dairy-free aioli.
      Easy vegan lemon dill sauce with capers
    • Vegan dill and garlic cashew salad dressing on salad with croutons.
      Creamy garlic & dill dressing (Perfect for salads & veggies!)
    • Swirls of pizza hummus in bowl, garnished with fresh basil, seitan pepperoni, and sun-dried tomato oil.
      Pizza hummus with sun-dried tomatoes
    • Tortilla chip dipping into salsa verde.
      Oven roasted tomatillo salsa verde recipe
    • Tortilla chip being dunked into roasted tomato salsa by lime wedges.
      Roasted tomato salsa with onion, garlic & jalapeño
    • Creamy chili crisp dipping sauce in bowl by fried green beans.
      Spicy chili crisp dipping sauce (vegan, creamy & easy)
    • Vegetable platter with carrots, bell peppers, broccoli, and vegan salad dressing.
      Onion & garlic salad dressing + vegan vegetable dipping sauce
    • Tortilla chip scooping into vegan black bean dip by chips, peppers, non-dairy cheese, and red pickled onions.
      Chipotle black bean dip (Trader Joe’s copycat)
    • Gyoza hovering over dipping sauce.
      Easy gyoza dipping sauce (Just 3 ingredients!)
    • Seasoned oil dripping off of piece of bread.
      Simple olive oil bread dip
    • Apple chutney in bowl with samosas.
      Apple chutney with ginger & cinnamon
    • Spoon with container of vegan honey mustard.
      Vegan honey mustard (dipping sauce or dressing)
    • Fork digging into pasta with vegan parmesan and garlic bread.
      Vegan parmesan cheese with cashews
    • Pickle hummus on table with tortilla chips.
      Irresistible dill pickle hummus
    • Peanut dressing being poured onto green salad with blood oranges.
      Tangy peanut salad dressing (vegan)
    • Vegan blue cheese dressing on top of a bowl of buffalo flavored hummus.
      Buffalo hummus with vegan blue cheese
    • Creamy cashew hollandaise sauce in gravy boat.
      Vegan hollandaise sauce (dairy free & egg free)
    • Vegan peanut sauce dripping from spoon into jar.
      Simple peanut sauce (for spring rolls & noodles)
    • Tahini dressing being poured onto leafy green salad.
      Easy tahini dressing (vegan)
    • French fries with vegan sriracha mayo sauce.
      Easy vegan sriracha mayonnaise & dipping sauce
    • Wreath platter lined with tofu cheese balls on dill & rosemary.
      Vegan cheese balls holiday wreath
    • Tofu cheese snowman on table with crackers.
      Vegan snowman cheese ball
    • Gravy boat pouring easy vegan gravy over bowl of mashed potatoes.
      Easy vegan turkey gravy
    • Hand pouring dressing over mixed green salad.
      Quick & easy balsamic vinaigrette dressing (Just 5 ingredients!)
    • Glass jar of cocktail sauce by fried vegan crab cakes.
      Homemade cocktail sauce recipe with ketchup
    • Chip dipping into pickle salsa.
      Pickle salsa (pickle de gallo)
    • Overhead bowl of pesto pasta.
      Cilantro & basil pistachio pesto
    • Overhead knife spreading across pistachio butter.
      Pistachio butter with just 2 ingredients
    • Vegan cheese on vegetable platter.
      Jalapeño cashew cheese spread
    • Jar of barbecue sauce on table.
      Easy barbecue sauce: No cooking required

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    I’m the creator behind Cadry's Kitchen and author of Living Vegan For Dummies.

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      Crispy air fryer wonton strips (Crunchy topping for salads and bowls)
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      Chili crisp Brussels sprouts (air fryer or skillet)
    • Perfectly roasted air fryer mushrooms with herbs and garlic on plate.
      Air fryer mushrooms with garlic and herbs

    Vegan at Trader Joe's

    • Text overlay: Trader Joe's vegan favorites, 50+ delicious products. Collage with piquant popcorn, beefless bulgogi, teriyaki mushroom bao, and onion salt on store shelves.
      50 favorite Trader Joe’s vegan products (updated February 2026)
    • Platter of vegan chorizo tacos by Spanish rice and guacamole.
      Crunchy soy chorizo tacos with black beans (Easy Trader Joe’s dinner!)
    • Text overlay: Discontinued vegan Trader Joe's products, 50+ items that shoppers miss. 4-panel collage with turkeyless roast, plant-based fish filets, vegan meatless meat lover's pizza, and meatless meatballs.
      50+ discontinued Trader Joe’s vegan products: Gone but not forgotten
    • Tortilla chip scooping into vegan black bean dip by chips, peppers, non-dairy cheese, and red pickled onions.
      Chipotle black bean dip (Trader Joe’s copycat)

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