Perk up the same, old roasted chicken and potatoes with one of these sauce recipes for winter dishes. Whether it's savory, tangy, or downright buttery, add new flavor to your daily menu by coordinating these sauces with your favorite meals. Bon Appetit!

Butter Sauce Photo: İGlen MacLarty

Fresh lemon zest gives any dish a sweet, invigorating vibe. Bring that sunny flavor to your winter menu with these sweet and savory lemon recipes. Lemons happen to be in season right now, so a nice size bag of them equals big flavor, high quality, and good savings. What could be a better way to brighten up the winter? Bon Appetit!

Lemon Pastry Cream Photo: İFlickr user avlxyz

After fiddling around with almond cream filling for the Epiphany cake, I found I had taken a liking to it. Actually, I developed an unrelenting craving for it, so I worked on incorporating it into a king cake recipe for Mardi Gras next month. Let me tell you, it's delicious. The flavor of rich almond cream melds so deftly into the mildly spiced sweet bread that it could be a year-round treat. Just make sure to trade the tri-color sugar sparkles for something subtle, like pearl-toned sanding sugar; otherwise, the bright colors may get some well, that's sure creative "compliments" any other time of the year.

Kings Cake Photo: Martin Rottler

Add sensational flavor to your menu with these winter salad recipes. They're a great way to add healthy ingredients to your diet, and because the produce is seasonal, these recipes can be made on a tight budget.

Apple, Beet, and Pear Salad Photo: Tim Brauhn