If you’re looking for a versatile, flavor-packed staple to elevate your meals, this Garlic Ginger Peanut Sauce by @kellyjonesrd is a must-try. Made with creamy Spread The Love Organic Peanut Butter, sesame oil, and a blend of bold pantry ingredients, this sauce is perfect as a marinade, dressing, spread, or dip. Whether you’re tossing it into a quick weeknight stir fry or pairing it with spring rolls and dumplings, it’s an easy way to bring balance and delicious flavor to meals the whole family will love.
Learn why Kelly LOVES this recipe
This garlic ginger peanut sauce does it all. I use it as a marinade for salmon and chicken, a dressing in kale edamame and quinoa salads, as a spread on wraps to use up leftover proteins and veggies, and of course as a dipping sauce for spring rolls, potstickers and dumplings.
Most often though, this garlic ginger peanut sauce makes it on my table on weeknights to bring together stir fry dishes. What’s best is it’s a meal the whole family likes! As a business owner and active mom, always training for some sort of athletic event while raising very active kids, I know how comforting it is to have that one balanced meal your entire family will eat without any special adjustments or extras. And this sauce makes that possible for us!
Building a balanced performance meal for your active family
While portions may differ depending on age, stage of development, and current activity level, as a performance dietitian, I recommend all meals contain high quality protein, an energizing starch, and either veggies or fruit. With that though, we need some healthy unsaturated fats (hint: that’s fats that come from plants like peanuts and nuts or from fish), and flavor that keeps you satisfied. While you can build any combo you want, most often this dish for us is buckwheat noodles, tofu, edamame, and whatever other veggie is in the fridge. Of course, topped with this garlic ginger peanut sauce. For spring though, we get excited and switch things up, so now my go-to is fluffy rice, super fresh in season snap peas, and a grilled protein like blackened salmon.
The base of the sauce that pulls it all together got better when I was introduced to Spread the Love. As a dietitian who cares not just about performance, but also about the connection and community that food brings, I adore that Spread the Love is made with a single ingredient, in the USA, and founded by the most amazing couple, living a busy and active life with their own family, too!
Why Spread The Love Nut Butter Works Perfectly in This Recipe
The star of this recipe is Spread The Love NAKED Organic Peanut Butter, which creates a rich, creamy base that ties all the flavors together.
Our peanut butter is made with a single, clean ingredient, making it ideal for recipes like this where quality and flavor truly matter.
The ultra-creamy, drizzleable texture blends effortlessly with ingredients like soy sauce, sesame oil, and maple syrup, creating a smooth sauce that works beautifully as both a dressing and marinade.
Because it’s made without added oils or fillers, it also delivers healthy unsaturated fats that help round out a balanced, performance-focused meal.
Whether you’re building a nourishing bowl with rice, veggies, and protein or whipping up a quick stir fry, this peanut butter helps create a sauce that’s as functional as it is flavorful.
The Full Recipe: Garlic Ginger Peanut Sauce
INGREDIENTS
- ½ cup Spread the Love NAKED Organic Peanut Butter
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp granulated garlic
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- Up to ¼ cup warm water (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
✔ Step 1 -
In a medium bowl add all ingredients except water and whisk until smooth. The resulting texture should suite preferences for thicker sauces or for dipping.
✔ Step 2 -
If desired for a thinner sauce or dressing, whisk in 1 tbsp of warm water at a time, up to ¼ cup.
This Garlic Ginger Peanut Sauce by @kellyjonesrd is proof that simple, wholesome ingredients can create something truly delicious. With creamy peanut butter, bold garlic and ginger, and a perfectly balanced blend of savory and sweet flavors, it’s a versatile staple you’ll want to keep in your regular rotation.
About Kelly:
Kelly Jones is a Board Certified Sports Dietitian and nutrition communications expert. As a sought-after speaker and consultant, she partners with national sports organizations and international corporations to optimize performance for athletes and employees alike. Her expertise extends to the food industry where she assists brands with R&D, marketing strategy, and regulatory compliance. A frequent media presence, Kelly is featured on local and national television as well as in hundreds of print and digital publications, often as a brand spokesperson.
After beginning her career in higher education, Kelly founded and oversees the private practices under Kelly Jones Nutrition and Student Athlete Nutrition, where their dietitians provide 1-1 and team coaching for athletes at every level. She is also the co-founder of Sports Nutrition Entrepreneurs, an educational hub and community empowering performance nutrition professionals to broaden their business offerings to reach more people and build the career of their dreams.
As a former DI athlete who’s always signed up for one race or another, and as a working mom of two boys, Kelly understands the fast-paced demands her clients face. By merging science with the practicality that real-life requires, she provides simple, effective tools that take the stress out of optimally fueling the body and mind.
