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13 Super Easy Ways To Make Your Dinner Taste Better

It's all in the butter.

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Photo credit: How Sweet It Is, Foodie Crush

If you've been looking for a way to upgrade your home cooking, but don't want to put a lot of time and effort into it, look no further than compound butters. Compound butters are basically just butter with fresh herbs, garlic or other flavors added to it -- and they prove that yes, there is in fact a way to make butter even more delicious. They add a ton of flavor to grilled steaks, seafood and veggies and require no additional cooking.

The best part is, you can make a few different flavors ahead of time and stock them in the fridge to call on when you need. Check out the 13 recipes below -- and make your dinner taste instantly better without breaking a sweat.

1.

Roasted Garlic Butter

How Sweet It Is
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2.

Porcini Compound Butter

Foodie Crush
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3.

Cherry Tomato Butter

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4.

Chive Herb Butter

Foodie Crush
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5.

Spicy Mustard And Garlic Compound Butter

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6.

Honey Sriracha Butter

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7.

Pinot Noir Butter

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8.

Cherry Tomato Basil Butter

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9.

Garlic Herb Butter

Rasa Malaysia
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10.

Spicy Buffalo Butter

Foodie Crush
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11.

Cilantro-Lime Compound Butter

Good Life Eats
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12.

Honey Mustard Beer Butter

Soup Addict
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13.

Strawberry Vanilla Butter Compound

The Maker Girl
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