I LOVE salads. L-O-V-E them. But I didn't always love them (even though I still ate them), mainly because I got sick of the same old store bought dressings. And when I started to make my own, it was really hard to find a healthy recipe that tasted good. This has all changed thanks to a couple of recipes I've created in the past couple of months. The dressings are so good they make me CRAVE salad..which is never a bad thing...with one exception.
I originally created the dressings using raw tahini, which contains wonderful nutrition and adds a "creaminess" that resembles dairy-based dressings. However, tahini is about $10 a jar, and I eat a lot of salads with dressing. So I thought. Tahini is ground up sesame seeds; a sesame butter, if you will. If I use my blender to grind sesame seeds to a powder and then add water/oil to blend it, it should work the same. And guess what? I just so happened to have 5 lbs. of raw sesame seeds on hand and it worked perfectly! So the following recipe calls for sesame seeds, but if you want to add the same measure of raw tahini, go for it...Same dif.
Sesame Carrot Dressing
1 c hulled, white sesame seeds, ground in blender on high
1 c water
1/2 c olive oil
1/3 c carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 tsp. Real Salt
1/2 tsp. cayenne
Blend thoroughly.
This dressing is even better after refrigeration, but due to the olive oil which partially solidifies in cooler temps, it will be less flowing. I actually prefer it thicker, but if you don't, just stir it a bit to get it a little warmer, which will help it flow easier.
It is also great as a dip or spread in a wrap!
*This recipe was inspired by Kristen Suzanne.
2 comments:
Jenny! Love this! Its not my good ole ranch dressing (that I'm sadly not eating anymore) but it has a good taste to it! Thanks for sharing!!
I'm so happy you tried this. I seriously LIVE on this stuff. I'm addicted. For real. Glad you liked it :)
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