Salads.
They get to be pretty boring meals, unless you switch it up.
But this dressing, my friend, will hardly bore you. The toasted sesame oil, alone, will probably change your life.
Try this on a bed of spinach and red leaf lettuce, piled high with carrot peels, celery, tomato, avocado, golden raisins, cooked quinoa, pepitas, and sesame seeds, all tossed in this carrot ginger sesame dressing goodness. Oh and don’t forget the grilled chicken.
Dare to be different. Say no to the basic balsamic vinaigrette or nast-ay light, fat-free,no trans fats, zero points, wishbone-sort-of-dressing. Go for this instead. Your taste buds will thank me now, and your body will thank me later.
Something homemade, wholesome, and super delicious. With this dressing, it was actually hard to stop eating salad. I am fairly positive that I had the above mentioned salad mix 6 times in one week, and now that I’ve hit the bottom of the jar, I plan whip some up, stat!
To Make:
Gather your ingredients.
Place them all into a deep measuring cup or another similar container.
Immerse until consistency is a pureed and smooth texture.
Throw a hearty portion on top of your favorite bed of greens and other salad toppers and toss well, since it is a thick dressing.
Carrot Ginger Sesame Dressing:
Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients:
2 large carrots, peeled, and roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 ½ Tbsp fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
¼ cup grapeseed oil
2 Tbsp water
1 tsp wasabi paste (plus 1 tsp, if you want it spicy!)
1 tsp coriander
Directions:
Using an immersion blender or a regular blender, puree all ingredients together and you will end up with quite a tasty dressing!
From the Little Yellow Kitchen,
Chrissy
20 March, 2012 at 9:39 am
That looks incredilbly healthy and good!
20 March, 2012 at 9:56 am
This looks JUST LIKE my favorite dressing at my favorite sushi place! Bookmarking this to try and make myself
20 March, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Liz…. it’s literally a new addiction! And yes, a healthy one at that!
20 March, 2012 at 3:25 pm
No way! Last time I went to sushi, everyone was raving about this orange, nutty dressing, but I was too full to try it… I bet it is very similar!
21 March, 2012 at 1:30 pm
This looks just like the dressing on my new fave Trader Joe’s Super Spinach Salad. Must try!
21 March, 2012 at 1:43 pm
NO way! That was EXACTLY why I made this dressing! I tried that salad, fell in love, and had to recreate it (for way cheaper, since I have all of those salad toppers at home, anyways). I just read the back of the package to see the salad ingredients and went from there. Probably one of the best ideas that I’ve had yet. Maybe a little sneaky, but I’d rather make my own stuff, anyways. Enjoy!
22 March, 2012 at 12:44 am
Wow, this looks amazing!! I’m gonna have to make this for the weekend…
23 March, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Please do! You won’t regret it