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Gabriela’s 6 Favourite Salad Dressings

Ingredients

• 1 Lemon Juice and Olive Oil
• Juice of half a lemon and a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil per plate.
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• That’s it. Honestly it’s what I use most nights. Having said that, my husband and I have developed our tastebuds to be pretty attuned to raw food. This means that I find vegetables without anything incredibly tasty (as long as they are good quality and organic!). Therefore, most days, I just squeeze the lemon straight onto the salad and add the olive oil. Additional flavours then may come from spicy seeds or marinated mushrooms (recipes in my book Food Heroes), olives, capers, or fermented foods such as kimchi and sauerkraut.
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• #2 Creamy Fennel Dressing (serves 2-3 plates)
• 65g (1/2 cup) pine kernels
• 1 bunch fresh fennel greens (or dill)
• juice of half a lemon
• 60ml (1/4 cup) filtered water
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• ¼ -1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until creamy.
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• #3 Avocado Basil Dressing (serves 2-3 plates)
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 handful fresh basil
• juice of 1/2 lime
• 120ml (1/2 cup) filtered water
• ¼-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• Place all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Also delicious as a dip with vegetable crudity or raw crackers, The  Sweet Turmeric Corn Chips, for example.
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• #4 Creamy Tomato Dressing (serves 2-4 plates)
• 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
• small handful cashew nuts
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 date (optional, depending on sweetness of tomatoes)
• ¼-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons chopped mixed herbs (thyme, oregano, basil
• Place all ingredients except herbs into a blender and blend until smooth. Add the herbs and pulse a couple of times.
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• #5 Tahini Ginger Dressing
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• 3 tablespoons light Tahini
• 60ml (1/4 cup) filered water
• 1-2 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon Tamari (wheat free soya sauce)
• 1” piece fresh ginger, grated
• 1-2 teaspoons coconut sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cumin
• Blend all ingredients until smooth
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• #6 Herbed Garlic Yoghurt Dressing
• 120ml (1/2 cup) Cashew yoghurt (recipe in Food Heroes)
• 2 tablespoon freshly chopped herbs (any single herb or combination of 2-4 different herbs)
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 teaspoon coconut or Palmyra palm sugar
• Dissolve the sugar in the lemon just, then add all other ingredients and mix well.
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• Final Words on Salad Dressings
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• There you go, my six favourite salad dressings. Remember to taste and adjust. And also experiment with other ingredients. So, for example, in the Herbed Garlic Yoghurt Dressing you could leave out the garlic and just add chives. Or leave out the herbs and add curry poweder, for something completely different.