I have never been a fan of store-bought salad dressing, with the exception of Hidden Valley Ranch dressing [before my diet change]. I find most of them to be too oily, too artificially flavored, and the color of most of them scares me—I surely would not want to have something like that floating around in my body.
In the last week, after reading Raw Food Detox Diet, by Natalie Rose [I will be posting a review shortly]; I decided to restructure my daily food intake, following her “quick-exit” meal combination suggestions. I started to add even more greens to my daily intake, which means more salads. Chewing on green leaves on their own, with no dressing, is really no fun. So, what a girl to do? Invent, of course!
Over the weekend my sister and I were cooking and I decided to make my own Honey Mustard dressing, since there were no alternatives in my fridge. Now, if you are like me, even the thought of mustard in your food makes you shudder. So, for me to even consider making something with mustard as an ingredient is a huge step.
After throwing a few ingredients together I tasted the dressing, and… I could not believe how wonderful it was. I had my sister taste it as well… She enjoyed it too! My hubby fell for it too :) I had in instant hit!
If you are not a mustard lover, give this dressing a try—you might change your mind forever!
HONEY MUSTARD DRESSING
Ingredients
• 3-4 tablespoons of organic raw honey [I used clover honey for my recipe]*
• 1 tablespoons fresh organic lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons organic roasted sesame seed oil**
• 3 tablespoons of organic yellow mustard or
• 2 tablespoons of organic yellow mustard and 1 tablespoon organic Dijon mustard
• 2-3 tablespoons of filtered water
*depending on how sweet you would like for your dressing to be
**if you are not a fan of sesame seed [or anything that has to do with it, as I found out that one of my family members is], feel free to substitute it with olive oil, or another light and aromatic oil.
Preparation
• Combine all ingredients and shake until well blended.
Go ahead—give it a try! I can just see you licking your fingers and then going for second and third serving of your salad!
Enjoy!
In the last week, after reading Raw Food Detox Diet, by Natalie Rose [I will be posting a review shortly]; I decided to restructure my daily food intake, following her “quick-exit” meal combination suggestions. I started to add even more greens to my daily intake, which means more salads. Chewing on green leaves on their own, with no dressing, is really no fun. So, what a girl to do? Invent, of course!
Over the weekend my sister and I were cooking and I decided to make my own Honey Mustard dressing, since there were no alternatives in my fridge. Now, if you are like me, even the thought of mustard in your food makes you shudder. So, for me to even consider making something with mustard as an ingredient is a huge step.
After throwing a few ingredients together I tasted the dressing, and… I could not believe how wonderful it was. I had my sister taste it as well… She enjoyed it too! My hubby fell for it too :) I had in instant hit!
If you are not a mustard lover, give this dressing a try—you might change your mind forever!
HONEY MUSTARD DRESSING
Ingredients
• 3-4 tablespoons of organic raw honey [I used clover honey for my recipe]*
• 1 tablespoons fresh organic lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons organic roasted sesame seed oil**
• 3 tablespoons of organic yellow mustard or
• 2 tablespoons of organic yellow mustard and 1 tablespoon organic Dijon mustard
• 2-3 tablespoons of filtered water
*depending on how sweet you would like for your dressing to be
**if you are not a fan of sesame seed [or anything that has to do with it, as I found out that one of my family members is], feel free to substitute it with olive oil, or another light and aromatic oil.
Preparation
• Combine all ingredients and shake until well blended.
Go ahead—give it a try! I can just see you licking your fingers and then going for second and third serving of your salad!
Enjoy!
