5 Great Salad Dressings

salad with dressing

Honey mustard, pesto lemon, papaya, thai and japanese salad dressings

1) Honey Mustard Dressing Ingredients:

1 tsp of dijon mustard, (my favorite are the tarragon infused mustards)

1 tablespoon of honey or maple syrup or a teaspoon of agave syrup

2 table spoons red wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar

2-3 table spoons of good olive oil

Big pinch of salt

2) Pesto Lemon DressingIngredients:

1 large table spoon of dairy free Pesto

2 table spoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice

3 table spoons of olive oil

1 tsp of agave syrup

A pinch of salt

3) Papaya pip dressing (strange sounding but really lovely and a bit peppery) – Ingredients:

1 table spoon of fresh ground papaya seeds – grind in a herb mill (I use a coffee grinder reserved just for spices).

2 table spoons of wine vinegar

1 table spoon of honey

3 table spoons of good olive oil

1 pinch of salt

4) Thai salad dressingIngredients:

1 – 2 tblsp of thai or vietnamese fish sauce

2 table spoons of fresh squeezed lime juice (or rice wine vinegar if you can’t get limes)

1.5 table spoons of agave syrup (or dissolve 1 table spoon of sugar in a table spoon of hot water).

2 cloves of garlic – – peeled and minced

2 table spoons of peanut or sunflower oil

5) Japanese salad DressingIngredients:

1/2 – 1 tsp of miso (optional).

2 table spoons of rice vinegar

1 tsp of sesame oil

1 table spoon of soy sauce (add half a table spoon and then a bit more to taste).

1/2″ of fresh ginger – peeled and minced

2 table spoons of peanut or sunflower oil

1 teaspoon of agave syrup