Cilantro Salad Dressing
During the winter months many of you may not be thinking about cold raw salads but I enjoy eating lots of raw vegetables and fruit year-round. My favorite way to eat raw veggies is to have a wonderful salad dressing to go with it. This dressing was given to me by Daniel Clary, raw vegan chef. I met Daniel while working at kaia foods, a raw granola company based in Oakland, CA.
Ingredients:
1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
½ cup apple cider vinegar
¼ cup agave nectar
1 bunch of fresh cilantro (stems and all)
2 limes (juice only)
1 teaspoon or more fresh ginger
2-3 gloves garlic
2 tablespoons dried unsweetened coconut flakes
1 teaspoon whole peppercorns (if you don’t have a very powerful blender use ground pepper)
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
¼ teaspoon cumin
¼ teaspoon curry
Salt to taste
Instructions:
1. Put all ingredients in a blender and blend well.
2. Pour over your favorite green salad.
3. Adjust ingredients to your taste.
Enjoy!