Fresh Orange Ginger Oriental Dressing (Oil-Free)

Dad's Dressing - Quick & Easy (oil-free)

We all love dad's delicious salad dressing. It has an Asian flair and is a nice combination of sweet, tangy, savory and spicy. He mixes it up fresh in the salad serving bowl, to taste. Then he adds the desired salad ingredients, tosses and serves at once.

At our house, we like a mix of romaine, spinach, and baby greens, topped with scallions, shredded raw vegetables (carrot, zuchinni, celery...), diced apples, oranges, even bananas, sprouts, slivered almonds, shredded chicken, etc...

Try this healthy alternative to store bought dressing!


DAD'S DRESSING Recipe:

Yield: Enough for 1 large salad

Juice and mashed pulp from 1 sweet orange
2 T. real maple syrup, or to taste
1/2 to 1-inch piece of ginger root, grated fine
2 t. sesame seeds, to taste
Tamari soysauce, to taste

Method:

Place the orange juice and pulp in a small mixing bowl.
Add the maple syrup, ginger and sesame seeds, mixing well.
Add enough Tamari to salt the dressing to taste.


This dressing is best used fresh and is good over many kinds of salads.


Enjoy,

Leila

A delicious unique salad recipe - Easy to make and very good for you

Flaked Broccoli Stem Salad

Finally a great use for those broccoli stems you don't know what to do with. When you are preparing broccoli, reserve the stems for this salad. It's yummy. I had this salad at my parents house in 2005. It's another of my mom's creations. It is very high in fiber and makes a great lunch or side. The texture is great, and there is an array of complimentary flavors, like sweet, tangy, savory... YUM.

Look on this blog for the recipe for Dad's Dressing. It is very easy to make and is preferred for this salad.


FLAKED BROCCOLI STEM SALAD RECIPE:

1 pound raw broccoli stems, peeled and flaked into 1 1/2-inch lengths (can use a sharp vegie peeler)
1/2 to 2/3 c. cubed roma tomatoes, or 2 to 4 T. flavored sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
Pitted black olives, to taste

Dad's Dressing, to taste

Garnish: Pine nuts, "Crispy Walnuts", or Spicy Seasoned Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)


Method:

Mix up the salad to taste, toss with "Dad's dressing", and garnish as desired.
Serve immediately.



Note:

See the recipe for "Crispy Soaked Almonds", to see how to make in advance the Crispy walnuts. the process is the same. Our method makes walnuts have a much better taste and texture!

Enjoy,

Leila

Classic Vinaigrette Dressing - The 4th in a series of excellent raw food recpes

Dad's Classic Dressing

I am posting a series of RAW FOOD RECIPES created by my mother Nancy Glazier and her good friend Irene Hauver. 

Together, as raw food pioneers, they complied an amazing collection of unique recipes that they used in teaching a series of raw-food-living un-cooking classes. We have a selection of delicious raw food recipes big enough to fill an entire cookbook. I know, cool, right?

These recipes are amazingly tasty! This is doing raw food right. Most raw food recipes are seriously lacking in taste and texture - well, not this collection. These beautiful ladies don't do anything half way! We are excited for you to try them.

Dad's Classic Dressing is a basic to always have on hand. This all-purpose dressing goes with just about everything, and also works great as a marinade. If you are on a raw food diet, you are probably having at least 1 salad a day, so you will go through it quickly.


DAD'S CLASSIC DRESSING Recipe:

Yield: Makes 1 pint

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c. Olive oil
3 Cloves garlic
2 T. Fresh lemon juice
1/2 t. Sea salt
1 t. Dried oregano
1 t. Dried basil


Equipment:

Blender


Directions:

Place all ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth.

Keep in the refrigerator. It will keep for 2 weeks.


A weeks supply of Dad's Classic Dressing:

Yield : Makes 2 quarts

6 c. Olive oil
12 Cloves garlic
1/2 c. Fresh lemon juice
3 t. Sea salt
4 t. Dried oregano
4 t. Dried basil


Directions:

Proceed the same as above.


Recipe created by the Kitchen Cheetahs, Nancy Glazier & Irene Hauver.


Enjoy!

Leila