Creamy Onion Dressing

I love a creamy dressing but most of the time store bought sauces and dressings contain terrible seed oils such canola oil or sunflower oil, or they use poor quality mayonnaise and fillers that I just do not want to put in my body. I do not consume very much dairy but when I do I choose quality- grass fed, organic, no thickeners such as carrageenan or bean gum. When I make my own sauces and salad dressings I can control exactly what is in it and choose quality where I can. Because this dressing is on the thicker side it is amazing on burgers, gluten free breaded fish of chicken tenders or as a spread on sandwiches. Enjoy!

¾ cup onion (chopped small)
1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
¼ teaspoon salt

2 medium size garlic cloves
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 ½ tablespoons raw honey
¼ cup extra virgin cold pressed olive oil
3 tablespoons raw apple cider vinegar
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
½ cup full fat sour cream (grassfed)
¼ cup full fat plain yogurt (grassfed)

Method
Heat a small sauté  pan on low/med heat and add the 1 tablespoon of oil or butter, add the chopped onions and salt. Place a lid over the onions until they have softened ( should take about 5-8 minutes) Remove the lid and sauté the onions until they have lightly  browned. Allow to cool and set aside.

Add the remainder of the ingredients  to a large mason jar and use a hand blender or use a Vitamix. Once everything is well combined, add the cooled onions and blend until creamy. Adjust seasoning if needed with salt and pepper and Voila!




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Raw Tahini Salad Dressing

I can not take credit for this recipe, although I wish I could because it's so versatile and delicious. This recipe came from Chad Sarno's cook book called Crazy Sexy Kitchen. I of course, tweaked it a little and I suppose I could say that the extra LOVE comes from the Sriracha hot sauce. Tahini is just finely ground up sesame seeds; Sesame seeds contain the highest source of absorbable calcium out of any food! So stop drinking cows milk to get your calcium, it is not a good absorbable source and it actually makes the body very acidic. Disease grows in acidic bodies. The tablespoon of organic olive oil isn't just for flavour, it actually allows your fat soluble vitamins to be absorbed! 

1/2 cup raw tahini
1 tablespoon organic olive oil
3/4cup water
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon toasted sesame seed oil
1 1/2 tablespoons organic gluten free tamari light
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce
Fresh ground pepper to taste

Method
Place everything into a blender and blender until smooth. Once you put it in the fridge it will get thicker, you could add a little water to thin it out or just let it sit out until it reaches room temperature. Don't worry it will still taste freakin delicious.

Cook Outside the Box
Steam vegetables like kale, broccoli, carrots and sweet potato. Serve the vegetables over warm quinoa and pour some tahini dressing over the top
Make roasted vegetables or homemade falafels and top it with tahini dressing
Make a big green lettuce salad with chickpeas, red peppers, tomatoes and onion and toss your salad with the tahini dressing. Voila!

Bon Appetit!