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Creamy Lemon Dressing

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After a fun and busy weekend, I wish I could stay home with these two this week!

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It hasn’t been easy to get back into work mode and healthy eating after the Easter weekend, especially with work stress and the massive amounts of leftover Easter candy people have been bringing into work. There are unopened packages of Peeps everywhere, does anyone actually like eating those?

I haven’t been too creative in the kitchen either, lots of smoothies and salads this week – healthy comfort staples for me. But I did feel inspired to create a new dressing today. I usually just flip through the food section in the paper because most of the recipes are complicated and not easily vegan-ized, but a creamy lemon yogurt dip caught my eye today. It was paired it lamb kabobs, no thank you. So I created a lighter dressing version of it for a simple spinach salad that came out great for a few simple ingredients.

Creamy Lemon Dressing

  • 1/2 cup shelled hemp seeds
  • 3 tbsp. of lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp. of lemon zest
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1/2 cup water

Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend to a smooth and creamy texture. Makes about 4 servings.

The salad was a mesh of what fresh ingredients I have left in the house – spinach, cabbage, chopped apple, orange pepper, and walnuts.

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I liked that it’s not super thick, but still coated the salad evenly.

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The flavor is very bright, tangy, and a little kicky from the garlic.  The flavor is strong, perfect for livening up a dull salad or even a hearty meal salad.

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And my plate cleaning service agreed.

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Comments

  1. Thank you for your posts and recipes. I love that you love dogs, too!. I have 2 Mexican Hairless (xolos) that are both rescues…. and love to eat mostly raw. Because I live alone and have 2 jobs, it takes a lot of determination and commitment, because there is no one to share with. Because of posts like yours, it keeps me motivated, and I love to share your message and stories. Have a RAWsome day! ….. Patty Calgary, Alberta Canada

    • Thank you for such a sweet comment! :-) I have a soft spot for rescued pets and would adopt many more if I had the room! It’s tough on a busy schedule to eat healthy, I’m usually making huge salads to eat servings from for quick meals with different dressings and toppings to mix it up.

  2. Cutie as always! LOVE his ‘look’ to the side! SO sweet! The dressing sounds awesome! It’s been hard getting back into things for me, too, so as you read yesterday I skipped over this week for world foods! Next week I will get back into that! I have been on a Tahini/flavored dressing kick lately and always looking for more ways to make it. I’m either going to have a HUGE salad again tonight and/or Falafel – I found one at the store a while back that was vegan and frozen! yes…I have been on a Falafel kick, too! LOL :)

  4. Hi – I’ve been subscribed to your Raw Project email updates and am always anxious to read up on your posts! Thanks for continuing to deliver sweet ‘electronic’ inspiration to us all!
    PS: I had a mild panic attack when I read about your ‘plate cleaning service’ – isn’t garlic hazardous to a pup’s health?