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Spicy Peanut Dressing

June 9, 2015 by christine

At Whole Foods over the weekend, I impulse bought a quinoa starter plant to add to our garden.

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It looks like a weed, I would never have guessed it produces such a hearty grain. From what I’ve been reading, we’re not gonna get much from it and it will only grow about 2′ tall. But this should be a fun experience at least and sprouting whatever I harvest from the little plant for salads and more quinoa.

One of the fun goodies scattered on the dining tables for breakfast at Vida Vegan Con were these little pouches of Earth Balance Coconut & Peanut Spread and I ended up bringing a few of them home.

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I’m not a huge bread and peanut butter person and I thought about just eating it straight up, it’s basically creamy peanut butter with a little coconut oil blended in. Instead it inspired me to create a spicy peanut dressing to coat a kale and red cabbage salad. And you could use whole almonds, regular peanut butter, almond butter, or shelled hemp seeds in this dressing in place of the Coconut & Peanut Spread.

Spicy Peanut Dressing

  • 2 tbsp. coconut peanut butter (or shelled hemp seeds, almonds, almond butter, peanut butter)
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 2 tbsp. miso paste
  • 1″ thick chunk of fresh ginger
  • 2 tbsp. of lemon juice
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes (or to taste)
  • 1/2 cup of water

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

The texture and color is very much like a thick carrot ginger dressing, but this one has an intense flare with a rich peanut butter texture.

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And adds warmth to a visually pleasing and crunchy salad.

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You can reduce the red pepper flakes to taste for less heat.

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With added steamed lentils, it made a satisfying meal salad. Poor Miko was bummed I wouldn’t share spicy salad with him.

IMG_8089Nope, it was all mine! But he did get carrot treats.

 

Filed Under: Blender, Dressings & Sauces, General, Recipes Tagged With: cabbage, garlic, ginger, ginger garlic dressing, healthnut, healthy, healthy recipe, kale, kale salad, miso paste, plant-based, raw vegan, raw vegan recipe, red cabbage, salad dressing recipe, spicy, vegan recipe

Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    June 16, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    A Quinoa starter kit, eh!? No kidding! I’m looking forward to the updates on this!

    • christine says

      June 16, 2015 at 1:25 pm

      Yes, it should be interesting and the heat has not killed the plant yet!

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