I hope everyone is getting through this week okay. We’re chugging along here getting and just focusing on being thankful. Thankful for this cute sight of sunbathing turtles from my run Sunday morning.
Thankful for sweet buddies always there to comfort and remind us of unconditional love.
Thankful for warming sunlight.
And restaurants that serve vibrant, plant based meals such as Baagan and friends and family to share it with.
And lively, low-cal dishes such as steamed spaghetti squash and tofu seasoned with spicy curry paste and coconut milk.
And colorful salads with simple, tangy, oil-free blender dressings.
Tangy Dijon Dressing
- 1 banana
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ cup water as needed
Place all ingredients into a high speed blender and blend to a smooth and creamy texture. Serve and enjoy. Makes 2-4 servings.
Thankful it works well on hearty meal salads with chickpeas.
And thankful that there’s still plenty of love and happiness in this crazy world.
Another delicious salad dressing! Yay for summer salads and dressing. Quick turtle story. Was driving home from Washington D.C. visiting my sister and saw a turtle on the highway (speed limit 75!!!!) and he MADE it! Can you believe? So happy for that guy…or girl turtle.
Thanks and agreed on salads, refreshing option for the hot weather. Love the turtle story – so cute!
Turtles! So funny that you posted this because I was driving into the Target parking lot last weekend and saw a group of people on the side of the lot that’s adjacent to a river. They were trying to coax a gigantic snapping turtle back toward the river. It was so beautiful, but I wouldn’t have wanted to get my hand near his mouth.
We have so much to be grateful for. Love this post!
So cute on the turtle and agreed, snapping turtles can be scary!
So true and it’s so important to focus on that.
Love the thankful post. Sometimes I don’t stop to think about how thankful I should be. Those turtle (and of course your fur babies are so cute).
I’ve never seen banana in a dressing before. That’s a great idea to give it a little sweetness.
Me too and trying to focus more on that lately!
Banana is a great dressing base for creamy, healthier dressings with a playful sweetness.
The addition of the banana sounds great!
Thanks!