Zingy Miso Ginger Dressing

Ginger, carrots, miso, mirin – Engage taste buds and lets go

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I like my dressings with salad. I like salad leaves glistening with oil.  I dip bread in olive oil for breakfast.  The only thing more revolting to me than low fat dressing is low fat yoghurt. But this dressing works for me.  Its based on a traditional Japanese dressing that can also be made completely fat free.  I prefer  unsurprisingly a version with oil – but good oil – here I’ve used hemp oil but flax or sunflower oil is great. Olive il is not a great flavour in this particular dressing tho – avoid.

If you cannot find white Miso then use brown – the sauce wont be quite as bright but it will have that “umami” taste. Failing any miso then blitz up dried porcini or shitajke mushrooms with a little soya sauce. Ive put in quite a lot of substitutes so dont be put off…have a go..its a great dressing. 

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Green Dream Avo Dressing

silky creamy greeny dreamy

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I can still remember my first time. Thats how much I like avocados. A teaspoon and some vinaigrette my Mum had whisked up and it was just me and her…I think I might have been pulling a sicky off school…anyhow…I was hooked.  I mash them, I slice them , I serve them with grapefruit with soya sauce with bacon and on crostini for elegant “avocado toast”.  This dressing has shades of guacamole flavours in it with its lime, coriander and onions so if you love Guac (who cant?) you will love this.  Use it as a dip or a dressing thinning with a little water as you need to. 

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