Tahini Carrot Ginger Dressing

Spring getting sprung

A frisky title for a frisky season though, right?

I think the friskiest thing about this post is that here in Minnesota we are just willing spring to really, truly, actually get here. So, to do my due diligence, here’s a happy and bright spring dressing to adorn all the raw crunchiness many of us are ready to invite back to our plates. Are you in?

Dressing down dressings

I feel like dressings and vinaigrettes can be a bit perplexing to tackle when people begin cooking at home more frequently. Avoidance can be high! I get it. A good dressing can make even the most humble round up of ingredients 100% more compelling to eat, so I greatly encourage that they be one of the first areas of focus when switching over to embracing more natural foods!

And right along with playing with creating those tasty sauces in the kitchen, I also encourage folks to take a second glance at the more industrialized and standard dressing classics available in stores. One could take a nap while reading the long ingredient list, often composed of refined and rancid (due to large-scale processing techniques) seed and grain oils (lovingly referred to as “vegetable oils”! Aha! Marketing. A discussion for another day), sugars (I mean, tasty), preservatives (because how else will these combinations really last so well on the inside of the fridge door for six months?) and many gums and stabilizers to create a standard texture for the bottle’s filling.

Woof. It’s like I almost want to get on a soapbox about it, but I’d rather offer a simple and compelling option to make at home, instead!

Enter… Tahini Carrot Ginger Dressing. 

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Tahini Carrot Ginger Dressing

This dressing is SO refreshing and makes any salad a total joy to scarf down. It's also an awesome option to blend early in the week and bring to work, as it lasts 5-7 days in the fridge and will make a fresh salad super compelling any day. You can also use this dressing as a dip for raw veggies, too.

Course Salad

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 6 people

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup tahini sesame seed butter
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 large carrot top removed and chopped
• 1 inch knob of ginger peeled
• 1 large clove garlic peeled
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• zest of one lemon grated

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth!
2. Dressing last 5-7 days in the fridge.