Creamy Cilantro Dressing — Dairy Free!

Pour on this dairy-free salad dressing without guilt! Creamy Cilantro Dressing has no added fat, dairy, or cholesterol. Make it in less than 10 minutes with just 7 ingredients — and without soaking the cashews! We love it on salads, roasted vegetables, and baked potatoes. Just 39 cents a serving using organic ingredients, or $3.09 for the whole recipe.

New Technique: Blending Unsoaked Raw Cashews

My Taster suggested blending cashews without soaking.  We noticed that the roasted hazelnuts in a recent frosting blended up smooth, but the soaked cashews in it left fairly large bits. He used his mechanical-engineering skills to deduce that the blender blade causes the hard hazelnuts to shatter but that soft soaked cashews bounce off or even stick to the blade. Think about the difference between trying to cut an apple and a ripe tomato. If you don’t have a high-speed blender, you still may want to quick-soak the cashews.  I’m happy to not have to plan ahead or run the microwave. This doesn’t work well for recipes with chilled ingredients, such as Chocolate Cherry Ice Cream, but it’s fine for this sauce.

Local Salad, Local Bowl

I’ve been eating salads all week because I adore my new galaxy bowl. I got it at the Art in the Garden show Saturday from potter Joanne Wood. The speckles and swirls remind me of many Astronomy Pictures of the Day, which I look at every morning.

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Creamy Cilantro Dressing

Blend up this bright and creamy dressing in a flash for salads, roasted vegetables, and baked potatoes. Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, no added oil.

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Course

side dish

Cuisine

American

Prep Time

8 minutes

Servings

servings, 2 tablespoons each MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• 1/2 cup cilantro fresh leaves and tender stems
• 1 teaspoon capers
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 medium lemon zest and juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup water

Course side dish Cuisine American Prep Time 8 minutes Servings servings, 2 tablespoons each MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 1/2 cup raw cashews 1/2 cup cilantro fresh leaves and tender stems 1 teaspoon capers 1 clove garlic 1 medium lemon zest and juice 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup water

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Instructions

1. Put all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend on high for 1 minute. If you have a regular blender, quick-soak cashews first, then mix until smooth, about 2 minutes.
2. Ready to serve at once. Keeps for five days refrigerated.

   

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