Folks from all over love my salad dressing recipe, men and women alike! You can use it on salads and also on vegetables, fish, chicken and even steak, to add extra flavor.
You will need a blender or my favorite, a magic bullet to blend all ingredients. Any good quality blender is great but I like to clean up in record speed. The bullet is small and easy to manage. The blending process is crucial to this recipe, because it gives a creamy consistency to the ingredients, namely the olive oil and garlic.
Add all the ingredients below into a blender and commence with olive oil and vinegar. By commencing with these two ingredients you avoid, mustard from sticking to the blender. Blend for about 1 minute and voila, you have a dressing and marinade in one swoop. Store remainder of dressing not used in the fridge, a glass jar is best. You can double the ingredients, if you wish to make more. Add some of your good and happy vibes into the mix, to make sure the energy you add to your food is full of loving vibrations.
To note: Great quality fats are a wonderful metabolic stimulator, not to mention great for your skin. Make sure to select a cold pressed extra virgin olive oil.
The oil that comes from the first “pressing” of the olive, is extracted without using heat (a cold press) or chemicals, and has no “off” flavors is awarded “extra virgin” status. The less the olive oil is handled, the closer to its natural state, the better the oil. If the olive oil meets all the criteria, it can be designated as “extra virgin”.
Ingredients:
1 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
1/ 2 cup olive oil
2/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
3 garlic cloves
1 generous tablespoon natural Greek yogurt (if dairy free just leave this out)
1 pinch sea salt
1 pinch pepper
1 pinch stevia or 1 teaspoon honey (melt by putting teaspoon into a glass and running hot water or in the microwave for 5 seconds over it then pour into the blender)
More information on the health benefits of olive oil:
The beneficial health effects of olive oil are due to both its high content of monounsaturated fatty acids and its high content of antioxidative substances. Studies have shown that olive oil offers protection against heart disease by controlling LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels while raising HDL (the “good” cholesterol) levels. No other naturally produced oil has as large an amount of monounsaturated as olive oil -mainly oleic acid.
Olive oil is very well tolerated by the stomach. In fact, olive oil’s protective function has a beneficial effect on ulcers and gastritis. Olive oil activates the secretion of bile and pancreatic hormones much more naturally than prescribed drugs. Consequently, it lowers the incidence of gallstone formation.
Much Bodylove,
Ingrid Arna x
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