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Sonia’s Super Salad Dressing

February 19, 2014 · 17 Comments


Sonia's Super Salad Dressing

Sonia’s Super Salad Dressing

 

Do you make your own salad dressing?

Commercial salad dressings can be a really nasty toxic chemical cocktail. Let’s not even talk about the refined sugar and salt that goes into them.

Make your own with fresh, quality ingredients!  Trust me, it’s dead easy and once you taste it, you won’t go back to stuff in a bottle.

This ‘salad’ dressing is also delicious over steamed vegetables or tossed through rice or pasta to give them a bit of oomph.

Okay, so why is my salad dressing so super?

Well, it’s got supercharged ingredients that are really good for you!!

 

 ♥ Apple Cider Vinegar. There are so many benefits of ACV, I don’t know where to start. It is really ones of those things that is a cure-all. It has antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties. It helps alkalize your diet. It can help you lose weight, improve your digestion and so much more. We even use it to cure sore throats. Pretty much, get into it!!

We bought the Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar book a few years ago. It’s a good read for $10 and goes into a lot of detail of how to use ACV for all sorts of things.

 

Apple Cider Vinegar: Miracle Health System (Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar Miracle Health System: With the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle)

 

♥ Inca Inchi Oil. Inca inchi oil is a fabulous source of Omega 3 (with an appropriate combination of omega 6 and 9). It allows us to metabolise our own DHA, EPA & GLA and many more ‘non-famous’ omega 3 derivatives. This makes Inca inchi oil a far superior product for health (compared with other oils). This is a wonderful vegan/vegetarian ethical, sustainable alternative to fish oils. For more details and to watch Cyndi O’Meara on video talking more about Inca Inchi, go here.

 

♥ Pink Himalayan Salt with Dulse. This is the salt we use for mostly everything now. Himalayan pink sea salt isn’t your average table salt. Hand-harvested and minimally processed, it contains 84 minerals and trace elements that are highly beneficial for the body including magnesium, calcium, copper, potassium and iron. Dulse Flakes (seaweed flakes) are high in vitamins and minerals – specifically Vitamins B6, B12, A, Iron, Potassium, Phosphorus, and Manganese. It helps heal poor digestive systems, rebuilds and maintains all glands in the body and cleanses the body of heavy metals. It’s also high in calcium, fibre, and protein. It helps support healthy brain function. Very high in iodine for healthy thyroid function.

 

♥ Garlic. Another wonder food! Garlic has ant-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties. It helps boost the immune system, detoxify the body and reduce inflammation. Choose organic garlic where you can for the best benefits.

 

♥ Raw Honey. Raw honey helps your body alkalize and it has many vitamins, enzymes and antioxidants. It also has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties. Raw, organic, local honey is best for your health. 

 

♥ Black Pepper. Not often thought of as a ‘health food’ but black pepper is indeed very good for you. It helps to improve your digestion, has antioxidant and antibacterial effects and stimulates the breakdown of fat cells. Pass me the pepper!!

 

Sonia's Super Salad Dressing

 

Did you know?? Nutrients from greens are better absorbed when accompanied with a little oil, so always have a salad dressing on your salad!! 

 

Sonia’s Super Salad Dressing

Okay, so this is what you need:

3 tablespoons organic apple cider vinegar (with the mother)

2 tablespoons inca inchi oil

1 clove organic garlic

1 teaspoon raw honey

pinch freshly ground black pepper

pinch pink Himalayan salt with dulse

 

Sonia's Super Salad Dressing

Okay, so this is what you do:

Finely grate the garlic using a microplane or fine grater. Add all ingredients to a glass jar. Shake the bejesus out of it! You can whisk it or pop it in a food processor, but why make more washing up?

Store in the fridge.

 [box] Get Creative! This recipe is just the starting point. You can add any sort of spices or herbs to your salad dressings. Try some tahini to make a creamy dressing or some wholegrain mustard for a little bit of texture.[/box]

 Do you have a signature salad dressing recipe? 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Mama Going Natural says

    February 19, 2014 at 7:17 pm

    Can’t wait to try this out! I am off to buy some Inca Inchi oil….

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 19, 2014 at 7:37 pm

      It’s an amazing health food!

      Reply
  2. Monique says

    February 19, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    Could you use olive oil instead of Inca Inchi?

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 19, 2014 at 8:06 pm

      You can use practically any oil in a salad dressing but coconut goes hard in the fridge so best to make a small amount and use straight away. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Anna says

    February 19, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    Can’t wait to try this – think my family will be glad of a change from balsamic and olive oil to be honest!!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 19, 2014 at 8:12 pm

      that is a good combo too but this is a supercharged combo!!

      Reply
  4. Jo (down to eath mother) says

    February 19, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    I have friends who eat salad with no dressing… I think they’re very strange. We never had bottled salad dressing when I was growing up, always homemade. And when you can’t be bothered making and shaking it (even tho it only takes two minutes) a splash of oil, a dash of balsamic and a crack of salt and it’s amore…

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 19, 2014 at 8:48 pm

      that’s right!! it’s sooo yummy with something on it – it feels too dry without!

      Reply
  5. Monique says

    February 19, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    Yummo! Will definitely give this a try.

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 19, 2014 at 10:04 pm

      let me know if you like it!

      Reply
  6. Alexandra Young says

    February 23, 2014 at 11:54 am

    Just made this – so yummy!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      February 24, 2014 at 11:52 am

      Thanks for the feedback Alexandra!! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Georgia O'Shea says

    October 5, 2015 at 1:05 pm

    I’ll have to give this a go. My two cherubs have never liked cooked vegies.Miss 8 eats mashed potatoes but not Mr 11! They do boring carrot sticks and lettuce and tomato etc… all separate on the plate. Time to shake it up a little!

    Reply
    • Natural New Age Mum says

      October 5, 2015 at 7:08 pm

      Yeah just some different flavours. I get stuck into the lettuce tomato cucumber rut!!

      Reply

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