At the risk of sounding dramatic, I just have to say….this may be the best salad dressing I’ve ever tasted. I’m so glad it came into my life and I know you’ll feel the same.
The other night I was out to dinner at Caravan of Dreams in Manhattan’s East Village. I got what I usually get there – the Omega Salad with “citrus hemp dressing.” All I know is that the salad is mouth-wateringly delicious. I wanted to re-create the entire salad, but I knew the important part was to master the dressing.
The words “citrus” and “hemp” were all I had to go by when creating this dressing. I winged it. It came out creamy and AMAZING.
This dressing is vegan and raw.
Ingredients:
- Juice from 1 orange
- Juice from 1 lemon
- Juice from 1 lime
- 1/2 clove of garlic
- 1/4 cup hemp seeds
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- sprinkle of sea salt
Blend all ingredients together in your blender.
Pour over a salad! My recommendation? Mixed organic greens and sliced avocado. PERFECTION IN A BOWL!
My apologies in advance if you have an epic freak out session after trying this dressing.
Ali @ whatalididnext.com says
Gosh it looks heavenly. I am absolutely willing to risk an epic freak out session and try this one!
Kimmie says
I’d like to try it with hemp seeds at some point, but in the mean time, do you think substituting them with sunflower seeds would work? I’ve heard they taste similar and sunflower seeds are much easier on my wallet.
jenny sansouci says
Definitely! Let me know if you do!
Kimmie says
I’m making this later this week after I get through the rest of the tahini lime salad dressing (also yummy) that I made earlier this week. I thought I’d mention something I’ve started doing to amp up the creaminess in my salads. I actually massage the avocado into the greens as much as possible, so all the leaves are coated in creamy avocado. It makes it so much more amazing, and with the dressing, it reminded me of Caesar salad, only vegan and so much lighter tasting and delicious.
Kendra says
Can’t wait to make this…tonight! Do you know how long it would keep in the fridge if I made a bottle’s worth?
jenny sansouci says
I kept mine in the fridge for 2-3 days, but I’m not sure after that!
Julie says
WOW! WOW! double wow! this is creamy and light and delicious and im in love :) thank you for sharing!
Sylvia Alakusheva says
This sounds absolutely amazing! I will be giving it a try :)
Thank you for sharing Jenny!
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Khadia says
mmm! I just made this but with half a grapefruit, 2 lemons, 1 garlic clove, 1 tbsp olive oil and 1/2 cup hemp hearts and it was super delicious! <3 thankyou!
Shakti says
This dressing sounds so good. Love your passion.
Sonya Tartt says
do you think you could substitute the hemp seeds and olive oil for hemp oil? And if so, how much should I use?
jenny sansouci says
Sure – I’m not sure about the amounts as I’ve never tried it, so I recommend experimenting. :)