Healthy Dressings

Ounce for ounce, red beets contain more health-promoting nutrients than any other root vegetable. The nutrients found in red beets have been shown to provide protection against heart disease, birth defects and cancer, most notably colon cancer.

Enjoy the many health benefits of red beets with this delicious beet sunflower sauce recipe. It goes beautifully with a plate of steamed vegetables or scrambled organic eggs.

Looking for a true super food that is packed with health-promoting nutrients, and is also readily available in just about all grocery stores? Look no further than the humble black bean, often referred to as the turtle bean.

Black beans are loaded with folate (folic acid), manganese, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, and vitamin B1.

MisoIf you enjoy gravy with mashed potatoes, I encourage you to give this healthy miso gravy recipe a try. Miso - also known as fermented soybean paste - provides a unique salty flavor to anything you add it to, and is an excellent source of protein, zinc, vitamin K, manganese, copper, dietary fiber, and healthy bacteria.

Ingredients:

1 cup of raw cashews
1/2 cup of raw almonds

Directions:

Use a strong blender or food processor to process nuts until they form a thick, spreadable paste.

With this super easy recipe, you get the great taste of garlic without the same sharpness that comes with raw garlic.

Ingredients:

One or more whole garlic heads
Extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees farenheit. A toaster oven will work just as well at the same temperature.
Lay garlic head on side and chop off top to expose the tops of each garlic clove. You want to chop off only a small amount so that all of the individual cloves remain firmly attached to remain as one whole garlic head.
Drizzle olive oil over the top of each garlic head.
Place garlic heads with tops facing up in a baking dish and bake until garlic cloves are soft when pressed - approximately 30-40 minutes.

Try this yummy roasted garlic as a spread over whole grain toast, in a healthy salad dressing, or in a homemade batch of creamy hummus.

Almost all store-bought mayonnaise is made with vegetable oils that are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, like soybean and safflower oil.

Ingredients:

1 large cucumber, peeled
12 ounces of organic yogurt
1 clove of garlic, pressed or minced
2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
Sea salt, to taste

Directions:

Slice peeled cucumber down the middle, length wise, and use a spoon to scoop out all the seeds. Then, chop cucumber into large chunks and blend together with all other ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth.

Enjoy this cool and delicious cucumber sauce over a fresh vegetable salad, or with any slightly spicy dish that you enjoy.

Ingredients:

1 large ripe avocado
1 cucumber, peeled and cut into chunks
2 tablespoons of cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
2 teaspoons of dried dill
Sea salt, to taste

Directions:

Ingredients:

1 cup of raw sunflower seeds
1/2 clove of garlic
Juice of 1/4 of a lemon
1 teaspoon of raw honey (optional)
Sea salt, to taste
Water

Directions:

Blend all ingredients, adding water slowly until desired consistency is reached. This creamy dressing will bring any vegetable salad or plate of steamed vegetables alive. Enjoy.

Ingredients:

1/3 cup of raw pine nuts
1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup of water
2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 small cloves of garlic, peeled
1 and 1/2 teaspoons of sea salt
3/4 cup of cold pressed, extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup of raw apple cider vinegar