ry this refreshing Carrot Ginger Dressing - Perfect for a healthy start to the New Year! 🥳

In this post, we share a bright, zingy, and yummy carrot ginger dressing.  Perfect for a healthy start to the New Year. Just drizzle it over your salads, rice bowls, or over quinoa. Remember to place your order for pick up at the bakery.  Pick-up is from 1 pm until 4 pm Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Need to stop by after 4 pm?  Just email katarina@havenlybaked.com and we'll give you the info needed for a later pick-up.

Picture courtesy of COOKIE+Kate

We hope you had a lovely winter break and a beautiful start to 2024! During the break, I enjoyed a slower pace and took some time to cook and bake for my family. After some more decadent dishes, we are now exploring some lighter ones. New family favorites are veggie sushi and Buddha bowls. (Keep an eye out for a newsletter featuring our favorite Buddha bowl with pickled radishes and marinated tofu). In this newsletter, we'd like to share a ginger carrot dressing that is so yummy drizzled over salad, rice, or quinoa. The original recipe that we modified a bit - along with the beautiful pictures - is from Cookie+Kate. As Kate put it, this dressing is "bright and zingy and fresh, and I want to drizzle it on everything". This recipe makes for a good amount of dressing that you can easily store in your refrigerator and have at hand for a few weeks.

Here's to a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Picture courtesy of COOKIE+Kate

Carrot Ginger Dressing
Please note that this recipe requires a strong blender (like a Vitamix). The recipe yields about 1.5  cups of dressing and keeps well in the refrigerator, covered, for about two weeks.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup olive oil

  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar

  • 2-3 large carrots peeled and roughly chopped (about 1 cup)

  • 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh ginger

  • 2 tablespoons lime juice

  • 1 tablespoon honey or maple syrup

  • 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, more to taste

Instructions

1. Combine all of the salad dressing ingredients as listed in a powerful blender. Blend until completely smooth. Taste and see if more salt is needed. If it is too sour add a bit more honey/maple syrup and if still not quite right for you, add another carrot and some more oil.

2. Serve over your favorite greens like kale, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, red cabbage and sugar snap peas. Goes great with tofu, rice, or quinoa. 

Enjoy!

Katarina SchareComment