Healthy Recipes: Tamarind Ginger Dressing

By Laura LaValle, RD, LD

If you enjoy the house salad dressing from Japanese steakhouse restaurants, you'll like this one. As a vinegar-free salad dressing option, it's a refreshing change of pace. Agave nectar makes a nice alternative to sugar as the sweetener. This recipe serves as a base dressing with which you can get a variety of different flavors by adding grapefruit or orange zest. Adding a little lime juice gives it a Thai taste. Ginger dressings aren't always sweetened, so omit the sweetener sometimes if you want, and add soy sauce for a different taste.

Serves: 9
Time to Table: 30 minutes

Ingredients*
1 T. tamarind concentrate
1 T. agave nectar
1 T. grapeseed oil
1 cup warm water
1 tsp. minced fresh ginger
pinch of salt

*Select organic ingredients for optimum nutrition.

Preparation
Whisk all ingredients together in a glass bowl, or shake together in a glass jar. Serve over your favorite greens. Refrigerate leftover portion.

Nutrition
22 calories, 2 g total fat, 1 g polyunsaturated fat, 2 g carbohydrate, 2 g sugar,
30 mg sodium

[Ed. Note: Laura B. LaValle, RD, LD is presently the director of dietetics nutrition at LaValle Metabolic Institute (formerly part of Living Longer Institute). She offers personal nutritional counseling at LMI for clients who need help with their diet in relation to illness or disease. Laura also provides educational services in the areas of health promotion, wellness, and disease prevention. To learn more click here.]

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