Category Archives: Salad dressings

Lemon & Thyme Tahini

Ingredients:

  • Sesame Seeds
  • 1 peeled lemon 
  • Thyme (to taste)

Method: Add ingredients to Vitamix (or other high speed processor) and Blend!

We have been absolutely so excited about making our own homemade organic tahini, it’s so difficult to try and find it in the shops here in the UK. Tahini is scarcely available in supermarkets and organic tahini is even more scarce and so we realise,  just like everything else, if you can buy it… you can make it 😉 

We couldn’t believe how simple tahini is to make, it consists literally just of blended sesame seeds, (nothing our trusted Vitamix can’t handle!) and so after a wholefoods delivery of…..

…just a little delivery of sesame seeds😊 We were good to go! 

To make tahini you simply need to blend sesame seeds! Here we go, half the jug full…

  

The mixture can warm up so you’ll need to open the lid, give it a stir and leave it to cool down intermittently.

The first time we made plain tahini we decided it was a little too thick and a little too plain for our liking and that’s how we happened upon this fantastic recipe! 

We added an entire peeled lemon, a good dash of thyme and a splash of mineral water and after Some blending later…

Voila!   


 Oh it tastes so good – you just have to try this – you’re very own of lemon and thyme sesame cream ‘cheese’. 

The lemon smell and creamy texture reminded us very much of lemon buttercream and suddenly – like a lightbulb lightening flash moment  we thought – Why not use our icing tool!? 

Oh swirly swirl… Mmhhmm   

Well I say! Who said salads couldn’t look as pretty as cake 🎂!  

  
We hope this post will inspire you to dress up your dressings and salads. 

Enjoy! JA ladies x

Orange Salad Dressing 🍊

Here’s a simple 2 minute Homemade Orange dressing that we made for our salad this afternoon: 

Ingredients:

  • Juice of 1 orange, 
  • 3 tbsps of extra virgin olive oil,
  • Pinch of Maldon salt
  • Orange zest 
  • Ground pepper

Simple, easy and zesty! Free of additives, preservatives and sugar, completely natural and super flavourful!

Why not try with lemon or a grapefruit or even a couple of limes? 

 

Lemon & Wholegrain Mustard Vinaigrette 🍋

Ladies and Gentlemen here for you and for me, is an appetising, simple salad dressing recipe! 

Perfect for when your lunch is in need of some zest and you would like your salad leaves tasting their best!

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest 
  • 1 teaspoon of stevia 
  • 1/2 teaspoon of Daylesford Wholegrain Mustard 
  • 1/4 teaspoon to salt 
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste 

Getting Zesty! With our Oxo Good Grips Zester  

To an empty glass bottle, Add 1/2 tablespoon of lemon zest…

…2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice, which we measured into our most convenient  Joie Lemon Juice Reamer …

  

…Add Salt to taste… (And pepper too)

…and 1/2 of Our favourite teaspoon of mustard…Delicious and wonderful consistency it is from the lovely people at Daylesford – we’d love to visit their farm someday…  

Classic, grainy and tangy it’s perfect for our salad dressing and made with only a few simple organic ingredients 

 Olive oil in our recycled glass jar ready to pour out 4 tablespoons…

And your jar should look something like this! Here is all our ingredients layered in our glass jar before shaking! 

Give all the ingredients a good shake and Voila!     
Pour over your salad and store in the fridge (for up to 3 days)… Enjoy!