Paleo Spirit
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Ingredients
- ◾1 cup olive oil
- ◾1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- ◾1/3 cup chopped onion
- ◾1/4 cup honey
- ◾1/4 cup tomato paste
- ◾2 cloves fresh garlic
- ◾1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ◾2 teaspoons coconut aminos (or gluten-free soy sauce)
- ◾2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- ◾1 teaspoon salt
- ◾1/2 teaspoon pepper
- ◾1/2 teaspoon molasses (optional)
- ◾pinch of cloves (optional)
Details
Servings 1
Adapted from paleospirit.com
Preparation
Step 1
Weekends have been so perfect lately I can’t really complain about the last two days of rain. The only downside is this is the exact week the lilacs are blooming in our backyard. Every year I look forward to the days when I can sit on the back patio and drink in the intoxicating fragrance of the lilacs. But I’ve either been at work or it has been raining. Fortunately, before the rain started, there was time on Friday night to enjoy the flowers while decompressing from the busy week. And by Sunday afternoon the rain had stopped which allowed me to make up for lost time by capturing a few shots of these beauties in full bloom.
We planted them several years ago and every year they are more beautiful than the year before. I found a poem about lilacs planted by a mother and it makes me wonder if my boys will ever come back to this house years from now and think about how we planted and enjoyed the lilacs.
The healthy salad dressing recipe does contain honey so it’s not the lowest carb dressing out there but it’s great for a change of pace. Most of the ingredients are pretty basic while there are a couple of slightly more unusual additions that are optional. I just happen to know the American version of French dressing usually contains some form of ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Worcestershire sauce contains things like molasses and cloves and I think these additions give the dressing an added depth of flavor. But if you don’t have those on hand you can still make the dressing and it will be totally fine.
Combine all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until very smooth.
Makes about 2 1/2 cups French dressing. Keep refrigerated.
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Hi there, I have just stumbled on the paleo diet while looking around online for a simple way to loose weight… seems to make sense… went onto your site to check out dressings and sauces etc allowed on the diet … so can we have things like honey, mustard and vinegar on the diet??? I am going to try your french dressing soundz delicious .. some of the foods are hard to get where I live which is in Aitutaki in the Cook Islands… thanks
Tried the recipe, as written, last week and it is AMAZING!!!! It’s hard to distinguish what is different from “french” and “catalina french” dressing but with comparing a couple “homemade” versions of each, the biggest difference seems to be that catalina uses red wine vinegar. In the store-bought version, the most obvious difference is color – “french” is usually an orange color, whereas catalina is a deep red. I’m making it again today to attempt my mom’s recipe and I’m going to use red wine vinegar to see how that changes things up. Catalina is also really smooth and has a very slight “gel” consistency so I’m going to try adding just a little gelatin. I’ll let you know how it goes but I’m super glad that I have a wonderful recipe to return to if my efforts fail
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