Name: Avocado Salad Dressing Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado; 3/4 cup packed fresh spinach (cilantro or parsley); 1/2 cup plain yogurt; 1 clove garlic (quartered); 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1/2 teaspoon SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener (Granulated OR any sweetener of your choice); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

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With the cold thawing off and Spring here it’s a great time to start breaking out those lighter and healthier meals. For me that means lots of refreshing salads for lunch and dinner. I always have a couple of different varieties of leafy greens in my fridge. The other components of my salads often vary so much from one day to the next, be it meats, tofu, colorful veggies, fruits, or nuts and seeds. We crave fresh and new things in life so I try to make salads an exciting experience for my taste buds.

Tofu is the centerpiece of this salad which always pairs nicely with spinach. The star of the salad though is really the avocado salad dressing. The taste is vibrant, it’s slightly creamy yet has so much flavor from the garlic, cilantro and lemon. The pumpkin seeds and roasted butternut squash add color and texture to the dish and up the game in nutrients even more. The end result is a dish that’s very unique and likely something that you and those you are serving the dish to have never had before.

Salad dressings have been given a bad name over the years. Store-bought dressings are often loaded with fat and other ingredients that don’t do your health any favors. They have come around over the last decade with a lot wider variety of healthy dressing options. I still however opt to make my own dressing 99% of the time. It’s quick, you have full control over what goes in, and it’s also fun to play mad scientist a bit and experiment with different tastes.

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Avocado Salad Dressing Recipe

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 5 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Servings 4

Ingredients

▢ 1 ripe avocado
▢ ¾ cup packed fresh spinach, cilantro or parsley
▢ ½ cup plain yogurt
▢ 1 clove garlic, quartered
▢ 1 tablespoon lime juice
▢ ½ teaspoon SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated OR any sweetener of your choice
▢ ½ teaspoon salt
▢ ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

Place avocado, spinach, cilantro or parsley, yogurt, scallions, garlic, lime juice, Splenda and salt in a blender; blend until smooth.

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Scrambled Tofu recipe with Turmeric

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 5 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Servings 2 -4

Ingredients

Instructions

Place the tofu block on a paper towel and place another layer of paper towel on top of the tofu.
Press the top of tofu with a small plate then apply pressure slightly to push out the water.
Using a fork, cut tofu in small pieces then add sea salt, turmeric powder, onion powder, garlic powder. Combine and mix well.
Heat oil in a skillet pan then add tofu, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes until the tofu is lightly browned and resembles scrambled eggs. Set aside.

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