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Easy Oil-Free Avocado Lime Dressing
Easy | Servings: 4 | Ready In: 5minutes | Yield: 1 1/2 cups This creamy Avocado Lime dressing is a vegan, oil-free way to add delicious bright, Mexican flavor to salads, Black Bean Cakes, or a Quinoa Fiesta Bowl. This recipe is easy to make and a good source of healthy fat. Ingredients 1 Ripe Avocado 2 limes 1 bunch cilantro Salt and pepper Dash of Citric Acid* (to prevent browning) How it’s Done To make the Avocado Lime Dressing: Pit the avocado and place in a blender. Zest and juice limes. in the blender. Wash the cilantro and cut off the very tips of the stems. Throw the rest of the cilantro in the blender — leaves, stems — you can use it all! Add salt, pepper, and citric acid. Add 1/4 cup of water. Puree until smooth. Add water as needed to reach desired consistency; sometimes I use up to a full cup of water, depending on how juicy my limes are. Use as a dressing over salad, quinoa, or rice. Or serve with Oil-Free Baked Tostadas (video below) with Southwestern Black Bean Burgers or Roasted Sweet Potato Hash Yields: About 1 1/2 cups Chef Katie’s Tips: Want a little heat? Add 1/2 – 1 whole jalapeno to the mix before pureeing. Looking for Ripe Avocados? Trying to find ripe avocados at the market? Ask the people who work there — often they have some ripe ones in the back which they use to make guacamole
Katie Simmons