Make dressings and sauces at home with these ingredients:

Dressings, sauces & dips at home is E.Z.

The most important part: making sure you have healthy ingredients on hand. The rest is creative and up to you!

Here are some tips:

• Make a batch to last a couple meals and then store in the fridge in a glass jar.

• Shake before use.

• Notice how the flavours intensify over time.

• Manage consistency with water and liquid ingredients.

Ingredient ideas:

• Liquid oils like- 100% olive oil, hemp oil, cold pressed nut / seed oils

• Lemon / lime / orange / other fresh juices- these act as a natural preservative

• Apple cider vinegar- use unpasteurized and this acts as a natural preservative

• Other vinegars like balsamic / wine

• Hot sauce

• Tamari / soy sauce

Herbs & spices:

• To make fresh & nutritious dips you can blend fresh herbs like basil, cilantro, parsley, mint etc.

• Dried herbs / spices

• Fresh cracked pepper

• Sea salt / rock salt

To thicken:

• Nut / seed pastes

• Miso paste

• Powdered spices

• Yogurt

• Hard cheeses like parmesan and soft cheeses like goat, feta, etc.

At home we can control ingredient listings and batch size to keep our meals fresh + nutritious!

Did this spark some ideas?

Samantha