Aug 11

Aug 11 Best Dressed! Omega Green Dressing

Tessa Holmes

Recipes, Farm Table

Is your fridge bursting with beautiful garden greens? Toss them up with this great dressing.

OMEGA GREEN DRESSING

Vegan and gluten free if you use gluten-free Tamari

Ingredients

1 cup toasted sunflower (or pumpkin seeds)

1 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup tamari

1/2 cup red wine vinegar

1 1/2 cup flax oil (or olive)

2 cups parsley (or cilantro)

1/2 cup water (or to desired thickness)

Directions

If the sunflower seeds are raw put them in the oven on a sheet tray at 350 F for 5-10 minutes.

Wash and remove most of the stems from the herbs.

Blend all ingredients together on a medium to high speed added extra water for thinning out.

Great over any green salad, as a topping to cooked grains, and as a spread or dipping sauce.

Will keep for a couple weeks in fridge.

Other recipes by Tessa Holmes: Cherry Tomato Tartlets, and Pea and Scape Spread.

Tessa Holmes

Tessa Holmes has been cooking professionally for over 17 years. What began as a hobby and love for creating and preparing delicious recipes, happily developed into a professional business. Tessa was brought up with wholesome and fresh ingredients in the family kitchen, and this heritage translated naturally into her own work as a cook.

In the late 90’s, she began cooking vegetarian cuisine, and soon branched out into other cooking styles and dietary frameworks: including vegan, raw and gluten free dishes. Tessa has also studied nutrition, healing foods and herbs. She specializes in vegetarian comfort whole food meals inspired by ethnic dishes around the world.

Tessa is a seventh generation Vermonter who was born and raised in Burlington and now lives in Hinesburg with her two sons. When Tessa is not cooking she runs a photography business specializing in portraiture and weddings. She is also a professional artist who paints with oils.

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