Name: Carrot Ginger Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1/3 cup rice vinegar; 2 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped (about 2/3 cup); 2 tablespoons peeled and roughly chopped fresh ginger; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey; 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil; 1/4 teaspoon salt, more to taste; Fresh greens of choice; Red onion; Cucumber; Carrot; Cherry tomatoes; Red cabbage

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I’m slowly working my way through the veggie options at the sushi restaurant that opened near me. The other day, I ordered a side salad to accompany my sushi. I was intrigued by the dressing—carrot ginger. How had I not tasted carrot-ginger dressing? The dressing was a little more lumpy than smooth, but the flavor was amazing.

I added it to my list to recreate and I’ve enjoyed every rendition so far, but this final version is my favorite. It’s bright and zingy and fresh, and I want to drizzle it on everything. Homemade dressings always taste a million times better than store-bought.

It’s easy to whip up in a blender—my Vitamix (affiliate link) churns right through the carrots and ginger and I suspect that less expensive blenders are up for the job, too.

Since you’re going to the trouble of peeling and chopping veggies, and blenders require a certain level of volume to gain fracture, the full batch yields about 1 1/3 cups. It’s so good that I don’t think you’ll have trouble finishing it off within a week or two.

Make a side salad out of it with any combination of the ideas listed below. It’ll be the perfect accompaniment to main dishes with Asian flavors. The carrot-ginger combo might play nicely with many Indian entrées as well, although you might want to drop the sesame oil. It’s also great drizzled over cooked rice, tofu, steamed veggies, and so on.

Watch How to Make Carrot Ginger Dressing

Looking for more irresistible homemade salad dressings? Here are a few more for you:

Basic Vinaigrette
Fresh Mint Dressing
Sunshine Salad Dressing (healthier honey-mustard)
Creamy Tahini Dressing
Green Goddess Dressing

Please let me know how you like this dressing in the comments! I’m always so eager to hear from you.

Carrot Ginger Dressing

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Author: Cookie and Kate
Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 1 ⅓ cups 1x
Category: Salad dressing
Method: Blended
Cuisine: Asian

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This salad dressing tastes remarkably fresh, creamy and light. It would pair nicely with other recipes with Asian flavors. Recipe yields about 1 ⅓ cups salad dressing.

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Ingredients

Dressing

⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
⅓ cup rice vinegar
2 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped (about ⅔ cup)
2 tablespoons peeled and roughly chopped fresh ginger
2 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon honey
1 ½ teaspoons toasted sesame oil
¼ teaspoon salt, more to taste

Suggested side salad components

Fresh greens of choice
Red onion
Cucumber
Carrot
Cherry tomatoes
Red cabbage

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Instructions

In a blender, combine all of the salad dressing ingredients as listed. Bend until completely smooth. Taste, and add additional salt if the dressing doesn’t make your eyes light up. If it’s too sour (it should have some zing to it), blend in a bit more honey.
Serve over greens and any other ingredients you’d like (I offered a few more suggestions in the post). Recipe keeps well in the refrigerator, covered, for 1 to 2 weeks.

Notes

Make it vegan: Substitute maple syrup or agave nectar for the honey.

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