My New Favorite Salad Dressing

My favorite color is green.

Green fruits and veggies are some of my favorite things.  I think God likes green too. He made an awful lot of it. :)

I love things like:

grapes
kiwis
apples
green beans
asparagus
kale
lettuce
brussels sprouts (yes, I really do love these - steam them with a little olive oil and herbamare - delish!)
broccoli
bell peppers
honeydew
herbs like dill, parsley, and basil
cucumbers

But the king of all of these, in my book is The Avocado. Wanna see a funny video about avocados? Click here. 

Anywho - I was trying to go more raw with my diet this last week, and I came up with this super simple, super delicious dressing.

Hooray for avocados!!!!!!

You'll only need 3 ingredients:

2 ripe avocados
1 tsp herbamare (or sea salt)
5 tbsp water

That's it! 

Dice the avocado, and add it to your food processor. (I use a tiny 1.5 cup capacity one for dressings)

Add in the herbamare and water and blend. Voila!
 

Delicious green avocado-ey (yes that's a word - I just invent-e-ted it ) goodness to spread on your salads.

I may or may not have also spread it on my hashbrowns, my quinoa, and my toast. :)

Good stuff, peeps. And good for you.

Who needs processed salad dressings when healthy ones are this EASY to make?

Enjoy!

Quinoa Fruit Salad Recipe

Quinoa! I LOVE quinoa! Seriously - the wonder food. You can use it in place of rice, oatmeal, couscous or any other small grain, and it's packed with protein- it contains all 8 essential amino acids, so it's a complete protein!

I usually try to put it in everything that I can.  I eat it like oatmeal, I put it in my green salads, I use it in place of rice - it's just good stuff.

I find mine in bulk at Winco - it's a lot cheaper that way than in the small boxes you'll find at a regular grocery store. Or, if you like shopping online and only wanna try out a small amount, Amazon has a great price on it :


Anyway, one Monday morning, I was out of things to put in my kids' lunches. They had eaten all the bread and all the veggies in the house while I took my Sunday afternoon nap. So - I knew I had to send them something that would be nutritional enough to be a main course. Quinoa instantly seemed like the best choice. I rummaged through what else I had on hand. And this is what I came up with.