Cilantro pesto
Ingredients:
- 2 cups cilantro, no large twigs
- ½ cup peeled almonds
- ¼ cups chopped red onions
- ½ tsp chopped serrano chili, whole grain
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ cup olive oil
Cooking method:
Combine cilantro, almonds, onion, chili and salt in a blender until smooth. Without turning off the blender, slowly pour in the oil. If the sauce is too thick, you can add a little more oil to taste. Cilantro pesto goes well with pasta, chicken, or tacos. Unused sauce can be frozen in ice cube trays with a tight-fitting lid and consumed as needed.
Avocado salad dressing
Ingredients:
- 1 avocado
- ½ cup sour cream (fat content to taste)
- ¼ glass of milk
- 1 tsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 cloves of crushed garlic
- 1.5 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp dry parsley
- ¼ tbsp. salt (more to taste)
Cooking method:
Mash the avocado until puree, add sour cream and mix well. Stir the resulting mass with a whisk and pour in the milk. Then add lemon juice, vinegar, garlic, parsley and salt, stirring the sauce well after each ingredient.
Homemade teriyaki
Ingredients:
- 1 glass of water + extra ¼ glass of cold water
- 5 tbsp cane sugar
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 1-2 tbsp honey
- 1 large garlic clove, crushed
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- 2 tbsp corn starch
Cooking method:
Combine 1 cup water, soy sauce, garlic, honey and ginger in a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat. Separately in a bowl, combine the starch, ¼ cup cold water, whisk until smooth and pour into a saucepan. Heat until the sauce thickens and remove from heat.
Mustard sauce for salad
Ingredients:
- 40 g Dijon mustard
- 80 ml white wine vinegar
- 350 ml rapeseed oil
- Sea salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
In a blender, whisk the mustard and vinegar. While whisking, add the butter gradually until the sauce is smooth. Add salt and pepper.
Mustard and honey salad dressing
Ingredients:
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp liquid honey
- 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 100 ml sunflower oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Cooking method:
Just mix and whisk all the ingredients together.
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