Uplevel your next salad with this Ginger-Sesame Vinaigrette!
Take that salad to the next level
Uplevel, according to Urban Dictionary, means “to transform and grow in an area previously stagnant.” Stagnant is exactly how I’d describe my salad dressing habit lately – pretty much every salad gets a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Which is good, but boring.
Which is why I made myself recreate an old favorite this week – Ginger-Sesame Vinaigrette. The original recipe called for white sugar and canola oil (keep in mind that this recipe was from my college days – um…15+ years ago). I missed that sweet and savory dressing that made ordinary chicken salad something special. Of course, I had to lighten it up and make it Whole30-compliant. I did this by swapping the canola for my favorite avocado oil and replacing the sugar with the zest and juice of half an orange. Of course, if you need yours a little sweeter, you can add the juice from the whole orange. Just keep in mind that the dressing will be more watery and won’t stick to the lettuce leaves as well.
Ways to use this Ginger-Sesame Vinaigrette
The obvious: Pour it over a mess of salad greens and chopped veggies. The more adventurous:
Toss it with shredded Napa or savoy cabbage, green onions, orange segments, diced chicken and a few sliced almonds for a 5-minute healthy remake of your favorite restaurant-style Asian Chicken Salad Brush over shrimp skewers before grilling Use a marinade for pork chops or loin Use as a stir fry sauce
Ready to uplevel that next salad?
Let’s chat: Do you make your own dressings at home? How will you use this Ginger-Sesame Vinaigrette?
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