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I normally whip together my own creamy vinaigrette salad dressing using some Vegenaise, mustard, garlic, balsamic vinegar, a bit of olive oil, coriander, salt and pepper. Shake well in a jar or give it a quick whirl with a hand blender. How much of each? Honestly, I just eyeball it. And I like mine vinegary. So, let's say 3 tablespoons Vegenaise, 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard, 1 garlic clove, 2 tablespoons balsamic, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon coriander, and salt and pepper to taste.

No, that's not the nearly raw salad dressing. That's my usual salad dressing. 

But tonight I felt like something a bit different. And my son was wanting carrots. So I started with ZUKAY's Carrot Ginger Salad Dressing and added some Vegenaise (I did about a 1:1 ratio) to make a creamy, nearly raw carrot ginger dressing.

Full disclosure here: Scott and Cathy Grzybek, the founders of ZUKAY Live Foods, are friends of mine. But that's not why I'm telling you about their products. I'm telling you about their products because they're so freakin' awesome. I fell in love with ZUKAY when I started eating their salsas. Being from Texas, I do sometimes add a bit of hot sauce to the salsas. But, I tell you, these are the best tasting salsas I've ever had. Since everything is raw and fermented, you get this little bubbly feeling on your tongue that is so fantastic.

The salad dressings are still relatively new. I buy them locally at Whole Foods and Right by Nature—and even now at Giant Eagle!

(A side note. I'm linking to these grocery stores to be nice. But please don't take that necessarily as a particular endorsement. I mean, I opened up at least one of the sites to discover raw meats displayed at the top. BUT that's why you've got to buy the raw and/or vegan products from mainstream stores as often as possible. Show the big guys that there IS a market for truly healthful foods!)

Since ZUKAY salad dressing are fat-free, I usually add a bit of oil to them when I use them. As I mentioned in a previous post on fat, I need to make sure to add fat to my diet. So combining the raw, fermented goodness of ZUKAY and the omega-3-fabulous flaxseed oil or walnut oil just makes culinary and nutritional sense for me.

Enjoy!