Asian Dressing

"The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressings is outgrossing my films."  Paul Newman

I've often (twice) been in a lovely eating establishment and enjoyed a salad dressing that was listed as Asian.  The dressing was tossed with napa and/or other cabbages and had some grated carrots for color and a few chives or green onions for a bit more bite and color.  How, I wondered, as I tossed and turned in my bed that night, did they grate those carrots without skinning their knuckles!

Actually, no such thoughts ever occurred to me but lately I've been reading a few too many trashy novels and I've come down with a case of the dramatics.  What I did wonder was how they got that great, rich taste.  So as I was cleaning out a kitchen cabinet I came across a bottle of toasted sesame oil.  I decided to give it the sniff test to see exactly what I was dealing with.  Voila!  The oil immediately brought back memories of the Asian dressing.  Working with that lovely aroma I came up with the following.  This amount coats enough veggies to serve one or two so double or triple the recipe depending on the size of your gathering.

Ingredients:
  1T Bragg Liquid Amino
  1 T agave nectar
  1 t Bragg apple cider vinegar
  1 1/2 t toasted sesame oil
  1 or more cloves of garlic, pressed or minced
  A sprinkling of grated ginger to taste

Distructions:
  Put everything into a bowl and whisk it together.  Toss with napa cabbage and other veggies that would look nice together. 

About Grated Ginger
  Did you know that you can place a piece of ginger into a plastic bag or container and freeze it?   It will keep almost indefinitely.  When you need a bit of grated ginger you simply grate a bit off of the frozen ginger, pop it back into the freezer, and leave it their for your next of kin to discover.

About the Picture
  For those gourmands in the group, you've probably noticed that the picture with this blog entry has a sprig of rosemary on the plate along with the other ingredients for the dressing.  "There's no rosemary in the recipe!"  you emote.  "Is she trying to trick us?"  No, this is not a trick.  For tricks see Keith Barry on You Tube.  The ingredients simply needed a splash of green.  Mystery solved.

Loveya
The Mom