Sweet Apple/Flax Oil Salad Dressing

What's special?

-Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Corn-Free.-Excellent way to include flax oil (you won't believe how good it is for you!) in your diet.. and super tasty!

-A quick and easy complete meal when combined with soy beans, chicken, tofu or beans!

-Make-ahead dressing that keeps for 10 days in the fridge.

Sweet Apple/Flax Oil Dressing on Mixed Greens with Goat Cheese

DRESSING (can be doubled)

Ingredients:

-7 TB freshly squeezed lemon juice

-4TB Cold-Pressed Flax Oil

-2TB (heaping) Apple Butter

-heaping scoop* stevia extract (*NOW brand pure stevia powder has a tiny scoop included - or you can use regular sugar or honey to taste) 

-pinch salt and pepper

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a small blender or magic bullet type mixer and blend on medium/high for about 30 seconds.  This technique produces a nice thick consistency dressing that keeps well in the fridge for up to 10 days.  Just pull out the pre-made dressing and whip up a crowd pleasing salad in no time!

SALAD

Ingredients: 

-5 cups mixed greens 

-chopped red or green onion

-1 to 2c various chopped vegetables of choice (carrots, raw green beans, green onion/red onion, raw broccoli)

(optional)

-herbed goat cheese (how ever much you'd like)

-1/2c dried cranberries or raisins 

-3 to 4 TB poppy seeds/hempseed/ground flax seed

Preparation:

Combine all vegetables, dress generously and toss to coat well.  Add goat cheese and cranberries/raisins.  Toss again and garnish each bowl with whatever kind of seed you choose.  You can vary it up to include soy beans or chicken for protein, or cooked whole beans(I use organic "Eden" canned white/red kidney beans or any others).  Point is that having the dressing made in the fridge makes it very quick to whip up a healthy and complete meal!

FYI:

Apple butter is a natural reduction of pure cooked apples which you can purchase at most health food stores, or the bulk emporium if you are in Toronto.  Check the label to be sure that apples are the only ingredient!  Also, stevia is a health food store purchase.  "NOW" brand of pure stevia powder extract is what I use and, unlike many other brands of stevia, this has no additives and no gross after-taste.. and no calories or impact on blood sugar which is ideal for diabetics.