Kissable Vegan Caesar Dressing Recipe

Finally! A Caesar dressing recipe for vegans!

I love Caesar dressing, but I don’t love the anchovies.

This vegan Caesar dressing recipe is great for vegans and those who are looking to prepare a healthy meal for someone special. In other words, no anchovies and a little bit of garlic leaves the breath in great shape for a little bit of dessert (aka after dinner smooches).

Ingredients:

2 handfuls of raw cashews

1/2 medium size garlic clove

1/4 cup of olive oil

1/4 cup of water

1 table spoon of apple cider vinegar

15-20 capers to taste

salt & pepper to taste

Instructions:

Wash and prepare salad bed and additional toppings.

Use romaine as a bed and if you’re not sure what else you’d like to add (you don’t have to add anything else if you don’ feel like it). Here’s what I added:

Red peppers
Green olives
Carrots
A sprinkle of salted pumpkin seeds for an added crunch
Cucumbers
Tomatoes

Blend all dressing ingredients in a blender until smooth. Drizzle over salad bed of romaine and toppings of choice and serve.

And now that you’re kissable, here’s a romantic, foodie inspired poem…

“I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair.
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets.
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.

I hunger for your sleek laugh,
your hands the color of a savage harvest,
hunger for the pale stones of your fingernails,
I want to eat your skin like a whole almond.

I want to eat the sunbeam flaring in your lovely body,
the sovereign nose of your arrogant face,
I want to eat the fleeting shade of your lashes,

and I pace around hungry, sniffing the twilight,
hunting for you, for your hot heart,
Like a puma in the barrens of Quitratue.”

~ Pablo Neruda

Bonus:

Here’s the latest episode of The Green Divas FoodiePhile Radio Show for more discussion on all kinds of good and healthy foods!

Listen to the latest Green Divas Radio Show—and other green and healthy living podcasts—daily on GDGDRadio.com (or get the GDGD Radio app)!

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