Caesar Dressing

I love Caesar Salad and the dressing is what makes it.

So if you want to make it at home, here is what you need:

Soybean Oil, Water, Parmesan and Romano Made From Cow’s Milk, Cheeses (Part-skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Vinegar, Egg Yolks, Sugar, Contains less than 2% of Salt, Sodium Lactate, Red Wine Vinegar, Dried Garlic, Spice, Phosphoric Acid, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Anchovies, Whey, Butter (Cream, Salt), Dried Onions, Molasses, Xanthan Gum, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Buttermilk, Sodium Phosphate, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Defatted Soy Flour, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Natural Flavor, Caramel Color, Vitamin E, Tamarind, Natamycin (Natural Preservative).

Mmmm! Sound tasty? Yeah, I didn’t think so either. I don’t even want to know what some of those ingredients are.

Here is how you can actually make Caesar Dressing at home. I know you hear me say this a lot but it is simple. I used my immersion blender right in the jar it is kept in for super duper easy clean up.
REAL FOOD ingredients:

Caesar Salad Dressing

• 1 tsp Dijon mustard (I made my own lacto-fermented mustard, extra mmm!)
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar (or apple cider)
• Juice from 1/2 a lemon
• 1 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 extra virgin olive oil
• 1 egg yolk (pasture raised of course)
• 2 anchovy filets
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed

Place all ingredients in a wide-mouth mason jar. Blend with an immersion blender until super smooth. You can of course do this in a blender or food processor as well.

Part of Make Your Own Monday

Parsley, Walnut, Feta Pesto

What makes pesto pesto? I wanted to make some today but the only problem was I had no basil, pine nuts or Parmesan cheese. But I did have parsley, walnuts and feta. Is this how new recipes are created, through substitution?

I used all local ingredients (except walnuts and olive oil) care of the farmer’s markets this weekend. Even the cheese came from goats I milked and then turned into feta. How’s that for real food!

• 2 cups parsley
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/4 cup feta cheese
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• salt to taste

Whirl everything but the olive oil in a blender until well chopped. Slowly drizzle in the olive oil until it’s all incorporated.
We used it on pizzas today and it was so good! I would have taken a picture of it but I thought of it when it was too late. We ate it all.