When I made the decision to embrace a vegan diet, I knew what I would miss the most – feta cheese in my salads.
You see, we eat salads – nice big ones- every single day. Raw vegetables are the basis of a healthy diet, so we go all out. Our salads are filled with a large variety of vegetables. Typically they include the following: spinach, kale, collard greens, beet tops, chard, red cabbage, red peppers, onions, leeks, and garlic, along with shredded carrots, beets, zucchini, and daikon radishes. Meat, eggs, and beans are optional.
We top our salads with nuts and seeds, olives, raisins, feta cheese, avocado, turmeric, salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil. The combination of textures and flavors is to die for. They are so good, these salads never get boring, even if they are the same day after day. It’s not at all like eating those old lettuce based salads. But when I cut out the cheese, my salads didn’t taste right. Suddenly they were bland and boring.
I took out the raisins and added cucumber and tomatoes, but it still wasn’t working for me. I knew I needed to create a new salad dressing. Before I’m done, I will probably create a few. This was the first.
Ingredients
- 2 medium size cucumbers
- 1 small onion
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1/2 jar of marinated artichokes with 1/2 the liquid.
- 2 heaping TBLS of vegan mayo (Just Mayo is what I used)
- 2 TBLS dried parsley
- 1 teas frrsh cracked pepper
- 1 teas salt
Instructions
- Cut the ends off the cucumbers. Leave the peels on.
- Peel the onion and garlic. Chop or slice the cucumbers, onion, and garlic.
- Throw them in the blender and add the other ingredients. Blend until the ingredients are liquefied.
- Store in a jar in the refrigerator.
Salads are wonderful again. Who needs cheese?
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