Asian Sesame Salad Dressing

The top reasons I revise recipes is to make them healthier, cheaper, faster, to use less dishes, less ingredients, or because I'm out of something the recipe calls for.

The following was revised to make it faster.  The original recipe called for toasting sesame seeds, processing in the food processor, yada, yada... too many dishes and too many steps, and I didn't have any sesame seeds.

The following recipes is just a matter of measuring ingredients together and shaking.

Asian Sesame Salad Dressing
4 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 Tablespoons Tamari low-sodium soy sauce (and yes, this makes a HUGE difference in the healthfulness of the recipe, and the taste)
2 Tablespoon sesame oil
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, crushed*
1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger

Mix all ingredients together.  Shake. 
*Easy way to crush garlic...lay blade of knife flat on peeled clove and smack flat side of the blade with hand. 

I didn't even miss the toasted sesame seeds!  I'm loving this dressing over a spinach salad with finely sliced granny apple slices, finely sliced red onion, craisins, peeled bite-size sections of orange, and finely diced orange bell pepper.  YUM!

Happy Kitchen Hint: To get the 'stink' out of your washrags and sponges, fill a small bucket or bowl halway with water and add 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar.  Store the bowl or bucket under your sink and add your washrags at the end of the day.  On laundry day, dump the bowl or bucket (water and vinegar included) into the washer and wash as usual.