No-Fat Raw Cherry-licious Salad Dressing

1 cup frozen cherries thawed
1 date
1 celery stalk
1 small Fuji apple
Blend until smooth.

Optional: top with 1 Tablespoon of hemp seeds. (will be low-fat (not no-fat) then)

Salad of Romaine, cucumber, Daikon radish

Photo and recipe courtesy of Amelia Gerlach

Low-Fat Raw Green Goddess Dressing

Dressing Ingredients

• 1 slimcado avocado (Florida smooth skin green ones)
• 2 garlic clove
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• big handful of spinach, keep stems
• big handful of cilantro, leaves and stems

Noodles 

2 medium cucumbers, spiralized

Instructions

1. Blend all dressing ingredients in a high speed blender or a food processor till smooth. Pour over cucumber noodles with watercress. 

No-Fat Raw Menschy Mustard

Raw Mustard
1/4 cup mustard seed (soak in water at least 14 hours)
6 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup water
3 dates (or 1.5 tsp. raw sweetener)
1/4 tsp. ground turmeric or small chunk freshly grated turmeric

optional: added 2 celery stalks (blogger's note - not author's note)

Blend until smooth. 

Recipe and photo courtesy of Sara Rosenblum

Lowfat Raw Rose-in-Bloom Tomato Dressing

1 pint tomatoes
1 red pepper
1/8th of an avocado
1/8th to 1/4th onion wedge (or to taste)
1 garlic clove
1 lemon juiced
1/4th tsp. oregano, basil and/or rosemary (to your liking)
1 Tbsp. raw mustard (see recipe below)

Blend until smooth and put over salad...and put salad in a collard leaf or eat salad alone (or with other people...;)  Salad below is: mushrooms, pepper, tomato, zucchini, carrots

Raw Mustard
1/4 cup mustard seed (soak in water at least 14 hours)
6 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup water
3 dates (or 1.5 tsp. raw sweetener)
1/4 tsp. ground turmeric or small chunk freshly grated turmeric

Blend until smooth.

Recipe and photo courtesy of the inventive and vivacious Sara Rosenblum.


Tomato Dressing before tablespoon of mustard added to it


Raw Mustard, a la Rosenblum


Collard Wrap with veggies and Tomato Dressing

Low-Fat Raw Miller Tacos

Taco Meat:
Blend -
5 sun dried tomatoes soaked in tangerine or orange juice (save juice)
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. onion powder
sprinkle of paprika
1 garlic clove
3 tangerines or 2 small navel oranges, squeezed for juice
2 dates 
slice of jalapeno
handful of cilantro

Add to 8 oz. of baby portabella mushrooms or 2 large ones, rough cut

Salad:
2 heads of Crisp Romaine, whole leaves
2 celery stalks 
1/4 diced sweet onion
3 Roma tomatoes, chopped 
1/2 avocado, cubed
2 carrot, spiralized or long strips with peeler

Salsa Dressing:
Blend - 
1 container cherry tomatoes
2 dates
1 garlic clove
zest of one small navel or one blood orange
2 lemons squeezed
1 celery stalk with leaves

Put salad fixings in romaine leaves with meat and dressing on top...or add chopped up romaine to salad and put mushroom meat in center and put salsa dressing around the salad.

Created by the Creative Vegan of the Year - 2016 Award Winner, Amber Kristine Miller.

No-Fat Raw Tabouli with Dates and Sun Dried Tomatoes

1 bunch of curly Parsley, well chopped
handful of celery leaves, chopped

10 mint leaves

Then blend: 

2 cloves garlic
slice of jalapeno
3 dates soaked in juice from 1/2 grapefruit (save juice too) 
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes soaked in juice from other 1/2 of grapefruit (save juice too) 
1/4 tsp. onion powder
optional: add one celery stalk if not going to eat with celery sticks

Soak ingredients together for 20 minutes.  Blend all ingredients until smooth.  Pour over tabouli and massage well.  Let sit for 10 minutes to soak in.  

Eat with celery stalks or put in romaine leaves.  

Courtesy of the gorgeous and generous, Amber Kristine Miller

No-Fat Raw Grow a Pear and Go on a Date Dressing

2 pears
2 dates
1/2 rib of celery
big handful of cilantro (or spinach)

From the ever creative and geeky fruit/veg girl - Amelia Gerlach  

No-Fat Raw Cherry-licious Dressing

1/2 cup of frozen cherries (defrosted)
2 dates
1/2 rib of celery
big handful of cilantro (or spinach) 
optional: few basil leaves

From the ever creative and geeky fruit/veg girl - Amelia Gerlach.  

No-Fat Raw Strawberry Date Dressing

4 medjool dates
2 strawberries
1 celery stalk 
handful of cilantro

From the brave and generous Amelia Gerlach

Lowfat Raw Sweet and Savory Dressing

one large honeycrisp apple (could use other types)
1 stalk of celery
2 large Medjool dates
1 Tablespoon of hemp seeds
handful of fresh basil
squeeze some lemon on top - optional

Put over a crisp romaine salad

From the lovely and wise Amelia Gerlach. 

No-Fat Raw Blackberry-Grape Dressing

1 pint blackberries
20 grapes
1/4 red onion
1 lime, squeezed for juice
Quarter-sized amt. of freshly dried rosemary leaves (or fresh)
dash of salt (optional)

From the lovely and generous Michelle Brown

No-Fat Raw Orangey-Tomatoey Dressing over Noodles

3 sundried tomatoes, soaked in orange juice (save the orange juice)
4 oranges, squeezed for juice (use juice for soaking s. dried tomatoes)
handful of cilantro
1 clove raw garlic
one date 
slice of jalepeno (optional)

Blend in blender until smooth. 

Pour over any salad of tomatoes , banana peppers raw and celery noodles (made on mandolin) or any noodles (cucumber or jicama or zucchini)

From the spicy and sweet Amber Kristine Miller

No-Fat Raw S-Cubed Dressing (Sweet, Spicy and Savory)

5 Roma tomatoes
4 dates
1 whole lemon, peeled and whole
1 garlic clove
slice of jalapeno

Blend and mix in some freshly dried rosemary to taste.

From the spicy, sweet and gorgeous Amber Kristine Miller.

Lowfat Raw Cheezy Sauce for Zoodles and Penny

1/4 - 1/3 cup sunflower seeds (soaked overnight)
3 green onions, white and green
1 zucchini
1 celery stalk
1 lemon - whole and peeled
1 garlic clove
1/4 tsp. onion powder

Blend in blender until smooth.  Add water if want it thinner.

2 zucchini - spiralize

Super Lowfat Pumped Up Tahini

To make Tahini - 3 servings:

1st place whole head of garlic (cloves removed but skins left on) into blender with juice of two lemons - blend until well ground up and then push it through a sieve to remove skins and chunks.  Then add liquid back to blender with (optional):*

1/2 c. sesame seeds, soaked in water for 4 hours

1 zucchini
1/2 cup eggplant pulp from juicer...or whole eggplant

1 celery stalk

juice from 1-2 lemon

shake of cumin (optional) 

*if not adding the garlic puree above - then add one peeled garlic clove

Blend until desired consistency.  Add more lemon juice or water as needed.

Low-Fat Tahini Marc's the Spot Dressing and Sauce

5 Roma Tomatoes
Slice of Jalapeno (or to taste)
2 Limes, peeled and whole 
4 Dates
1/2 Zucchini 
1 Garlic clove (or to taste)
1 tbsp. tahini [see Low-Fat Tahini (link2left)]
1/8th tsp. cumin
1/8th tsp. coriander
1/8th tsp. smoked paprika

Put all in blender and blend until smooth.  

Mix in fresh chopped cilantro leaves and put whole ones on top.

No-Fat Raw Yummy Mango 111 Dressing

1 Mango
1 Roma tomato
1 lime
1 lemon
1 celery stalk
1 garlic clove
1 slice of serrano - optional
1 slice of habanero - optional

Blend until smooth.

Add to dressing a handful of cut cilantro, 1/2 tsp. of freshly dried rosemary or 1/2 tsp. of freshly dried oregano.

Pour over carrot or zucchini noodles.

No-Fat Raw Pomegranate Marc's the Spot Dressing

1 pomegranate, seeds only - juiced
3 small navel oranges, juiced

Put in blender.

In blender:

2 tamarind removed from pod and no seeds (soak in blender w/pom and oj juice while getting rest of ingredients)
1 mango
1 garlic
1 slice of jalapeno
1 celery stalk
1" in. ginger
handful of spinach
handful of cilantro

Blend until smooth. Pour over salad.  Enjoy!

No-Fat Raw Cranberry-Date Dressing

Dressing 

6 oz. cranberries
10 medjool dates
1/2 lemon juice (optional - was not in original recipe)

Soak both in water for 20-30 minutes.  Blend in blender until smooth - add the soaking water as needed. 

Put dressing over salad of:

romaine, arugula, turnip greens, radish, and cucumber noodles or a big bowl of spinach...any greens will do...:) 

From the clever and creative Amelia Gerlach 

No-Fat Raw Minty Mango Dressing

1 mango
12 mint leaves

Blend until smooth and pour over salad.

Many thanks to Denise Searle for the brilliant and creative recipe.