Recently I found this great sprouted blend, (at Costco) with wild rice, brown rice, and quinoa – from there I was off and running! I still had some blood oranges after my Citrus Spinach Salad, (because I chronically over-buy yummy produce) so the natural choice was to pair their candy-like flavors with the nuttiness of my new found sprouted blend. Next I added rosemary roasted sweet potatoes, (optional but delicious) and placed it all over a bed of spinach, topped with the creamiest lemon garlic dressing! The rosemary roasted sweet potatoes are so good, I highly recommend making them all by themselves as a side dish sometime! This creamy dressing is a real breakthrough because… get this… is doesn’t have any dairy in it! I threw some hemp seeds in my dressing one day on a whim, and it was pretty much the best discovery I’ve made in a while! They add super amounts of creaminess with a boost of plant based protein as well! Whenever I’m leaving out dairy I tend to rely on a egg for a thick creamy dressing, but that presents a problem for a lot of people. Raw egg can be of concern especially if you don’t have access to farm fresh eggs. So… hemp seeds to the rescue – solving all your creamy dressing needs! Since this discovery I’ve been working on a dairy free, egg free Caesar dressing – which before now I didn’t think was even close to possible! This recipe has a couple of different parts to it, but don’t feel like you have to make both the rice and sweet potatoes, because it’s really good with either one which also saves you some time! Both the dressing and the sweet potatoes are an entity unto themselves, and can be used in all sorts of different ways! No reviews
