Activ8 Dressing & Sauce Recipes

Mustard Dressing

Ingredients

• 20g olive oil
• 20g seeded mustard
• 40g orange juice
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. Squeeze orange
2. Combine the orange juice, olive oil and seeded mustard
3. Add salt and pepper to taste

Tahini & Soy Dressing

Ingredients

• 20g soy sauce
• 10ml tahini
• 1 tbs water

Method

1. Mix all ingredients into a smooth paste (goes well with Asian food, similar to satay sauce).

Tahini Yoghurt Dressing

Ingredients

• 10ml tahini
• 1 tbs water
• 8g honey
• 125g greek yoghurt

Method

1. Mix the tahini, honey and water together to make a paste
2. Add in the yoghurt and season if desired. This is great as a savoury dressing on vegetables and also as a dip for sweet foods such as apple and banana

Yoghurt Dressing

Ingredients

• 20g chopped parsley
• 5g chopped or minced garlic
• 50g natural yoghurt

Method

1. Chop or mince the garlic
2. Finely chop the parsley
3. Combine the garlic and parsley with the yoghurt

Spicy Yoghurt Dressing

Ingredients

• 100g natural yoghurt
• 15ml hot chilli sauce (avoid sweet chilli as its packed full of sugar)
• Squeeze lemon juice

Method

1. Combine yoghurt and hot chilli sauce
2. Add squeeze of lemon juice and stir
3. Add salt and pepper to taste

Basil Pesto

Ingredients

• 100g of fresh basil
• 50g of almonds
• 5g garlic very finely chopped
• Salt and pepper
• 20ml lemon juice
• 10ml extra virgin olive oil

Method

1. Blitz the basil, almonds and garlic in a blender
2. Drizzle in olive oil until desired consistency
3. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste
4. Serve with steamed veggies, salad or as a dressing

Hummus Dip

Ingredients

• 100ml chickpeas drained and rinsed
• 5ml tahini
• 10ml olive oil
• 3g ground cumin optional
• Juice of half a lemon
• 5ml of oil
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. Squeeze lemon
2. Blitz all ingredients in a food processor

This recipe requires a little taste testing and adjusting, so if you like it lemony or less garlicky, alter to your taste. Also add a little more olive oil or water until you get the right consistency.

Avocado Salsa

Ingredients

• ½ lemon juice
• 50g avocado cubed
• 50g tomato finely chopped
• 30g red onion finely chopped
• 4g chopped fresh coriander
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. Gently mix ingredients together and keep in fridge
2. Serve with fish or as a side salad