Salad with Almond Honey Mustard

Heavenly.

This is my favorite salad. I make it a lot.

I've been eating it since 2014, and I am not yet over how amazingly delicious this dressing is. I get SUPER excited when I unscrew the Magic Bullet container and taste it. This dressing is an important part of my life.

I got it from this recipe from my favorite blog, Pinch of Yum. I have made no changes to the dressing, and seriously, I never will. I've made various modifications to the actual salad ingredients, depending on what I have; see suggestions below.

Another sign that this is an amazing salad? The first time I made it, I included feta cheese as recommended in the original recipe. But I didn't actually finish all of the cheese from my bowl, and I have left it out since then. A salad that is NOT improved by cheese? That's one special salad.

The Recipe:
Dressing:
3 tb almond butter
1 tb olive oil
juice and pulp of 1/2 of an orange
3 tb water
1 tb stone-ground mustard
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
1 clove garlic

Recommended salad ingredients:
Greens (arugula and massaged kale are my favorites)
Protein (it's good with chicken, but I usually roast cubes of tofu)
Roasted potatoes or sweet potatoes
Grapes, halved
Walnuts
PICKLED BEETS (Seriously. Especially together with kale and sweet potatoes.)

Combine dressing ingredients in a blender.
Assemble salad. Dress it. Marvel at how good the dressing is.

The Verdict:

Overall grade: A+

Overall reason: Have I mentioned how good the dressing is?

Time to prepare: 30-40 minutes including roasting potatoes and tofu. Otherwise, 5 minutes.

Husband quote: "Next time you say we're having salad, it had better be this one."

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