Name: Vegan Southwest Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1/4 cup raw cashews (soaked overnight), rinsed and drained. You can skip this step if you have a quality high-speed blender; 1/2 cup fresh salsa of choice (choose your favorite style and flavor); 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar; 1 Tablespoon lime juice; Water to thin (if necessary; based on thickness and chunkiness of salsa chosen)

When I make a new salad recipe, I always think about dressing first. For me, the dressing is more important than the salad, only because the dressing brings all the ingredients together. Even though I love Vegan Ranch Dressing, easy vegan southwest dressing takes it a step further. Not only is vegan southwest dressing simply to make, it only has four ingredients.

As a result, I not only use vegan southwest dressing on my Vegan Taco Salad and chopped southwest salad, it is great for a variety of other recipes:

(VEGAN LENTIL TACO RECIPE)

(BAKED OIL-FREE ZUCCHINI FRIES)

(SWEET POTATO CHIPS)

(CRUNCH WRAP SUPREME)

WHAT ARE THE FOUR INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR VEGAN SOUTHWEST DRESSING

Raw cashews
Fresh salsa (your favorite salsa and flavor; some like it hot; some don’t)
Apple cider vinegar
Lime Juice
Water to thin if necessary (depends on chunkiness of salsa)

Not only is vegan southwest dressing easy to make, but it can be made ahead of time and keeps well in the refrigerator for 5 days. So, don’t be shy; dip, dip away!

12 servings