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Power to the Pickle Salad Dressing | 4 Ingredients + Oil-Free

July 25, 2019 By julia

This dressing will be your new best friend when learning to love salads. Pairing a salad up with this drizzle of goodness will leave you wanting even more of those green leafies. Now that’s a craving we all need more of in our lives.

If you’re wondering… why no oil? Here’s a great post all about it from No Meat Athlete.

Don’t stress about it when you’re eating out or trying new vegan alternatives every now and then… but cooking without oil at home is too easy not to do, and you’ll get the benefits of dodging those empty, refined fat calories and have more room for nutrient-dense, beneficial, whole plant food calories.

The magic ingredient in here is pickle juice!! Don’t throw that stuff out! It’s amazing in hummus, sauces, dressings…

I usually just wing it with the ingredients, but had to measure it out for you guys and share because it’s just too good and I use it too often not to.

Make a big batch like this recipe, and keep the leftover dressing in the fridge for easy salad makin’ all week long.

No excuses. Bring out your inner Popeye and love your greens.

My go to for salads: avocado, tomato, green onion, kale (massaged in the dressing first), romaine, sprouts, and other kind of greens I have growing in the garden (arugula, mustard greens, herbs), some hemp seeds, and sometimes raisins.

What’s your favourite salad combo? Leave a message on instagram to me @hookedonplants.

Let’s just get right into the recipe.

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Hi, I'm Julia! I like to simplify plant-based eating and make yummy recipes. I'm a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, certified plant-based chef, Olympian, and I make cereal (Jules Fuel). Enjoy! Read more

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Here’s how: - chop in 1 inch rounds - score both Here’s how:

- chop in 1 inch rounds
- score both sides
- heat olive oil (or truffle oil) with some minced garlic in medium hot pan, then 3 minutes a side

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Full deets 👀 ⬇️ 👩‍🍳 Ingredients: ½ cup chickpe Full deets 👀 ⬇️ 

👩‍🍳 Ingredients: 

½ cup chickpea flour

½ cup water 

Eggy spices ✨  ½ tsp each: Garlic • turmeric • onion • (the magic) black salt (kala namak) — or @shaniseasoning vegan egg spice mix!

½ cup finely chopped veggies (mushroom, onion, red pepper

Vegan cheese of choice (used @daiyafoods mozz)

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👩‍🍳 Directions: 

	1.	Whisk chickpea flour + spices + water until completely smooth
👉 should be pourable, not tooooo thick
	2.	Heat a non-stick pan on medium and lightly oil
	3.	Sauté veggies until translucent 
	4.	Pour batter, spread gently into a thin circle & cook 3–4 minutes until edges lift and centre sets
	5.	Add veggies & cheeze to one half & Flip carefully, cook 1–2 more minutes, lid on. 
	7.	Make sure it’s cooked through & serve hot with @sriracha_ca 🤤 or vegan hollandaise !! 

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I’d rather actually post tips to help you eat more plants, instead of not posting at all because my lighting’s bad, or presentation isn’t great. 

🙌 SOY CURLS. 
They’re JUST THE BEST. 
High protein & delish. 

How do you prep them?

My go- to: 

(Big batch: leftovers in the fridge for wrapping, toppers, etc) 

- soak in water 10 minutes then strain

- little bit of olive oil and @bragg liquid aminos on medium heated pan 

- add soy curls (just enough of them to cover whole pan in one layer)

- Cooke 3 minutes, mix around and pan fry another 3 minutes until crispy brown edges. 

That’s it! 

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Ok I lied. 3 MAIN ingredients… + just a couple of Ok I lied. 
3 MAIN ingredients…
+ just a couple of easy add-in boosters 👌 

Blender-made.

So easy. So delish.

👨‍🍳 Base:
	•	3 cups oats
	•	2–3 ripe bananas
	•	Plant milk of choice (about 1½ cups — add more if needed to blend smoothly)

👨‍🍳 Extra fluff (optional but recommended):
	•	1 tsp baking soda
	•	1 tsp baking powder
	•	Pinch of salt

👨‍🍳 Add-In benefits (also optional):
	•	1 scoop each of @complement Greens + Chocolate Protein (super clean — use code Hookedonplants for a discount)
	•	2 tbsp Daily Defend Mushroom Blend powder (code Hookedonplants at @staywyldorganics)
	•	1 tsp vanilla
	•	1 tbsp cinnamon

Blend a big batch, flip a bunch, and freeze for later.

Perfect toaster pancakes for busy mornings 🙌

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