Cracking the Code
When I became vegan, I needed to change the way that I ate.
I got rid of many of the old, bad things I used to eat and sought out new
alternatives. One of those things I found was my favorite salad dressing. It
was a miso mustard Dijon. It was sweet, tangy, and wonderful. It felt alive and
though I was broke, and it was $5 a bottle, I bought it by the case. You have
never seen anything as sad as the poor UPS man lugging a heavy, heavy box up to
your door, wanting to know what was inside, and you tell him it is salad
dressing. I think I destroyed two people’s souls doing this.
For over 5 years, I have tried to recreate that recipe. One
year ago, they changed the formula. It was no longer ‘my dressing’ but some
foreign stuff that was not the same. It didn’t have the same magic that made me
pour dressing over salads, dip raw cauliflower in it, and have to really fight
the urge to just drink it by the sweet, sweet glass full.
Then, last night, a miracle happened. I decided to make
something close, because I wanted to munch on some cauliflower and I didn’t
have any type of dressing. It had been a year since I tried to crack the recipe
code, and this time I was not really trying. I just was trying to come up with
something good. I made it exactly. And I do mean exact. I even figured out the
calories and it was exact, which makes me think I might have cracked the
company formula. Now I can make it myself, it is fresh and delicious. I also cleaned
out a balsamic bottle that was almost empty so I will even have a pretty bottle
to store it in. Yay!
If you also love tangy sweet salad dressings, here is the
formula.
Madelyn’s Miso Dijonaise
¼ cup white miso
¼ cup white balsamic vinegar 2 tbsp yellow mustard (organic preferred)
2 tbsp maple syrup (grade B preferred)
½ teaspoon – 1 teaspoon of black poppy seeds
Combine and whisk
until smooth. Store in the
refrigerator after creation. One TBSP has 45 calories, but adds a LOT of love
to salads and raw veggies.
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