Name: Creamy Avocado Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Creamy Avocado Dressing:; 1/2 cup ripe avocado (smush into cup to measure, or estimate - 1/2 medium avo); 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 3 tbsp sour cream or yogurt (Greek or plain, unsweetened) - OPTIONAL (Note 1); 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 garlic clove, small , minced using garlic crusher (Note 2); 4 tbsp water (to thin out, it's very rich!); 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper; EXTRA FLAVOURING OPTIONS:; See Note 3

1. Sour cream or yogurt - adds bit of fresh creaminess to this dressing. Still very tasty without.

2. Garlic - best to use a garlic crusher because it makes the minced garlic "juicy" which is perfect for dressings (rather than minced using a knife - garlic pieces are dry - this is perfect for high heat cooking like stir fries).

3. Flavouring options:

Mexican / South Western - use lime instead of lemon, add 1/4 cup coriander/cilantro leaves, 1.5 tbsp chopped red onion, 1/4 tsp cumin powder Fresh herbs -1/4 cup chopped parsley, dill, coriander/cilantro, chives (any combo you choose) Coriander/dill -1.5 tbsp each coriander and cilantro (wonderful flavour combo) Ranch - add 1/4 tsp EACH dried dill, parsley, chives, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, plus 1/2 tsp white sugar Extra lemony -add the zest of 1 lemon Greek - add 2 tsp dried oregano and a squeeze of extra lemon (use for Greek Salad!) Italian -add 1.5 tsp mixed dried Italian herbs (or use a combo of parsley, oregano, red pepper, basil) Dried herbs -use 1.5 tsp dried herb mix of choice

4. Storage - keeps for 3 days in the fridge, won't go brown. (Only reason I wouldn't keep for longer is the fresh garlic in the dressing - if you exclude or sub with 1/4 tsp dried garlic powder, it should be good for up to 5 days).

5. Nutrition per serving.

Creamy Avocado Dressing

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