CELEBRATE LIKE A VEGAN

When it's time for a salad and need a quick dressing that even kids like, here at the workshop we go for this easy and quick recipe we call Rapid Ranch Dressing. If you liked it, please drop me a line and let me know how you liked it. www.veganartie.com/blog Ingredients: 1 cup vegan mayonnaise 1/4 cup rice milk 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tsp. onion powder 1/4 tsp. salt Dash fresh ground white pepper 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 2 tsp. parsley chopped 1/2 tsp. dill fresh chopped Instructions: Place all of the ingredients except for the parsley and the dill in a blender and blend until it all comes together with a smooth and creamy consistency. Add in the fresh chopped parsley and the dill and pulse together just until the parsley and dill are both very finely minced. Adjust seasoning to your liking. Store in a glass jar with a tight lid in the refrigerator for up to a week. #veganchefpersonality

In food preparation, there's no ingredient we appreciate and yet disregard  more than salt. As you know it is one of the five basic tastes which include salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami. Salt has the peculiar property to release tiny food particles into the air which intensifies the aroma of food. This of course is very important to taste and that is why unfortunately the food industry abuses it as a quick shortcut to make food more appealing. Just think of the last time you had a cold and how bland and tasteless food tastes. That’s because you aren’t able to smell it properly. That's why using the right type of salt for the right application becomes so important. Knowing how to use them can help you use less of it and in a healthier manner.  Many of us say that salt makes food taste better and that’s all there is to it but nothing is farther from the truth.  Salt highlights and suppresses certain flavors when used correctly. In the right amounts, salt suppre...