Perfectly Pomegranate Dressing

Ok so you know you’ve created a keeper when your child literally drinks a whole jar of dressing when your not looking right after she just finished 3 bowls of salad. No Joke! Let’s just say we’ve taken new measures to prevent such an incident from happening again, lol. The 3 bowls of salad previous however, were indeed big drops in my happy bucket that day.

This no added oil dressing (aside from what’s in cashews of course) is again one of our favourites. If you’ve ever had an Apple Pecan Salad from Wendy’s with the Pomegranate dressing from there…then I think you will be pleasantly surprised with this one as it was my inspiration for a healthier alternative. Apple Pecan Salad is one of our favourites.

A few tips:

1) You can use fresh squeezed orange juice from the same orange that you get your orange zest or you can just use orange juice from the fridge if you are really in a hurry

2) You can use either fresh squeezed pomegranate juice, but to give myself a break, I often use POM pomegranate juice.

3) On any regular occasion I just make the dressing as is and the color isn’t the most appealing as the cashews dull the brightness of the POM juice, however when I see it in the store I will often juice a cactus pear and that turns it a nice pink without changing the flavour as is demonstrated in this picture. (Especially when we have guests coming over.) You could also use a little beet juice but that may alter the flavour slightly.