This Roasted Garlic Dressing is perfect with this Roasted Vegetables Salad, but I will be honest and say I think it would be good on anything.
In fact, I think it would be good by itself. Recipes like this one are exactly why I don’t keep a big loaf of French Bread around the house. All thoughts of clean eating would be out the window and I’d wake up in a fog with crumbs everywhere and a half eaten loaf of bread.
This recipe originated in Thrive Foods, which is an extremely amazing and all around healthy cookbook. I did cut the oil in half and will most likely continue playing with this in the future to try to eliminate the oil even further. As this is special occasion worthy, feel free to double the olive oil and omit the chia gel if you so desire.
It is not often that I am taken completely by surprise in the kitchen, but I will have to say that this roasted vegetables salad did it. I’ve been talking a bit lately – both on the website and Facebook – about Thrive Foods, which is a book AND cookbook that I really love.
Most of the time books that have amazing information are lacking when you get to the recipe section. Case in point – Brendan Brazier’s first book Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life. It is a really amazing book and certainly something that anyone interested in sports performance should read. But, to be quite honest the recipes are a little lacking. (And certainly not well suited to someone who is transitioning into a vegan lifestyle.
But Thrive Foods is a different beast all together. The first section of the book offers an abundance of research and information on everything from the impact what we eat has on the environment to meeting your nutritional needs on a plant based diet. Then there are the recipes. And this is where, for me, Thrive Foods really shines.
I’ve made this roasted vegetable salad twice now and both times I was simply amazed. Thanks to the amazing dressing, this is the kind of dish you would be ok serving on a holiday. I modified the recipe a bit, adding in onions to the mix and cleaning up the dressing. Because he is an athlete, Brazier is very liberal with his use of oils. While I’m certain he burns them off given that I am more interested in shedding weight than sports performance, I feel more comfortable with less oil in my diet. Luckily this is an easy fix. Adapted from Thrive Foods.
Now if you are just looking for a basic recipe for roasted vegetables and not interested in a salad, this recipe is a great choice! Just skip the arugula and you have got an amazing roasted vegetables recipe!
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. It is a really amazing book and certainly something that anyone interested in sports performance should read. But, to be quite honest the recipes are a little lacking. (And certainly not well suited to someone who is transitioning into a vegan lifestyle.
