The Original Sauce

The first sauce / dressing that I learned how to make was taken from a hand-written cookbook from the Vipassana Meditation Center in Shelburne, Mass. I was working as a server on a very serious 10 day Buddhist meditation course and I had volunteered to work in the kitchen. In charge of preparing the rice, but also happy to prepare some staff meals and improvise some dishes, that 10 day period aroused my passion for cooking for others.

This sauce, which is my a version of a "Green Goddess" dressing, is a go-to for so many dishes. Great as a salad dressing, a snazzy spread, a marinade for fish or poultry, a plate dresser for any macrobiotic meal, the list could go on. It only takes a few minutes:

Dhara Dhamma Green Goddess Dressing

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup raw organic cashews

• 1/2 cup chopped scallions, with some of the green parts
  included

• 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil

• 2 tablespoons fresh chopped dill

• 2 small cloves chopped

• garlic, water, salt & pepper

Preparation:

1. Start the garlic, scallion, and cashews in a mini-chopper or food processor

2. Add the vinegar and slowly drizzle in olive oil

3. Add the dill, and pour in a thin stream of water to bring it to desired consistency (thinner is better as a salad dressing)

4. Add salt and pepper