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  • Makes 1 cup

Looking for a vegan version of honey mustard? Try this quick recipe. Date paste adds just the right amount of sweetness without any added sugar.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 2 tablespoons Date Paste
  • 2 tablespoons stone-ground mustard
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
  • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions

  1. In a blender combine the first four ingredients (through lemon juice) and ¼ cup water. Cover and blend until smooth. Season with pepper.
  2. Chill, covered, until ready to serve.

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mona arant2 months ago
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While I liked the recipe,mine looked much smoother and not like the pic.

Maureen Secrist3 months ago
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Great flavor. Easy to prepare. Just wondering, how long can I store this dressing in the refrigerator?

Forks Over Knives3 months ago
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Hi Maureen,
It can be stored in the fridge for five days. Hope you enjoy!

Louise Anker Petersen4 months ago
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Deliciously creamy. I think it’ll be very good with tomatoes. It definitely needs the full 2 tablespoons of mustard.

J Phillips1 year ago
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I used Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar and organic ground mustard. To my surprise, it was very spicy. I will likely cut the mustard amount in half next time.

Katie Franklin1 year ago
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thank you Laura I will look for that

Katie Franklin1 year ago
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Can someone tell me if we are supposed to use powdered mustard? If so it turned out horrible this way. I am wondering if anyone can tell me how they made it so I know what went wrong.

Laura Blue Petric1 year ago
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Katie- I haven’t made this yet but I believe they are referring to the prepared stone ground mustard not powdered ground mustard.

Katie1 year ago
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Mine turned out extremely too mustardy! I don’t understand if this recipe means to use this much powdered mustard or if I used the wrong ingredient….

Melissa1 year ago
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oh so yummy! Standing in the kitchen dipping carrots straight in!

Sandy2 years ago
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Taste so so good. I used regular mustard & ground some toasted mustard seeds up.

Kelly2 years ago
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Good and so easy to make. One of my go to dressings.

Sarah2 years ago
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This was great (and super easy!)! I’d compare it to a honey-mustard. I really enjoyed this dressing and will make it again. Next time I’ll probably triple or quadruple the recipe and then store it in a mason jar to use over the next 3-4 days (I eat huge salads, so I use a lot of dressing, LOL!).

I didn’t have date paste (and didn’t have time to make it), so I just used 5 pitted dates (not medjool, which are large dates) and blended until all was smooth (I do have a high-powered blender for the dates).

Sarah2 years ago
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EDIT: I just made this again! I listened to an old timey 1937 radio clip today that kept advertising Miracle Wip salad dressing, haha, and I decided a little mayo texture/flavor would be great with the particular salad I was having tonight!

To do this, simply add 1/2 cup coconut cream. If doubling the recipe, you’ll just use one can of coconut milk, and stop pouring once you get to the coconut water part at the bottom. It gives a great, mayo-like consistency when all blended up.

When doubled, with the coconut cream added, it makes about 1 quart of dressing.

You could probably use almond or soy milk as well, and perhaps a tablespoon or two of cashew butter to make it a little thicker.

I’m so thankful and happy to have found this great recipe from FOK! Thanks, FOK Team!! Have fun cooking everyone! 🙂

Helen Hutton2 years ago
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Can you recommend any particular brands of unsweetened applesauce that you can buy in the UK please – and which shop? Seems hard to get hold of – much more of an American type product but so useful as I see it popping up all over the place in healthy recipes

Bri7 months ago
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I make my own! Just blend apples with a little lemon juice. A high-powered blender helps. It’s so delicious.

Sarah2 years ago
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That stinks, Helen! I hope you were able to find an easy applesauce recipe perhaps? This is a great dressing! If you make a bunch at once, it would worth it for sure!

Judy Lautner2 years ago
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cucumber? There is no cucumber in this recipe.

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