The HOUSE Dressing

I know, it’s been a while since you’ve heard a peep out of me.  What can I say except I’ve been busy - first I took my granddaughter on a train trip from Whitefish, MT to Cincinnati, OH.  That was an adventure!  Then, there has been all the gardening and more gardening, and we are also in the process of finishing up some interior remodeling that is requiring us to remove all of the furniture from most of our house.  UGH!  This is the last big shot on the remodel and so I will be happy when it is all over.
 
And so, with a lettuce bed that looks like this, what's a person to do... except eat salad!

Now, for that recipe you have been waiting for.  With a lot of lettuce ready for the salad plate something  got me reminiscing about a little restaurant that I used to frequent back around 1990 in Olympia, Washington.  It was called the Urban Onion and I don’t know if it’s still there or not, but they had this fabulous house dressing that makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

To make a long story short, after many lunches and salads at this wonderful little place, I finally got up the nerve to ask, “Would you consider giving out the recipe for your salad dressing?”  To my surprise, the wait person returned from the kitchen with a photocopy of a typed version of the recipe.  Apparently I was not the first person to ask, and they generously shared this delicious recipe with everyone. 

On a mission, I dug through my recipe file, which consists of a bunch of pieces of paper of all sizes and shapes, in no particular order, torn from store fliers, newspapers, written on the backs of greeting cards, photo copies, hand written by me and friends, and whole pages ripped from magazines over a period of at least 40 years.  There it was... on that original, slightly tattered, yellowed with age, and splashed with ingredients from previous makings, half sheet of photocopy paper from 1990.  

Elyse’s Potpourri - 
Urban Onion
Recipe - Lemon Tahini Dressing
Ingredients:
2 cups safflower oil
3/4 cup lemon juice
½ cup soy sauce
½ medium onion
1/3 green pepper
2 stalks celery
1 cup tahini
Method:
1.Chop all veggies
2.Mix all ingredients
3.Process until it all comes together

Yield: Approx. 4+ cups
Today I only had olive oil and used a gypsy pepper from the garden.  It was as delicious as I remembered.  If you like Anne's Goddess dressing, you will love this, it's way better without the vinegary taste.

Some how in my mind, 1990 was only about 10 years ago, but 22 years later, here it is!  From Elyse to you... Enjoy!  Thank you Elyse, where ever you are I hope you are well!