Raw Vegan Caesar Salad Recipe

A raw vegan Caesar salad recipe that will make you love dairy-free, oil-free salads. This recipe uses chia seeds to thicken it, not gunky emulsifiers and thickeners often found in the processed, store-bought stuff. Chia is such an easy, omega-3 rich way to make your salad dressing stick to your salad greens. Which is always a good thing.

Ingredients

For the salad

• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 1 nori sheet
• Black pepper, to taste

For the dressing

• 1/2 cup pine nuts
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
• 1 garlic clove (optional — I did not use it, but you can if you want it to be more authentic)
• 2 tablespoons soaked capers
• 1 medium zucchini

Instructions

For the dressing

1. Blend all ingredients until completely smooth. If you would like the dressing to turn out white, peel the zucchini and save the peels for a juice or put them in any other sauce, dressing, or dip.

To assemble

1. Chop the romaine thinly.
2. Tear a nori sheet by hand and sprinkle into the romaine.
3. Mix with the dressing, and sprinkle with black pepper.

Notes

The dressing makes enough for 2 salads (2 heads of romaine), or for 1 salad if you really love plenty of dressing!