Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette Recipe

    Yes, I know it 's been waaaaaaaaaaay toooooooooooooo looooooooooooooong since I've posted anything. I'm sorry :(  Ready for my list of excuses? 1- I got a job, yay!!! 2- Because of said job, I've been super lazy and we've been eating out way too much, boo 3- It takes longer to blog than I originally thought, so when I get the urge, I'm like "ugh! Not enough time, I'll do it later" 4- I could keep going but I think you guys get the point, right?
    So, now let's talk food! I stinking love Chipotle! Its one of my go to spots. For under $8 I get a fresh, yummy, vegetarian salad. Yes!I know I could make a salad at home for cheaper, but sometimes, especially with the kids out on summer vacation, I just need to grab something quick before I head into work. Now, "what makes their salad so yummy?" you ask. Great question! It's the salad dressing. The stuff is so good I'm quite sure I could drink it!!!! The stuff is AMAZING!
   So, like 2 weeks ago I tried looking up a recipe for their dressing online. I found this recipe. By now, I think you're all aware of the fact that I'm horrible at measuring and I never follow recipes exactly. The first time I made it I was in a super hurry and just threw all of the ingredients into my blendtec and it's was good and a half. the second time I made I followed the recipe measurements and you know what? It's was so stinking oily :(  that's all you could taste. It upset my tummy almost immediately and neither hubby nor I finished our salads.
    As we were putting our leftovers away, I fixed the salad dressing and have been enjoying since. I even took in a huge salad with all the fixings and my salad dressing to work to bless my coworkers with lunch and it was a big success. The ladies have already declared that I shall be the one who'll be cooking for us at our next conference!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
1/3 cup honey
1TBSP adobo seasoning (more or less to taste)
1TBSP oregano
1/2 olive oil

Directions:
I threw everything in my blendtec and pressed the salad dressing button.


 
Everything in the blender.
 
After it's been blended (it will separate again after it sits a bit).
 
 
On my salad!
 
 
    See? Easy peasy!  Now, for the salad it's: lettuce, cabbage, grilled onions and red and green bell peppers, corn salsa (I'll get a recipe for this up soon), a roasted tomato and tomatillo salsa (I'll get a recipe for this up soon too), rice and beans (at the restaurant I get brown rice and black beans, but here I had my Mexican rice and homemade refried beans- I'll post up my recipe for this as well), guacamole, shredded cheese and this superb salad dressing.
So...what are you waiting for? You know you wanna go cook now ;) You're welcome! Enjoy!!!
 
 


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