Maple Tahini Dressing

by Sharon

“Think peanut butter, only made with sesame seeds.” OChef.com

How familiar are you with tahini?

For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations. (Isaiah 61:11; NIV)

Staying with our salad dressing recipes for the month, today’s recipe is a rather atypical dressing made with tahini. Perhaps you’re familiar with tahini if you’ve eaten hummus. Tahini, or sometimes known as sesame paste, is made from ground sesame seeds. Sesame seeds are soaked in water for a day, then crushed to separate the bran from the kernels. The crushed seeds are then put into salted water, where the bran sinks, but the kernels float and are skimmed off the surface. They are toasted, then ground to produce the paste.

Tahini is usually associated with the Middle East, where it is eaten as is. It’s also used in making hummus. I talked about hummus in the Daily Gram of October 23, 2007. Hummus is a dip or spread made with chick peas, lemon juice, garlic, and tahini. Baba ghanoush, (a dish made with eggplant) and halvah (a confection using honey) are also a couple of foods that use tahini.

Tahini is easily found now in the health food sections of the supermarket along with other nuts butters such as almond butter and organic peanut butter. It comes in a glass jar much like a peanut butter jar. It is light tan in color and is thinner in consistency than peanut butter although it is spreadable. When you open the jar, you’ll discover that the oil has separated and risen to the top. Stir it before using, (similar to mixing paint in a can) to even out the consistency. Once opened it is best to refrigerate tahini.

Today’s dressing gets a hint of sweetness from the maple syrup. Lemon juice is always nice with tahini. This dressing is good on green salads containing fruit as well as on spinach salads. Enjoy.

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Jerry Graham, aka "DocJerry," is a professional lifestyle and leadership coach and a social marketing authority who coaches ministry leaders, small business owners, and network marketers, on how to properly capitalize on the current Internet trends. He is also a blogger, a charter member and guide at Renegade University, and one of the Super Guides at Marketing Merge.

Sharon Graham, R.N., is a professional lifestyle coach and a wellness authority who coaches a broad range of clients from corporate executives, small-business owners, and other professionals, to stay-at-home moms and dads in how to achieve and maintain wellness. Sharon is also a blogger, a sought-after public speaker, and a great cook who is currently compiling a cookbook.