Green Salad with Toasted Mustard Seed Dressing

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By: Andrew Chase

The Canadian Prairies are home to huge fields of mustard, blooming dazzlingly in the summer and producing the world's second largest crop (after India). The flowering Prairies also give us bountiful amounts of canola for oil and pollen for exceptional honey.

Ingredients

1 tbsp (15 mL) yellow mustard seeds

1 tbsp (15 mL) black or yellow mustard seeds

3 tbsp (45 mL) cider vinegar

1-1/2 tsp (7 mL) liquid honey

1/4 tsp (1 mL) each salt and black pepper

Dash hot pepper sauce

1/4 cup (60 mL) canola oil

2 tbsp (30 mL) extra-virgin olive oil

3 tbsp (45 mL) finely chopped chives

1-1/2 tbsp (22 mL) finely chopped fresh dill

12 cups (3 L) salad greens

Preparation

In dry skillet over medium heat, toast yellow and black mustard seeds just until they begin to pop; grind coarsely. Transfer to bowl; mix in scant 1/4 cup/60 mL water to make paste. Let stand for 10 minutes.

Whisk in vinegar, honey, salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce. Whisk in canola and olive oils. Stir in chives and dill. Toss with salad greens.

Makes 8 to 12 servings.

Serving(s): 8 to 12

Nutritional Information
Per each of 12 servings: about
Calories	81
Protein	1 g
Fat (total)	8 g
Sat. Fat	1 g
Carbohydrate	3 g
Fibre	1 g
Cholesterol	0 mg
Sodium	62 mg
Calcium	4 % RDI
Iron	4 % RDI
Vitamin A	12 % RDI
Vitamin C	13 % RDI
Folate	22 % RDI

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Source

Homemakers Magazine: Summer 2007

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