Eden Oil Substitute

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Tags: Eat To Live, gluten-free

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Submitted by: Cheryl

This recipe is for an oil substitute for use in salad dressings. The thing I miss about oil in my salad dressings is the “mouth feel”, or the texture. This is not perfect and doesn’t always do the trick, but I love using this to cut the fat in some of my favorite dressings. This recipe is from “The High Road to Health” by Lindsay Wagner. (Remember that old book?)

“This recipe comes to us from Eden Foods. Replace all or part of the oil in any cold salad dressing with this oil substitute.”

1/3 C water
1/2 Tbs. agar flakes
1 C mild soy milk

-Place water and agar in a small saucepan and simmer, stirring often, until agar is dissolved, 5-8 minutes.

-Pour the soy milk into a blender and add the agar mixture.

-Add all the other ingredients, blend until smooth, and chill for 45 minutes. If making it to have on hand, store it in a closed container in the refrigerator without adding the other dressing ingredients, and use in place of oil in salad dressings.

makes 1-2/3 Cups

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2 Responses to “Eden Oil Substitute”

1. SusanV (admin) Says:

   April 8th, 2012 at 4:09 pm

   Thanks for your kind words, Donna. I was stumped by your question, but fortunately I have the book this recipe comes from. But you know what–it’s exactly the same in the book! I think what it means is to add all of your other dressing ingredients, though that doesn’t explain the discrepancy in the amount it makes. Maybe the blending whips it up so its volume is greater?
2. Donna Says:

   April 8th, 2012 at 2:32 pm

   Hi Susan,
   I just want to say thank you for all the fabulous recipes you supply us readers with. Your time, effort and energy, not to mention all those great photos you take of your never ending wonderful creations. I feel so lucky and fortunate to have learned about you. I appreciate so much the fact that you share graciously your creative recipes with anyone who wants them. The few I’ve tried so far have been yummy to say the least.
   My question is what are the other ingredients the directions say to add after pouring the soy milk into a blender and add the agar mixture?
   Seems to me it’s missing 1/3 cups – 1/2 Tbs, of an ingredient or ingredients that is not mentioned in the recipe?
   I’m curious because I would love to have a good oil substitute recipe to use as replacement in cold salad dressing recipes, etc.
   I anxiously await your response as I have some fruit salad recipes I want to try and some of the dressings that go with them call for oil.
   Sincerely,
   Donna