creamy cilantro-lime dressing [porter]

Creamy cilantro-lime dressing on taco salad

Fiance and I have taco night on a regular rotation.  We brown up some ground turkey with diced onions, simmer it in a layer of pre-made taco seasoning, and slap it in to a warm tortilla with fresh diced onion, cilantro, a dollop of plain Greek yogurt, and grated cheddar cheese.  We always have leftovers and changing it up a little to not have the same meal twice in a row, we threw most of the same ingredients on top of a bed of lettuce (plus chopped carrots and tortilla chips, less Greek yogurt).  Typically this bed of lettuce would be mixed greens, but spinach is all we had (there's always spinach in the fridge for our smoothies).  Wanting to hedge the non-traditional spinach factor, I experimented for a killer dressing.  Fiance commented, "bottle this one up and I'll have it over and over again."

The Ingredients:

dresses 2 large salads

1 lime, juice only (about 1 T)

1/8 c cilantro, leaves only

2 T light miracle whip

2 T olive oil

1 dash onion powder
pepper to taste

The how to:
In a food processor, first process the lime juice and cilantro together.  You may have to stop processing and scrape down the sides once or twice to get the cilantro evenly chopped.  Next, add the miracle whip, olive oil, onion powder and pepper to the cilantro-lime mixture and process until smooth.  If you would like a thinner dressing, add more oil to preference.

Side notes:
I strongly suggest fresh lime juice for this dressing as it brings the right amount of sour kick and provides vitamin C.  Lime juice from those squeeze bottles will do the trick if that's all that's on hand, but you may have to add a touch more to get the same taste.  Light Miracle Whip is my "mayonnaise" of choice so it's always around, but feel free to try with regular mayonnaise or plain Greek yogurt (will not provide the same tangy taste, so may need a small pinch of salt and extra lime to compensate).

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