Name: Tangy Beet-Cashew Dressing with Chile
Ingredients: 1 small-medium cooked and cooled red beet; 1/4 cup filtered water; 3 Tbsp. raw cashew butter, coconut butter, or tahini; 2 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. raw apple cider vinegar; 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil; 1 (1/4-inch) slice of a large garlic clove; 1/2 tsp. fine sea salt, plus more to taste; 1 recipe Beet Dressing, using raw cashew butter; 1 small red chile, seeded and chopped

Bright purple dressings being poured out of a blender into a clear jar.

Photo by Anson Smart

In Amy Chaplin's salads, the vegetables are in the dressing. This is just one version of the raw beet dressings from her book Whole Food Cooking Every Day, where she combines sweet beets with cashew butter and red chiles to create a rich, creamy sauce.

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