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Immune Miso Dressing

February 24, 2020 | Sauces and Dressings

This delicious Immune Miso Dressing will not only make your salad taste special, but also support your health.

This immune miso dressing is a quick and easy way to add a burst of flavour and nourishment to your meals. The lemon, white miso, and olive oil make it a delicious addition to salads, veggies, or grain bowls.

This Immune Miso Dressing truely is food as medicine and one of my favourite dressings. I love making salad dressings, they can completely transform a plain salad or a bowl of steamed vegetables into something special.

Health benefits

They also contribute valuable nutrition…the monounsaturated fats and antioxidants in extra virgin olive oil are immune protective and when served with salad and vegetables, actually enhance the absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins found in them. The lemon juice and zest supports a healthy immune system and assists in the digestion of vitamins and minerals, most of which are more efficiently absorbed in an acidic environment. The miso is a fabulous source of probiotics to further support digestive and immune health.

This is my family’s all time favourite dressing right now and I know you’re going to love it too. We use it over green salads, slaws, steamed or roasted vegetables and also love it over poached or scrambled eggs (it’s a bit like a hollandaise). It’s also great over fish or chicken or even lamb.

Why you should always avoid shop bought dressings

Looking at the ingredients list, even the ‘natural’ dressings are a nutritional disaster and need to be avoided. Most are a combination of highly processed vegetable oils, sugar (many of the dressings on the market list it as the third ingredient), sulphites and other damaging and allergenic additives. To read more about the dangers of vegetable oils and why we need to avoid them, click HERE.

Ingredients

The dressing is made with simple, wholesome ingredients, including white miso paste, garlic, lemon juice and zest, honey, and olive oil.

How to make this immune miso dressing

To make this dressing, combine white miso, crushed garlic, lemon juice and zest, honey, and olive oil in a jar. Shake the jar vigorously until everything is well combined. The ratio of olive oil to lemon juice should be about 3:1, but a little variation won’t hurt. Add salt and pepper to taste (optional, remember the miso is naturally salty).

Serving suggestions and how to store

This dressing is perfect for drizzling over fresh salads, roasted vegetables, or even grilled meats. Store it in a jar in the fridge for up to four to five days, shaking well before each use to ensure it’s fully mixed.

Vary this immune miso dressing to suit your needs

For a garlic-free option, simply omit the garlic or substitute some of the olive oil with garlic-infused oil. To make it vegan, swap out the honey for maple syrup, which adds a slightly different but equally delicious sweetness.


For more quick, easy healthy salad dressing recipes, click HERE.


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Immune Miso Dressing

Prep 5 minutes minutes
Total 5 minutes minutes
Serves: 8
This delicious Immune Miso Dressing will not only make your salad taste special, but also support your health.
This delicious salad dressing is a healthy, immune supportive and delicious way to enhance salad or vegetables.
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp white miso paste
  • 1 clove/s garlic – crushed
  • 1 lemon/s (small) juice and zest
  • 1 tsp honey – raw or manuka
  • 100 ml extra virgin olive oil (approx.)

Method

  • Place all of the ingredients into a jar. You should aim for approx. 3 times the amount of olive oil to lemon juice. You don't have to be exact here, near enough is fine.
  • Shake really well to combine.

Store

  • In a jar in the fridge and keep for up to 4-5 days. Shake well each time you use it.

Variations

Garlic-free

Just leave it out or replace some of the olive oil with garlic oil if you tolerate it. 

Vegan

Replace the honey with maple syrup.
 
Let me know how you enjoy this delicious dressing, post a comment below. 
Course: Salad
Author: Georgia Harding

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Category: Sauces and Dressings Tags: coconutfree, cornfree, dairyfree, dressing, eggfree, garlicfree, grainfree, miso, onionfree, seafoodfree, sesamefree, vegan, vegetarian, wheatfree, yeastfree

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  1. Merrilee Clark says

    5 stars
    My favourite dressing. Transforms a salad, every single time. Thank you xx

    September 12, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      I’m so glad you think so Merrilee, I totally agree with you, it’s my all time favourite combo right now. G x

      September 14, 2020
      Reply
  2. Danni Heah says

    Hi, I love the sound of this dressing but my husband can’t have citrus or vinegar at the moment as it’s flaring his psoriasis. He’s working with a naturopath on his gut function so hoping to get it back in the diet soon. In the meantime, is there anything else we could sub in place of the lemon juice that isn’t vinegar? Thanks! ❤️

    September 17, 2020
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    • Georgia Harding says

      Hhhm, probably the toughest question I’ve been asked. The whole flavour profile of this relies on an acid so this may have to wait until he’s better. You could try it without, can he have the zest?

      September 18, 2020
      Reply
  3. Megan English says

    5 stars
    I cannot believe how good this dressing tastes, I could drink it straight from the jar!!! Thanks for such a simple delicious dressing. I make miso soups but this dressing alone is reason enough to have my fridge stocked with miso paste 🙂

    September 20, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Ha ha – me too! So glad you love it as much as I do, appreciate the 5 s too G x

      September 21, 2020
      Reply
  4. gretchen fraser says

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious!

    October 31, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      Ah so glad you loved it too Gretchen G x

      October 31, 2020
      Reply
  5. Kylie Severin says

    It looks fabulous. Do you have a brand (or brands) of miso paste you recommend?

    November 3, 2020
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      I like the Carawari Japanese Organic miso paste. Best to stick with organic if you can so as to avoid any GMOs G x

      November 4, 2020
      Reply
  6. Shaylee Martin says

    Any suggestions on what to use the dressing with please? 🙂

    July 12, 2021
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      We use it over green salads, slaws, steamed or roasted vegetables and also love it over poached or scrambled eggs (it’s a bit like a hollandaise). It’s also great over fish or chicken or even lamb. G x

      July 15, 2021
      Reply
  7. Judith Janse van Rensburg says

    How long does it last for Georgia?

    November 16, 2021
    Reply
    • Well Nourished Team says

      Hi Judith, it should last around 3 – 4 days in the fridge.

      November 16, 2021
      Reply
  8. Cathrine McInerney says

    5 stars
    Just made it and I’m loving the taste test 🙂
    Baking some pumpkin and red onion and plan to drizzle the dressing over it. Having Steak tonight with the veges as a side 🥰🥰

    November 21, 2021
    Reply
    • Georgia Harding says

      So glad you’re loving it so far, perfect over baked veggies too and super nourishing too G x

      November 21, 2021
      Reply
  9. Erin says

    5 stars
    This is yummo, so good. Miss 3 was saying she didn’t want any but it was too late I’d already put it on. She wasn’t going to eat it but I saw her having a taste before she took her plate to the table and she said loudly yummie then proceeded to eat all her salad 👏🏼. Whole family enjoyed it. It’s definitely going to be a regular. So easy to prepare as well 🤩. I sub red miso paste, apple cider vinegar and half half olive and flax seed oils.

    December 11, 2021
    Reply
    • Well Nourished Team says

      Hi Erin! What a win, so glad she loved it!

      December 14, 2021
      Reply
  10. Candi says

    5 stars
    This recipe is really nice. I enjoyed my breakfast of stir fried greens with this dressing and two boiled eggs over the top 🙂

    March 10, 2022
    Reply
    • Well Nourished Team says

      Sounds so delicious Candi ☺️

      March 14, 2022
      Reply
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