Sunflower Caesar Salad | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with sunflower Caesar.

That's right, we're making a Caesar salad with a flower so useful and so beautiful that they actually named the sun after it. And did this come out as good or better than a traditional Caesar? Well, I will let you know later.

But before I get to the results, let me show you how to put this dressing together. Starting with some sunflower seeds or kernels to be more accurate since they're out of the show. And in the original vegan Caesar dressing recipe, which this is based on, we would be using the raw ones that we'd soak overnight, which give a more subtle flavor and creamier texture, but I decided to go for more flavor, and I was fine with having a less smooth texture.

But either way, we'll add those to a blender along with a fresh garlic clove.

And I only used one, but I kind of wished I'd used two. And then we'll also want to add some capers, followed by a nice big spoon of Dijon mustard for some sharpness and acidity. Speaking of which, we will also add some freshlysqueezed lemon juice. And then we'll follow that with our salty elements in the form of soy sauce. And of course, some Wisher sauce.