Spring and a Poet's Thoughts Turn to Salad....

I have Salad-Making Resistance. I like to eat the stuff, but the machinations of preparing it somehow bore me. But I do have salad mix, baby carrots and other things about, and when there is no Annie's Cowgirl Ranch Dressing to motivate me, there is:

Lemon-Sesame Dressing (from the Cabbagetown Cafe Cookbook)

1/4 cup sesame seeds
1 cup light vegetable oil
Juice of two lemons
2 Tbs red wine vinegar
1 Tb tamari or soy sauce
I cup lightly packed fresh green herbs (chives, scallions, parseley, basil, dill)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp dried thyme or finely chopped fresh thyme
1/4 tsp dried or fresh whole rosemary.

Toast the sesame seeds over low heat in a frying pan until they're lightly browned. They burn easily!

Measure everything, including seeds, into blender and blend until smooth.