2-Ingredient Asian Lime Dressing for Lettuce, Cucumbers or Noodles (Paleo, AIP, Keto, Gluten-free options)

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2-Ingredient Asian Lime Dressing for Lettuce, Cucumbers or Noodles allows you to make the easiest dinner or side dish, with the simplest of ingredients! This simple recipe is light and flavorful, perfect for a healthy meal.

Use regular, grain-free, low carb, vegetable or Gluten-free noodles (links below) for a delectable satisfying noodle experience! Or serve tossed with salad greens for a nonfat, no oil — but lovely — dressing.

No, my intention in creating this recipe was not to create a nonfat dressing. It just happens to be that way, and awesomely delicious!

Depending on if you choose lettuce, cucumbers or noodles, this recipe can be made Paleo, AIP, VAD (Low vA), Whole30, Keto, Low FODMAP, GAPS and/or Gluten-free.

When my 15-year-old son first had this dressing tossed with cucumber noodles, he told me he wanted the recipe!

He likes to dabble with cooking. I told him it was pretty simple … as you’ll see!

Asian Lime Dressing Ingredients

Only two ingredients go into Asian Lime Dressing:

• coconut aminos
• fresh lime juice

If you’re not already familiar with coconut aminos, it’s a grain-free, soy-free version of soy sauce.

Coconut aminos is less salty than soy sauce, a little sweeter and sourced from coconut palm buds. The umami flavor it imparts is an unparalleled contributor of flavor to many Asian dishes, and even some non-Asian ones (like this Caesar Dressing).

Combined with lime juice, this dressing is perfect; it checks all the boxes:

• both rich and acidic
• fresh tasting and bold
• flavorful but light

How to make Asian Lime Dressing thicker

As-is, Asian Lime Dressing coats either lettuce, cucumbers or noodles beautifully. It’s light and welcome.

But some of you might like a thicker dressing that coats whatever it’s tossed with more.

If that’s you, one additional ingredient is used optionally, to thicken. See the Recipe Notes below for that option.

How to make Asian Lime Dressing

To make Asian Lime Dressing, simply whisk together the two ingredients.

Toss with salad greens, sliced/spiralized cucumbers or a variety of noodles, your choice (cooked, rinsed and cooled if traditional pasta).

What to serve with this dressing

IDEA #1 ~ Top Asian Lime Dressing salad or noodles with your protein of choice, or plate meat next to your salad/noodles.

• This could be grilled or roasted meat, sautéed/stove top meat, baked and sliced, leftover meat, shredded meat; it’s hard to go wrong.
• Leftover chopped or shredded meat can also be tossed in, so it, too, can absorb the dressing.
• If you choose Pad Thai Rice Noodles, follow this recipe for Cold Thai Noodle Salad. Place meat next to, or on top, of noodles.

IDEA #2 ~ Serve with freshly cooked salmon or any seafood. Examples include: Asian Salmon or Salmon Patties.

IDEA #3 ~ Asian Lime Dressing may also be mashed into tuna for a light, lovely tuna salad.

IDEA #4 ~ Make a chopped salad (and toss the dressing in) or a composed salad, and drizzle over.

Serve this salad as the only salad for the meal, or alongside a variety of salads.

Noodle options to serve with Asian Lime Dressing

• For the best Asian meal experience, the noodles happen to also be Gluten-free! Use Pad Thai Rice Noodles: Here.
• To use cucumbers, see the Notes section below, to spiralize.
• For Paleo pasta, use cassava noodles: Here.
• To eat Ancestral pasta, choose noodles made in Italy with only one ingredient: Organic semolina: Here.
  • Be sure the pasta is not enriched with vitamins.
  • This pasta is very gentle and perfect for VAD as well as those of you who enjoy sourdough but avoid mainstream processed breads and pastas. Look for this kind of pasta online, Trader Joe’s or at natural food markets.

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Asian Lime Dressing for Lettuce or Noodles

2-Ingredient Asian Lime Dressing for Noodles allows you to make the easiest dinner or side dish, with the simplest of ingredients! This simple dressing recipe is light and flavorful, perfect to support a healthy meal. Use salad greens, regular, grain-free, low carb, cucumber or Gluten-free noodles.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Total Time5 minutes mins

Course: Main Dish, Salad, salad dressing

Cuisine: American, Asian

Keyword: asian, lime, salad dressing

Servings: 6 servings, or more

Calories: 12kcal

Author: Megan

Cost: $2

Equipment

• measuring cup (like Pyrex) that can double as a mixing bowl, OR: a ¼ cup measuring cup + a small mixing bowl

Ingredients

• ¼ cup coconut aminos
• 1-½ limes juiced, 3 Tablespoons

Instructions

• In small mixing bowl, whisk together two ingredients: coconut aminos and fresh lime juice. Use, or refrigerate for up to 3 days until ready to use.
  
• When ready to serve, toss with lettuce, cucumbers or cooked, rinsed and cooled noodles.
  

Notes

If you want the dressing thicker, use:

• 1 Tablespoon nut butter of choice
  
  • pecan butter, sustainable almond butter, macadamia nut butter (make your own for the best quality), tiger nut butter for AIP or nut-free, or even peanut butter for non-Paleo and a more Thai version.

Instructions: If you want the dressing thicker, whisk in the optional nut butter with Step 1 above, until totally smooth.

How to serve with cucumbers

1. Spiralize or slice 2 cucumbers. (When slicing, I like to peel, slice lengthwise in half, then slice into half rounds.)
2. Toss with dressing. Serve, or marinate first until ready to serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 12kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0.04g | Fat: 0.01g | Saturated Fat: 0.002g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 226mg | Potassium: 6mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 3IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.03mg

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