Tahini Sauce - By Vahchef @ vahrehvah.com

tahini

🥗Healthier: sunflower seed butter

💰Cheaper: peanut butter

Sunflower seed butter is lower in calories and peanut butter is often more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and vegetable oil is typically less expensive.

Roast sesame seeds if desired, or use raw sesame seeds.

Add sesame seeds to a blender.

Add a little salt to the blender.

Pour in 2 tablespoons of water.

Add chopped or whole garlic to the blender.

Blend until it becomes a coarse paste.

Add olive oil little by little while blending to achieve a finer paste.

Adjust the consistency: make it thinner for dressing or thicker for topping.

Add lemon juice if using immediately, otherwise wait until serving to add lemon juice.

Taste and adjust salt or olive oil as needed.

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