BBQ Vinaigrette

This is a great week! I am celebrating being smoke-free for 1/2 a year! On top of that, I have exceeded all of the weightloss goals I put in place for myself.

To date, I have lost a total of 47 pounds!

I went from a size 12/14 to a size 4/6!

I lost more than 7" off my waist alone!!

And I am wearing those shorts that I said I would be wearing by the Fourth of July!


Recognizing my accomplishments filled me a with a touch of creative inspiration yesterday. I wanted to come up with a homemade, clean recipe to share in honor of summer and the upcoming holiday. I was thinking BBQ and salad. I came up with this tasty dressing:


1/4 cup of ALL NATURAL BBQ SAUCE of your choosing
I went with Jack Stack original recipe BBQ sauce. Be sure to check the sugar
content! Even molasses or honey can add a ton of sugar and make a clean
recipe, not so clean. My BBQ sauce had 4 grams per serving.
1/8 cup of Olive oil
1/4 cup of vinegar
1/4 cup of chopped, fresh cilantro
2 large cloves of garlic, pressed
black pepper to taste

Makes about 6 servings


I served this over Arugula, garbanzo beans, corn, and walnuts.

This went great with Trader Joe's Chili-Lime Chicken Burgers.


Lexy.