A good smoothie should be creamy, cold, and smooth. Sure, you can add milk to help with the texture, but not everyone wants to start their day with dairy. For a smooth, creamy, slightly nutty blended beverage, Epicurious takes a page from the book of hummus and employs the power of tahini.
Tahini is a sesame paste most commonly used in hummus, baba ghanoush, and salad dressings, but it can add moisture and nutty goodness to a whole variety of sweets.
Beetroot salad may not sound super exciting, but swapping out raw beetroot for super tender, savoury, salt-crusted ones ups the flavour factor and makes for a super tasty, not at all boring salad.
If you're allergic to eggs, just don't like mayonnaise, or tired of the same old recipes, pasta and potato salads may seem firmly off the menu, but substituting tahini for mayo will give you a creamy, extremely flavorful salad, no mayo needed.
