Cilantro Vinaigrette

So good it will make your toes curl the first time you taste it.

Makes about 1 ¾ cups

• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 ½ cups cilantro leaves
• 1 cup Italian parsley leaves
• ½ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• ¼ cup diced tomato
• 1 ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Plenty of freshly ground black pepper
• Dash Tabasco or similar hot sauce
• 1 cup olive oil
  

Combine all of the ingredients except oil in a food processor; buzz until smooth. You may need to scrape the processor sides down once or twice. If your machine’s pusher tube has a tiny hole, pour the oil into the tube in two batches and let it drip in as the machine runs. Otherwise, remove the pusher and gradually drip in the oil. Taste for seasoning and transfer the dressing to a refrigerator storage container.

From Passionate Vegetarian, by Crescent Dragonwagon