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Making your own salad dressing
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bumping because these sound amazing!0
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Bumping for later! Ta for this!0
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Juice of 1 lemon
Juice of 1/2 orange
1/4 c. Apple Cider Vinegar (raw, organic)
1 T. Dijon
1/8 c. Olive Oil
1/4 c. Water
1 garlic clove, minced
Salt & Cayenne Pepper
The mustard is important to help hold the vinaigrette together.
This is my usual, but I like my dressing more vinegary than most. A typical ratio is 1:2 vinegar:oil.
Once you get the basics, you'll be adding your own twists like soy sauce & ginger or basil, oregano & Parmesan.
Also - I love the idea someone posted of adding fresh strawberries to get a thicker consistency. I always add fruit to my salads. Good luck!0 -
Oh, I want to add that I also use extra fresh lemon or lime before adding vinaigrette. It makes the vinaigrette go further and with fewer calories.
My trick at work is to put my salad into a gallon size zipper bag, squeeze the lemon in and then add dressing. Shake the bag to evenly distribute.0 -
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I cut way back on salad dressing calories by using 1 part Ranch and 3 parts roasted salsa verde - Its the BOMB!
Just wanted to thank you for sharing this one--tried it last night and it was sooo yummy! I'm a sucker for anything with salsa verde in it. Never would've thought of mixing it with ranch and trying it on salad.0 -
I usually keep it simple. It's just worth noting though that the quality of olive oil you use can really affect the taste of a simple oil and vinegar dressing, I'd stick with something higher quality and not the stuff you cook with. As for vinegar, there's a whole assortment of aged balsamic vinegar that most people aren't aware of. A bottle might be somewhat expensive compared to cheaper vinegar but it'll last you a long time. Aged balsamic also works really well with vanilla ice cream if you get sick of salads.
If I make something more complex, it's usually some form of honey mustard dressing.0 -
my fav salad dressing is just salt pepper and fresh squeezed lemon juice. But for a tip, try using a shaker bottle to blend your dressing. I use my shaker bottle to make homemade mayo and with the mayo I sometimes make thousand island dressing.0
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