Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Homemade Salad Dressings

It could be that everyone and their dog makes their own salad dressings using fresh ingredients, and avoiding spending $$ on store bought, so maybe this won't be interesting at all. My hope is that at least someone will enjoy these 3 salad dressings, the last of which is still in progress. I'd love more suggestions if anyone has some!

This dressing goes well with the following ingredients:
Greens, cucs, dried crans, diced apple, tomato, slivered almonds, and feta.

1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. salsa
1 tsp. curry
1 tsp. powdered mustard
1/4 c. red wine vinegar
1/3 c. e-voo

This dressing goes with a Grilled Chicken Salad with Oranges recipe that is pretty tasty, but I just had it with greens, cucs, snap peas, black beans, feta, and sunflower seeds, and it was great! Let me know if you want the chicken salad recipe, although it might be on the blog already, I don't remember. I usually double this recipe.

1/3 c. orange juice (I like fresh!)
2 Tbsp lemon juice
3 Tbsp e-voo
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1/4 tsp. salt
pepper to taste

So, the dressing in progress is just a simple olive oil and vinegar, about half and half. Brian suggested adding chervil and marjoram, and pepper. Any more suggestions?

Enjoy saving money and eating healthy!

2 comments:

  1. Becky -
    My favorite salad dressing is a vinaigrette from food network and is supposed to go on arugula, but I usually put it on a baby spinach salad. Everyone I have made it for really likes it. Anyway, here is the recipe:

    1 Shallot, finely minced
    1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
    1/4 cup evoo
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1 teaspoon honey
    Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

    Hope you enjoy!!

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  2. Thanks for the great recipe, KC!

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