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Homemade Salad Dressing
I love a simple homemade salad dressing, also known as a basic vinaigrette. Get the ratio down and you can vary the ingredients for a year of delicious salads with seasonal ingredients. Make this dressing in 1 minute; anywhere, anytime.
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Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
Canadian
Keyword:
homemade salad dressing
Prep Time:
1
minute
minute
Servings:
4
salads
Author:
Cinde Little
Ingredients
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1
tablespoon
wine vinegar or lemon juice
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3
tablespoon
olive oil
(extra virgin or any oil of your choice)
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1
teaspoon
Dijon mustard
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salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
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Instructions
1 MINUTE SALAD DRESSING
Measure all ingredients into a Mason jar and shake. Or whisk in a bowl and transfer to a jar.
Store in the fridge. Keeps indefinitely.
EMULSIFIED DRESSING
Put vinegar and mustard in a tall blender cup or 2-cup Mason jar. With the blender running drizzle in the oil in a slow, steady stream.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Notes
The acid for a basic vinaigrette dressing is typically lemon juice or vinegar and that gives you a lot of variety to choose from.
Juices like lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit or tomato are all acidic and work well in dressing.
For gluten free it’s best to stick with plain, unseasoned vinegars like red wine, white wine, apple cider, balsamic, sherry or rice.
Avoid distilled white vinegar. It may be good for cleaning your coffee machine but it’s too harsh for a salad.
To get any other flavours you want simply add spices, herbs or any food to either the dressing or the salad.