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7 years ago

salad dressing recipe? I just ate my way through Europe and need to get back on track. Dressing is everything!

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  • 7 years ago

    Grain mustard with olive oil, vinegar (red wine vinegar is my choice) and salt and pepper is my husbands favorite... and it is super easy. He eats a lot of salad so I make a jar once a week.

    llitm thanked Anne
  • 7 years ago

    My favorite is just olive oil, vinegar and salt and pepper. I use different vintagers -- raspberry, balsamic, even good old cider. And I toss the greens with the oil and then I add salt and pepper and then toss with the vinegar -- half as much. Taste and readjust s and p if necessary. But the secret is tossing the greens with the dressing so that it's not swimming. Just enough to coat the leaves!

    llitm thanked User
  • 7 years ago

    Just olive oil, fresh lemon juice, and salt. Whist until it's yellow and enjoy.

    llitm thanked sealavender
  • 7 years ago

    This miso ginger carrot dressing is delicious and unusual. I like to poach some chicken and then put on a platter with sliced avocado and different veggies and a bowl of this for everyone to help themselves when I feel need to detox.

  • 7 years ago

    I go through phases, this week they have been tossed with a olive oil salt pepper rice wine vinegar and a dash of sesame oil. Last week it was carrot ginger tahini dressing, which is made in cuisinart.

    llitm thanked localeater
  • 7 years ago

    I don't like vinaigrettes that are too oily. This time of year, I love anything citrus-based. I just made this. Very simple.


    fresh squeezed orange juice (about 1 cup)

    salt and pepper

    chili powder

    dried basil

    Just a bit of olive oil (1T)


    Orange juice also works well with curry powder instead of the chili powder. I also like Trader Joe's balsamic vinegar, with a bit of salt and olive oil.

    llitm thanked Feathers11
  • 7 years ago

    Oh, I love that TJ orange champagne vinegar!

  • 7 years ago

    I will making that liquid gold! Sounds great!

  • 7 years ago

    Sara, does this look like the recipe you use?

    Dressing

    • ¼ cup Sprouts organic expeller pressed canola oil
    • 1 tablespoon organic Sprouts sesame oil
    • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
    • 1 tablespoons lime juice
    • 2 tablespoons white miso (see notes)
    • 1 teaspoon honey
    • 2 medium carrots, cut into several pieces
    • 1 inch long piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into slices
    • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 7 years ago

    mtn, you are right about [Americans] overdressing salads. About 10 years ago, I took a friend to France and when the first salad she ordered there came, she looked at it and said they had forgotten the dressing. I told her to just taste it-the dressing was there. She was astounded. So funny. Another reason I have been a Francophile since I was 11 years old!

    llitm thanked cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
  • 7 years ago

    My favorite is to drizzle on excellent olive oil...right now I'm using Edda which is to die for....and splash on some aged balsamic vinegar with a sprinkle of salt and fresh ground pepper.

    My GF brought a most delish salad dressing with a salad to dinner...I asked her for the recipe and then saw why....it's mostly olive oil! Yum!

    llitm thanked Annie Deighnaugh
  • 7 years ago

    Well, shoot, Mtn...our TJ's didn't have the orange champagne vinegar. :(


  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    What say you - it's available on Amazon - Prime too.

    My favorite is apple cider vinegar, oil, lemon juice, dijon mustard, honey and spices - I'll have to dig up the recipe.

    llitm thanked maire_cate