Salad Dressings

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Homemade Healthy Salad Dressings

Making your own salad dressings is easy!  Using my favorite kitchen time-saving hint, I throw all my ingredients in a regular-mouth canning jar.  I attatch my blender apparatus, flip it onto the blender, and blend!  Remove, and voila!  Salad dressing ready to use, already in its jar!

Honey Mustard Dressing

  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup raw cider vinegar
  • 1 cup olive oil

If using blender method, combine all ingredients in quart jar and blend.  If mixing by hand, combine honey and mustard together, then mix in vinegar, adding the olive oil last.  Mix well.  This recipe makes 2 1/4 cups.

This recipe can be made in any quantity.  Notice that it is equal parts honey and mustard, a half part vinegar, and two parts oil.

 

Thousand Island Dressing

  • 1 cup plain yogurt
  • 2 T. olive oil
  • 1 T. tomato paste
  • 2 t. lemon juice
  • 2 t. mustard powder
  • 1 t. honey
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1/2 t. black pepper
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1 T. sweet pickle relish
  • 1 T. finely chopped green olives
  • 1 jalapeno, finely chopped (optional)

Combine all in blender.

 

Classic French Dressing

  • 3-4 parts olive oil
  • 1 part vinegar or lemon juice
  • Dijon mustard (about a tsp per cup of dressing)
  • Salt and Pepper

This is a base recipe.  You can all all manner of herbs, spices, soy sauce, sweeteners, or experiment with different vinegars.  The sky's the limit!

Asian Ginger-Lime Dressing

This one works best in a blender due to the ginger and garlic.  It has a wonderful flavor!

  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 piece peeled fresh ginger (approx golf-ball sized)
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1/4 cup soy or tamari sauce
  • 1 rounded tsp dijon mustard
  • Crushed red pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup sesame oil (optional)

Combine all in blender.  Makes about 2 cups.

Western French Dressing

  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup raw honey
  • 1/2 cup raw cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup organic ketchup
  • 1 t. garlic powder
  • 2 t. onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp celtic sea salt

Combine in blender.

 

Ranch Dressing

  • 1/2 cup yogurt or kefir
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 t. dijon mustard
  • splash of cider vinegar
  • 1 T. chopped green onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 t. Simply Organic or other all purpose herb blend
  • 1/2 t. salt, and pepper to taste

Whisk and chill.