my favorite salad dressing!
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 3:43PM Courtney I have started making all the salad dressing we use and I really love it more than anything. Whenever I have to choose a store bought dressing I get sad..it just cant compare to our dressings at home. My friend who is a wonderful cook and a registered dietain shared this recipewith me! I adore this salad dressing, it adds such great flavor to any salad you can imagine. I especially love it with a simple bed of lettuce, some strawberries and parmesean cheese (or goat cheese if you like the taste!). Easy peasy, delish and filling! It does have quit a bit of sugar in it...but its easily adjustable. You can lower the amount and still have a great tasting dressing. I have also made it with honey and it works out wonderfully!
I usually make a big enough batch to fit into a wide mouth mason jar. (I also have a huge love affair with mason jars..I use them for everything!!) Everytime I put the dressing in the fridge the olive oil would harden up! One day I wanted the dressing ASAP so I heated it up for a second in the microwave and all the sudden it no longer gets hard in the fridge.
Dressing:
- 2/3 C oil
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 C wine vinegar
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Put all ingredients into mason jar and shake well! Pour on your salad and enjoy!
Reader Comments (2)
I just love a good, classic salad dressing, and this one sounds delish!
Nothing like homemade dressing. I make my own too and this looks really good! I love trying different ones!