Salad dressing is one of the easiest condiments to make. Shake oil, vinegar and a few seasonings together in a jar and you have a simple vinaigrette that will made lettuce sparkle.
I've posted a few recipes for salad dressings on this blog, including one with beer, a simple honey balsamic dressing, another with walnut oil. Search through the salad recipes for others including citrus, zesty garlic and more.
I recently read the ingredients on a commercial balsamic vinaigrette:
water
soybean oil
balsamic vinegar
white wine vinegar
sugar
salt
spice
maltodextrin
modified food starch
yeast extract
natural flavors (including soy lecithin)
whey
xanthan gum
natural flavor
less than 0.1% sodium benzoate added as a preservative
garlic
onion
caramel color
propylene glycol alginate
This is why I make my own dressings.
I wonder why anyone buys salad dressing too. We gave it up once we noticed that it is loaded with sugar. Straight EVOO & balsamic for me.
ReplyDeleteYou can't go wrong with balsamic. Do you have a proportion you use with the EVOO?
ReplyDelete1 part balsamic, 2 parts EVOO.
ReplyDeleteActually, you can get in a world of trouble with balsamic - it stains everything it gets near. Very messy stuff. We have switched to golden balsamic to minimize the distruction of clothing and placemats :)