Salad Dressing Recipes,
Easy and Fun

Salad dressing recipes are easy to create. All you need is the right quality ingredients. You can mix up a little dressing at a time for your green salads, grain salads, bean salads, pasta salads, baked potatoes and steamed vegies.

To make your dressing, start with the basics: oil and vinegar. Then add on creaminess, sweetness, herbs, spices, salt and more.

Here's some ideas for ingredients in your salad dressings.

Oils: Extra virgin olive oil, flax oil, sesame oil, toasted sesame oil, tahini,( a butter make with ground sesame seeds) almond butter, peanut butter, grapeseed oil

Vinegars: rice vinegar, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegars, lemon juice, lime juice, umeboshi vinegar (a salty and sour vinegar)

Creamy: tahini, silken tofu, almond butter, wet mustard, yogurt, soy milk, miso paste, peanut butter

Gentle sweets: stevia, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, orange juice, honey, apple juice, apple sauce

Herbs and spices: salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic, parsley, cumin, oregano, dried herbs, ginger juice, hot peppers, fresh herbs: parsley, cilantro, basil

I make my simple "house dressing" that contains olive oil and rice vinegar, in a pretty dispenser bottle on my counter. I use it daily and add salt, pepper, and anything else I feel inspired to add. I like a lemony taste, so I often add lemon on my salads. Easy!

Here's some recipes:

Salad dressing recipes #1: Vinaigrette

1 Tbsp rice vinegar

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 minced garlic clove

2 pinches sea salt

pinch black pepper

juice of 1/2 lemon

1/2 tsp dry mustard

Mix up in a jar or bowl. serve on salad!

Salad dressing recipes #2: Creamy Tahini-Miso

1 tsp mellow white miso (yellow miso)

1 tsp tahini

1 tsp olive or flax oil

1 tsp water or more to thin

Put in a small jar, shake it up, and serve on your salad

Salad dressing recipes #3: Sweet and Salty Tahini Dressing

1 Tbsp wet mustard

1 tsp tahini

1 Tbsp rice vinegar

1/2 tsp stevia (1 packet)

1 Tbsp olive oil

Pinch sea salt

1 Tbsp water to mix

1 tsp brown rice vinegar

This dressing is creamy, sweet and sour. Mix in a bowl or a small jar and serve over greens. You can substitute almond butter for the tahini or peanut butter.

Food for thought:

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