6 Easy Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes

by EzekielDiet.com
Posted on Oct 23, 2024

Ezekiel Diet Note:  As groceries continue to increase in cost exponentially you might want to look at basic staples you can stock that you can use over and over to make your own sauces and dressings. This eliminates the cost of the bottle, shipping and handling and profit.

One huge benefit is controlling the quality of the ingredients. Most sauce and dressing manufacturers are in business to make a profit. Your health is not their concern. Another benefit is knowing the recipe allows you to improvise and make alternate choices to reduce calories, sodium, sugars, and oils.

Keep in mind when you see olive oil you can substitute clean filtered water and a thickener like Xanthan Gum or Guar Gum to achieve an oil like consistency.  Most of the low calorie Italian or Raspberry/Strawberry vinaigrette dressing you see in grocery stores replace the 100 calorie a tablespoon oils with 0 calorie water and Xanthan Gum. That trick was okay when these water dressings were $3 a bottle, but not at double or triple cost.


6 Easy homemade salad dressing recipes

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(Natural News) When thousand island and ranch dressing have lost their appeal, you might want to drop by your favorite grocery to see what other options are available. You could do that, or you could take things into your own hands with some homemade dressing. By creating your own homemade salad dressing, you’re making sure that you know what’s been put into it. No secret sugar or sodium, no unwanted fats or salt. With the assistance of Prevention.com, all you get is tasty salad dressing that goes well with a bowl of crisp greens.

Italian dressing


Olive Oil – ¾ cup

Red wine vinegar – ¼ cup

Garlic – 1 clove

Chopped or dried oregano – 1 tbsp

Kosher salt – 1 tsp

Freshly ground black pepper – ½ tsp

Optional: Grated Parmesan cheese – 3 tbsp

In a quart mason jar, mix in the olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, and oregano. Season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. You can toss in grated Parmesan cheese if you like. Close the jar then shake well to combine all the ingredients.

Raspberry vinaigrette


Raspberries – 1 ½ cup

Plain yogurt – 1/3 cup

Olive oil or grapeseed oil – 1/3 cup

White vinegar – 3 tbsp

Water – 1 tbsp

Salt – ¼ teaspoon

Honey – 2 tsp

Heat the raspberries and water in a sauce pan over medium heat. Keep this solution covered. After several minutes, use a fork to mash the raspberries and draw out the juices. Allow the mixture to gently bubble until the raspberries have softened completely before adding and stirring in honey. Pour the mixture in a container and place it in the refrigerator until it has cooled completely. Strain the mixture into a bowl to separate the pulp and the syrup. Combine the syrup with the remaining ingredients in a blender and then blend until smooth and creamy.

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Apple cider tahini dressing


Tahini or almond butter – ¼ cup

Apple cider vinegar – ½ tbsp

Maple syrup – 1 tbsp

Warm almond or coconut milk – 2 to 3 tbsp

Sea salt – ¼ tsp

Dash of black pepper

Optional: Mustard powder – ¼ tsp

Optional: Cumin – ¼ tsp

Blend all the ingredients together in a blender or food processor. If you prefer a thicker texture, then you can increase the amount of tahini. Pouring in more vinegar or oil will thin it out.

Cilantro lime dressing


Cilantro leaves – 1 cup

Plain Greek yogurt – ½ cup

Minced garlic – 2 gloves

Lime juice – 2 tbsp

Salt – 1/8 tsp

Olive oil – ¼ cup

Using a food processor, blend together the cilantro, yogurt, garlic, lime juice, and salt until smooth. Slowly add olive oil through the feed-tube while the motor is still running. Chill for at least 10 minutes for the flavors to mix together better.

Maple orange dressing


Apple cider vinegar – 3 tbsp

Fresh orange juice – ¼ cup

Maple syrup – 3 tbsp

Dijon mustard – 1 tbsp

Olive oil – ½ cup

Salt – ½ tsp

Add all the ingredients into a blend and then blend to your desired consistency.

Lemon ginger poppy seed dressing


Freshly squeezed lemon juice – 3 tbsp

Honey – 2 tbsp

Grated fresh ginger – 1 tbsp

Extra virgin olive oil – ½ cup

Kosher salt – ¼ tsp

Freshly ground pepper – ¼ tsp

Poppy seeds – 1 ½ tsp

In a glass jar, place in all the ingredients. Seal the jar tightly before shaking well until all the ingredients have combined.

Making your own salad dressing is easy — easier than having to deal with salad dressing chock-full of unhealthy ingredients.

Stay up to date on what’s going on with your food by visiting Ingredients.news.

Sources include:

Prevention.com

AddAPinch.com

TheRoastedRoot.net

CotterCrunch.com

CulinaryHill.com

AmySheere.com

TheCaféSucreFarine.com

Source:  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-08-12-6-easy-homemade-salad-dressing-recipes.html

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