To many people, salads are the torture part of every meal. They say there’s no point in eating something that resembles weed or that is defined as something between fruit and a veggie. Well, maybe the fruity veggie or vegetable fruit hasn’t decided its “whatever” orientation! Ha-ha. OK, let’s get serious. Salads are awesome and to those who hate it, well broccoli hates you too! Nah, we still don’t sound serious.
How about discussing salad dressings? We know you love this one, because you can’t say no an avocado and lemon dressing, right.
Dressings, or as we like to call them, salad flavoring perfumes, are what makes that veggie you hate the most edible and fantastic – so fantastic that it makes you forget about your strong hater towards it.
Homemade salad dressings are something that you should add in your cooking skills. No, writing them down in your recipes notebook doesn’t count as “owning” them. You gotta make these! You ask, why? Well, first because you’re going to save money, then because you’re going to surprise your loved ones and because you’ll make that salad hater to start appreciating greens, roots and beans, and because you’ll eat healthier. Yeah, those dressings you buy in the supermarket may look all classy, wellness-friendly and gut-keepers like, but actually, they’re full of palm oil, additives and gut irritants.
Here are out favorite dressing ingredients and tips on how to combine them to create the most delicious homemade salad sauces.
Ranch dressing
Materials
- 1 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 1/2 tsp dried chives
- 1 tsp dried chilli
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp dried onion
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1/3 cup mayo
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Mix the dry herbs in a small bowl. In a separate deep plate, add mayo and then throw in the spice mix. Stir, add water and whisk gently until you get a smoothly combined dressing.
Chili lime dressing
Materials
- 1/4 cup virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tsp honey
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients, add the lime juice and the honey and whisk until well-combined.
The ultimate Italian dressing
Materials
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- 1 lemon squeezed juice
- 1 tsp mustard
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients until well combined.
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