Homemade Salad Dressings - #1 French
There's a dieting adage that goes something like this: if God created the salad, the Devil invented the dressing. Meaning that, as healthy as a salad can be, the wrong dressing can turn it into a fattening calorie bomb...
Most commercially available dressings have something “devilish” to them, so in the next few posts I’ll be sharing some of my “antidotes”: traditional dressings that have all the goodness without most of the unhealthy stuff!
Today, the classic French dressing. This one can be made with olive oil, but to my taste, a more neutral oil works better, such as rapeseed or even sunflower...
How to Make Homemade Classic Creamy Italian Salad Dressing by The Busy Baker
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
- 1/4 ketchup (organic, if possible)
- 2 tbsp brown or turbinado sugar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
Steps/How to Make
Combine all ingredients in an airtight jar, screw the lid on tight and dance the conga with it! It should emulsify nicely and give you a dark-orange thick fluid which will make any lettuce go "oh la lá"!
Refrigerate until used, shake it vigorously if necessary before serving.
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