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SALAD DRESSINGS Home page Thousand Island French Dressing Homemade Avocado Spicey Vinegar Russian Dressing Creamy Cucumber Dinner Recipes Country Kitchen Quick and Easy |
Homemade Salad Dressings
Use the best fresh ingredients,even a simple salad can be incredible with farm fresh ingredients.Your dressing should compliment your salad.Olive oil has a distinctive flavor that will flavor your salads.First press or virgin are two of the best Olive oils. Lemon juice and vinegars are also favorites to add flavor. Popular vinegar favorites include wine,cider and malt vinegars. Spices and herbs should be fresh whenever possible,making spiced or herb-ed vinegars in larger quantities when fresh herbs are available can help you always have the best on hand.Always store your dressings and ingredients in a cool place in sealed containers. | ||||||||
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Homemade Mayonnaise:
Ingredients: 1 whole egg 1 egg yolk 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 1/2 tbsp. lemon juice 1 c. olive , sunflower or salad oil (try each oil to discover a unique taste) Preparing your mayonnaise: In blender combine egg and egg yolk beat on medium for 3 min. add mustard and beat on medium 1 min.Continue beating and add oil and lemon juice very slowly 1/2 tsp. at a time Blend until all oil is added and mayonnaise thickens about 15 min. Care must be taken when making mayonnaise use chilled ingredients and always keep mayonnaise and your salad dressing which contains mayonnaise refrigerated.Use your stored homemade mayonnaise within 3 days. Spoiled mayonnaise may not so any signs or evidence of spoilage and can be very toxic. |
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NEW ! 1 - 10 oz. pkg. fresh spinach ( torn ) 1 lb. fresh mushrooms ( sliced thin ) 1/4 lb. bacon ( fried and crumbled ) 3 hard boiled eggs ( sliced or chopped ) 2 celery ribs ( thinly sliced ) 3 green onions ( sliced thin ) 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese Salad Dressing 1 cup ketchup 3/4 cup vegetable oil 3/4 cup vinegar 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp. salt Preparing your salad In a large salad bowl combine all of the first seven ingredients and toss . Place salad in refrigerator and let chill while you prepare your dressing . Place all remaining ingredients in container with a lid and seal . Shake well until all the sugar is dissolved . Sprinkle your homemade dressing over chilled salad and serve. Yields 10 - 12 servings | |||||||||
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