Salad Dressing

[**Nanny11**]

I am after some tried and tested yummy salad dressing recipes! We eat heaps of salad and just use the bottled stuff...but homemade ones are often so much nicer.

Thanks in advance!

[sueliz]

The beauty of salad dressings is you can put prettymuch anythng you like in them!!

Good base ingredients are a nice olive oil, (or a good flavoured oil) and either a balsamic or a red wine vinegar.

Then you can add things like seeded mustard, freshly squeezed lemon or orange juice, basil, garlic, salt and pepper, your favourite herb or a dash of sweet chilli or tabasco or wostershire (sp?) or soy sauce. Another good base to get is Mirin seasoning or rice wine vinegar - good for noodle salads..

Just mix and match and experiment. You will be pleasantly surprised with what you come up with!

[lil' starlette]

I love this on baked vegies-I haven't tried it on anything else
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
2 cloves crushed garlic
1 seeded finely chopped fresh chilli
1/3 cup tomato juice
1 tsp lemon rind
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp dijon mustard

[Amberlea]

My friend and I came across a great one not long ago:

Apple cider vinegar
Wholegrain mustard
Olive oil

2 parts olive oil, 1 part apple cider and 2 tablespoons of mustard.
Whisk till it turns cloudy.

For potato salads... a combo of sour cream and mayo with fresh herbs is the best!

(and Im a sucker for Paul Newmans Caesar Dressing! best bought one ever)

[**Nanny11**]

Thank you ladies- these all seem great! Hopefully our bbq guests on saturday will think so also!! Thanks again.

[Ky]

I have a couple of traditional ones ...

Traditional Condensed Milk Dressing

1 can condensed milk
1 heaped tsp grainy mustard
½ condensed milk can of malt vinegar
salt and pepper to taste.

This one is yummy on a traditional iceberg lettuce salad or a potato salad - I just add more mustard for the potato salad and thin the dressing with milk.

This next one was my Gran's - it's a really old recipe, but it keeps for ages!

Boiled Salad Dressing

3 teacups sugar
6 eggs
5 heaped teaspoons mustard powder
1 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons butter

Mix thoroughly, cook in double boiler till it thickens stirring frequently. Keep in screw top jar in refrigerator - will keep many months.

Thin required amount with cream or milk - cream gives a thicker mixture.

Both recipes are old a decadent ... mmmm

[Wondermum]

This one definitely tried and tested I remember my Nana and mum using this years ago :thumbsup:

Condensed Milk Salad Dressing

1 x can of condensed milk
1 x cup malt vinegar
1 x tsp salt
2 x tsp dry mustard powder


Here is another

Creamy Salad Dressing

125ml (1/2 cup) buttermilk
70g (1/4 cup) low-fat yoghurt
3 tsp finely chopped fresh chives
2 tsp wholegrain mustard
Salt & freshly ground black pepper