Basic Vinaigrette Dressing With 8 Variations

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Bottled salad dressing can be convenient but its expensive and often full of salt, sugar, and chemical additives. Making your own is simple and allows you to customize the seasonings to suit whatever meal you are preparing. The amounts given make about 1/4 cup and can be expanded infinitely for larger salads. It can be made several days ahead and kept in the fridge. Sorry about the slightly odd way of putting the ingredients for the creamy dressing variations. The recipe editor is picky about what it will accept.

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Steps

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Shake all ingredients for your chosen variation together in a tightly-lidded container or whisk together in a small bowl.

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Let stand 10 minutes to rehydrate dried herbs and blend flavors.

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Shake again then dress salad as desired', once you've learned the technique you can customize your salad dressing to suit just about any meal"]".

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Ingredients

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oil, vinegar, salt, black pepper, vinaigrette, garlic, italian seasoning, crushed red pepper flakes, bacon, onion, celery seed, prepared mustard, brown sugar, honey, mayonnaise, vinaigrette dressing, parmesan cheese, fresh ground black pepper, garlic clove, olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, balsamic vinegar