The Salad Dressing Replacement

There are several problems with bottled salad dressing... the ingredients, the fat and calories, the cost... Take a look at the back of the bottles in your fridge; chances are you're going to be disgusted with the chemicals that you're pouring on your salad. Now, I don't think everything has to be low-fat and calorie... If using a salad dressing that has 100 or so calories worth of natural ingredients in it makes you eat a green salad every night, I am of the opinion that it's worth it. I make homemade salad dressings, store them in mason jars in my fridge, and have not bought a bottle of salad dressing in months. 

Here is our favorite recipe...
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
2/3 cup balsamic vinegar
2 TBSP grainy Dijon mustard
2 TBSP Braggs Amino Acids (or naturally fermented, low sodium soy sauce / sea salt)
2 TBSP honey
pepper and garlic powder to taste

Combine in mason jar and shake vigorously to emulsify. Refrigerate.


I am also a serious lover of ranch dressing. I especially love Hidden Valley dry mix that you make yourself. Unfortunately, it's full of all kinds of junk. I just found a recipe for a copycat recipe that looks pretty good http://www.grouprecipes.com/38070/hidden-valley-ranch-mix---copycat.html

Bottom line- delicious and healthful salad dressing can be made easily at home. Stop buying it today and save yourself $2-5 a bottle!