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Have you ever wanted to make your own salad dressing? If so, try our homemade Italian dressing recipe. All the flavor you want without the extra additives.
After a weekend of heavy meals, it’s time for something light and fresh. At least that’s how I feel about things. For today, Kim and I sharing our Italian dressing recipe.
Similar to our poppy seed salad dressing or even our Homemade Caesar Dressing, it works perfectly over just about any bed of greens. From crisp Romaine to leafy Spring mixes, this dressing is sure to satisfy.
It can be left on your counter top for about a week and doesn’t require refrigeration. If your not in the mood for a salad later on, it can also double as a marinade for meat and vegetables.
Just make sure to give it a quick shake before using. Now, how about we get this dressing started?
Homemade Italian Dressing Recipe Instructions:
Alright, so this recipe is pretty much dump and shake (or whisk). However, I’m going to go through the instructions based on the photos you see below.
First, grab two (2) measuring cups, some measuring spoons, and all your Italian dressing ingredients. In a measuring cup add the olive oil.
Next, add the white wine vinegar to the extra virgin olive oil.
After that, start measuring out the dry ingredients.
Then, start adding them to the olive oil and white wine vinegar mixture.
At this point, your Italian dressing recipe should look the same as ours in the photo below.
Last, once you have all the ingredients added to the same container, you can use a whisk to blend everything together. Or, if the container can be sealed, simply put the lid on it and shake the mixture vigorously.
That’s it, your homemade Italian dressing recipe is done. Don’t forget, you can use it on more than just salads. It can used as a marinade for chicken, fish, or veggies as well.
Kim and I hope you enjoy the recipe and wish you all the best 🙂
Italian Dressing Recipe Tips:
My first tip involves the olive oil. Keep in mind that a great olive oil creates a great dressing. Simply put, if you want a tasty dressing, then buy a good quality olive oil.
Also, I recommend using extra virgin olive oil to make this dressing. Regular or virgin olive oil feels too greasy to me.
Most, if not all, basic vinaigrette dressings use oil and vinegar. So, armed with that knowledge, you should be able to create all kinds of salad dressings. For example, a balsamic vinaigrette can be made using olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and various seasonings. Experiment and learn to make you own dressings at home.
Not everyone has fancy salad dressing containers (like the cruet seen in the photos). While they might be cute, their not needed to make your own dressings. A mason jar or any other container with a lid is all you need to store your creations.
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Place all ingredients in a glass jar with a lid or a small bowl. Shake the jar or whisk to combine. Serve immediately over salad or use as a marinade over chicken. Store in an airtight container for up to 7 days.
The calories listed are an approximation based on the ingredients and a serving size of about 1 ounce or 2 tablespoons of Italian dressing. Furthermore, the calorie count does NOT include the salad seen in the photos. Actual calories will vary.
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In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, lemon juice, parsley, honey, oregano, garlic, mustard, thyme, salt, and pepper. If desired, stir in the cheese.
As a matter of fact, I frequently just drizzle a little olive oil on my salad, followed by some vinegar and salt, and then toss the greens. It's delicious. The French have decided that the perfect ratio for a vinaigrette is 3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar.
Most often it's oil for the fat and vinegar for the acid, but can be sour cream and buttermilk or sesame oil and lime juice. Use what you like and experiment. Lemon-Honey Vinaigrette: Ingredients:Freshly squeezed lemon juice 🍋Olive oil 🫒Dijon mustard 🍯Honey 🐝Garlic (minced) 🧄Salt and pepper 🧂🌶️
Since vinegar is denser than oil, it will settle down at the bottom and oil will float on the top. Oil and vinegar are like oil and water, they resist each other. In order to have them mix together and form and emulsion, as in mayonnaise, one needs an emulsifier.
Salad dressings represent one of the typical oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions composed of vegetable oil, vinegar, egg yolk, and starch, which can be categorized into three groups based on the oil content: (1) mayonnaise, (2) spoonable, and (3) French-type dressings.
Balsamic vinegar: Makes a bold, slightly sweet dressing that is wonderful on green salads with fruit, such as apples, strawberries or peaches. Red wine vinegar: Packs a punch and works well with other bold flavors and bright veggies, like tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumber, cabbage and more (think Greek salads).
Dressings are mainly two things: 1 part acid to 2 parts oil (1:2 ratio). Everything else is there for enhancement. Seasoning is important of course, so salt and pepper are great. To help create an emulsion (aka a blend of two different liquids), something like mustard or mayo works well.
Made with a base of oil, vinegar, and lemon juice the Italian dressing provides a full-bodied flavor to compliment any dish. It is lower in calories and fats and is considered a healthy option as compared to cream-based dressings.
Answer and Explanation: Salad dressing can be a hom*ogeneous mixture or a heterogeneous mixture based on the type of salad dressing it is. Oil and vinegar are the main ingredients in Italian salad dressing. Since oil and vinegar don't mix Italian salad dressing would be a heterogeneous mixture.
Lets start with a vinaigrette. These are the lightest of all dressings. On the simplest level they're merely any kind of acid (think lemon, lime, vinegar etc.)whisked together with oil salt and pepper.
Italian dressing is one of the healthier salad dressings out there - even store bought. Its base is oil and vinegar, instead of cream, so it's inherently healthier, with a heart healthier fat profile (low saturated fat, and higher monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats).
Italian dressing makes a better alternative than many other higher-calorie options. It adds taste to salad and offers good fat. Though many calories come from fats, it is better than primarily cream-based dressings like ranch, a thousand island, or blue cheese.
Italian dressing is an example of a heterogeneous mixture. Its composition can vary because it may be prepared from varying amounts of oil, vinegar, and herbs.
As you can see, Italian dressing is generally the most calorie-dense, with French and honey mustard close behind. In terms of sugars, honey mustard packs the most, with 6 grams of sugar in a single 2 tablespoon serving! French dressing also loads the sugar into the same size serving.
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