We all know salads are a great way to get some of your daily veggies in
but conventional "healthier" salad dressings are often laced with
hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial flavors, artificial dyes or
other bonus ingredients that are really unnecessary in order to cut
down the dressings caloric value. Some of the best and healthiest salad dressing
ingredients are already right in your kitchen and only take a few
seconds to minutes to put together. Real olive oil is one of the best
healthy fats for your body and fresh ingredients add a new dimension to
your salad that will make you wonder why you never ventured into making
homemade dressings sooner!
Lemon and Garlic Dressing
1/2 cup of lemon juice
1/4 cup of olive oil
2 medium size cloves of garlic
Dash of salt and pepper
Sweet Balsamic Vinaigrette
1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/4 tsp of Italian seasonings
1/2 TBS of dijon mustard (read labels to make sure it's simple ingredients such as mustard seed, turmeric, vinegar, etc...)
1/2 TBS raw honey
Dash of salt and pepper
Sweet Balsamic Vinaigrette