Homemade Salad Dressing Cookbook: 155 Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes, Vinaigrettes, Marinades And Sauces

By Kristen Crews

This book provides you with 155 recipes for making an almost endless variety of salad dressings, vinaigrettes, marinades and sauces. Homemade salad dressings taste much better; they are less expensive and are free of unhealthy preservatives and other ingredients that are not good for your body. Even if you have never made salad dressings before, the simple easy-to-follow steps in these recipes will get you churning out delicious mixes in no time.

Some of the recipe groups in the book include:
Vinaigrettes, Caesar Salad Dressings, Greek Salad Dressings, French Salad Dressings, Italian Salad Dressings, Ranch Salad Dressings, Balsamic Salad Dressings, Creamy Salad Dressings, Spicy Salad Dressings, Sweet Salad Dressings, Fruity Salad Dressings, Marinades, Sauces and more!
Once you start making your own dressings at home, you will never look at the store-bought brands again. The recipes in this book will rekindle your love for salads. They are fresh, delicious and full of flavor. You will be able to eat healthier by adding more salads to your meals. Welcome to a new world of amazingly eatable salads with great taste, wonderful flavor and excellent nutritional value!
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rockstream Press
• Release date: Jan 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9788835360391

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INTRODUCTION

Homemade dressings are so easy to make and there is almost no end to the amount of flavor mixes that you can combine. All limits are off when you make your own salad dressings, marinades and sauces at home. Salads taste so much better when you get the dressing part right. You can park them with all manner of spices as well as delicious herbs. Store bought dressings may seem more convenient but making dressings at home the old fashion is even easier, faster and less costly! A few pantry staples, a mason jar, a bowl and a spoon or blender are all that you need; and a variety of mouthwatering salad dressings can be ready in no time.

A boring bowl of greens can turn into an irresistible dish when you mix in the right salad dressing. This book is about making simple and delicious salad dressings from scratch conveniently and with minimal fuss. The different types of salads presented here are divided into several categories so you can choose what you like or need at any time. There are classics like Caesar, Greek, French, Italian, Ranch dressings and more. A good collection of vinaigrettes is also available. Even more, you can excite your taste buds with Balsamic, Creamy, Spicy, Sweet and Fruity dressings. Two bonus chapters provide several recipes for marinades as well as sauces.

Furthermore, homemade salad dressings present a lot of choices for health conscious folks. Many of this book’s recipes are both flavorful and diet friendly. These include Keto, Paleo, Diabetic Friendly, Low Calorie and Low Fat salad dressing recipes. Having a few bottles of homemade dressings in your refrigerator at all times is a great way to avoid using store bought salad dressings that are loaded with ingredients that work against your health and diet goals. Although there are many premade dressings that are labeled healthy, a few undesirable ingredients may still slip in here and there. The only way to be absolutely sure is to make your own healthy recipes at home. 

The recipes in this book will turn you into a lover of salads. Most people who don’t like salads are just a great tasting dressing away from changing their minds. When dressings are crummy, salads will be unappealing. This collection of recipes is free of off-tasting chemicals or preservatives that abound in store bought versions. They are fresh, delicious and full of flavor. You will be able to eat more vegetables because they will start tasting better. You will no longer push salads away – they will start to occupy center stage on your plate.

Wake up to a new world of amazingly tasty salads. Welcome to homemade salad dressings that have everything you have always wanted your salads to have – great taste, wonderful flavor and tremendous nutritional value!

Tips For Making The Best Salad Dressings

Salad dressings have several variations but making them follows a basic simple formula. The basic vinaigrette needs just vinegar and oil then a sprinkle of salt and pepper. You get better taste when you use higher quality oil. Extra virgin olive oil is usually the go to oil for salad dressings but other oils such as vegetable oil, grapeseed oil, nut oils and canola work well also.  For vinegar, you have so many to choose from. The basic are wine vinegars and you can also use apple cider and rice vinegar. Balsamic and sherry vinegars lend bolder flavors to your dressings. You can use citrus juices (lemon, lime etc) when you don’t have vinegar at hand but it is better to use them as complements not entire substitutes.

Salt and pepper are the basic seasonings you need for making dressings but you can raise the flavor bar by adding a variety of add-ins. Fresh or dried herbs like mint, cilantro, basil, dill, and thyme work aromatic wonders. Onion, shallots, scallions, garlic and ginger can be used fresh or dried as well. Some recipes increase the heat by adding a variety of peppers or chilies. Mustard, cheese, sugar, honey and other add-ins are used depending on the taste you want to achieve. Remember to taste your dressing and adjust seasonings as you please. If your salad is ready, dip a piece of leave into the dressing to find out how it will taste on the salad then adjust seasonings accordingly.

After combining your ingredients, the next important part to making salad dressings is the mixing. You can add everything to a mason jar, cover and shake until well mixed. The Mason jar is an essential tool that should be in every kitchen. You simply can’t do without it when making salad dressings. It makes your life so much easier. All you have to do is scoop ingredients into the jar, cover tightly and shake. The airtight cover eliminates spills, and the jar