Salad Dressings

All this great lettuce and other produce needs a worthy topping. Amy and I have not found bottled dressings to our liking and find making our own dressing easy, cheap & fresher tasting. We keep a stock of a few essential ingredients:

First pressed extra virgin olive oil, the fruity and strong flavored variety, sea salt, limes, balsamic vinegar, a pepper mill. Here are a few we have thrown together.

Lime-maple: About 1/3 cup olive oil, pinch of sea salt, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, juice of 1/2 lime, pinch of thyme, freshly milled black pepper. Whisk until emulsified.

Raspberry vinaigrette: About 1/3 cup olive oil, 1 rounded tablespoon seedless raspberry jam, pinch of sea salt, splash of balsamic vinegar, milled pepper, strawberry vinegar if you can find it.

Maple Dijon: About 1/3 cup Olive oil, 1 rounded teaspoon dijon mustard, splash of syrup, fresh garlic squeezed in, balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, fresh pepper to taste.

We play around with these a bit and find whatever is in the fridge that makes sense. Have fun and happy eating. Cheers, Eric