Salad dressings

[Raymond Lin]

Lets see your recipe. I normally have some Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Balsamic Vinegar, salt & pepper.

That's it, fairly simple but like to experiment some more, what are your suggestions?

 

[randomshenans]

Depends on what with... Often like olive oil, white wine vinegar, whole grain mustard and salt and pepper.

 

[_dogma_]

At work we use balsamic, coriander, sweet chilli sauce, garlic and oil. I hate balsamic vinegar so don't like it but pretty much everyone loves our salad dressing.

 

[HeadlessChicken]

3 tbsp decent olive oil / decent rapeseed
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp english mustard (read, colmans made from powder)
salt
pepper

Immense on just about anything.

 

[Razor-BladE]

I normally have some Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Balsamic Vinegar, salt & pepper.

If I bother with it, that's all I have on mine as well.

 

[HamZilla]

I always put too much mustard and vinegar and in ratio to the olive oil.

 

[missmonky]

I usually add a bit honey. It tastes great!
3/4 extra virgin olive oil
1/4 vinegar
1 tsp mustard (a spicy one)
1 tsp honey
salt
pepper
a bit tabasco

 

[randomshenans]

Honey, soy and olive oil is pretty sweet on some oriental style salads too.

 

[Spuj]

Olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, Walnut oil and mustard!

 

[boxman2000]

3 tbsp decent olive oil / decent rapeseed
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp english mustard (read, colmans made from powder)
salt
pepper

Immense on just about anything.

Very similar to what I use but I add 1-2 tbsp natural yoghurt. I use Dijon.

 

[hood1971]

I like using raspberry vinegar - gives it a lovely taste

 

[rhysduck]

Salad Cream! Mounds of it!

Or... Salad cream, b.vinegar and a touch of garlic.. a weird concoction but oh so lovely.

 

[Burnsy2023]

3 tbsp decent olive oil / decent rapeseed
1 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tsp english mustard (read, colmans made from powder)
salt
pepper

Immense on just about anything.

This with some very finely cut shallot in it. Also, not powered mustard.

 

[Freefaller]

French mustard
Red wine vinegar
Sunflower oil (or olive oil if you're feeling healthy )
finely chopped shallots
finely chopped fresh parsley
touch of salt
touch of pepper

 

[Doctor McNinja]

Good olive oil, sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and a squeeze of lemon. All too often disappointing but sometimes it's absolutely sublime.

 

[NeverWinter]

Extra Virgin, Lemon juice, ground black pepper, salt.

Depending on how I'm feeling I may add some basil/mint/oregano, but usually just with the 4 ingredients above.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Olive oil, Balsamic vinegar, Walnut oil and mustard!

I tried that today with a tiny bit of honey.

Taste amazing but when mixed together it is this ugly brown colour that's semi thick like someone had a bad day at the toilet ! lol

 

[K.C. Leblanc]

Usually Olive Oil, Cider or White Wine Vinegar a little mustard, the other thing I've taken to adding is Light tahini paste.

 

[memyselfandi]

Normally ...

Olive oil
Vinegar (sweetened ... quite often use a bit from a jar of gherkins in sweetened vinegar)
Finely chopped garlic
Finely chopped chilli

Normally use it on my homemade pasta salad.

 

[Muban]

At work we use balsamic, coriander, sweet chilli sauce, garlic and oil. I hate balsamic vinegar so don't like it but pretty much everyone loves our salad dressing.

Coriander, in salad dressing?! Where do you work, is it a chain? If so tell me so I never have the salad dressing It's creeping in to all sorts of stuff these days and increasingly hard to avoid.

As for me, I vary it all the time and just experiment with whatever I have in the cupboard and what will go best with what I am having.

Vinagrettes-
Oils: Olive, rapeseed, sunflower
Vinegar (or subsitute): White wine vinegar, cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, lime juice, lemon juice, grapefruit juice
Other ingredients: Salt, pepper, chilli, capers, garlic, dijon mustard, wholegrain mustard, paprika, worcestershire sauce

If you want something creamier then sour cream is a nice addition.