Cook Like A Dad shows you how to make 5 Easy and Healthy Salad Dressings for you and your family this summer!
How to Make 5 Easy Salad Dressings This Summer
| Author: RJ | Posted: 06/20/13 | ||
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Introduction (Summary)
Cook Like A Dad shows you how to make 5 Easy and Healthy Salad Dressings for you and your family this summer!
Necessary Things:
- See Each Recipe Below.
Step 1:
It’s salad season! With locally grown veggies, fresh herbs, and grilled fish or meat, summer salads are scrumptious. But don’t sabotage their amazing flavor and health benefits by tossing them with a dressing that’s full of saturated fat, sodium and preservatives. “You can whip up your own in less than five minutes,” promises Mark Molinaro, chef and instructor at the New England Culinary Institute. “Do it on Sunday and store it in the fridge for the rest of the week.” Here’s how to put your salad on the best-dressed list:
Step 2:
Healthy, Creamy Asian • 1 ounce silken tofu • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar • 1/4 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce • 1/4 cup (or more) canola oil In a blender, puree tofu. Remove from blender. Whisk in rice wine vinegar and reduced-sodium soy sauce. Then slowly whisk in canola oil, starting with a few drops at a time, until dressing reaches desired consistency.
Step 3:
Roasted Red Pepper Vinaigrette • 1/2 red bell pepper • 3 tablespoons white wine or sherry vinegar • 1/2 cup olive oil Roast red bell pepper. Place in a blender with white wine or sherry vinegar; blend together. Slowly whisk in olive oil, starting with a few drops at a time. Once you’ve incorporated 10 drops of oil, whisk vigorously.
Step 4:
Low-fat Ranch • 1/4 cup low-fat mayo • 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream • 1 tablespoon buttermilk (or 1 teaspoon milk and 1 teaspoon vinegar) • Pinch each of garlic powder, onion powder, dried dill and dried parsley • Salt to taste Stir together mayo and sour cream. Season with spices. Stir in 1 tablespoon buttermilk (or whisk together milk and vinegar). Add salt to taste.
Step 5:
Raspberry Vinaigrette • 3 tablespoons raspberry vinegar • 1 teaspoon minced shallot • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon • 1/2 cup canola or grapeseed oil • Pinch each of salt and black pepper In a small bowl, combine raspberry vinegar and minced shallot. Add a pinch of salt and Dijon. Slowly whisk in 1/2 cup canola or grapeseed oil, starting with a few drops at a time. Once you’ve incorporated 10 drops of oil, whisk vigorously. Finish with a pinch of black pepper.
Step 6:
Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette • 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar • 1 tablespoon minced shallot • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard • 1/2 cup olive oil • Pinch of salt In a small bowl, combine vinegar and shallot. Add Dijon and salt. Slowly whisk in olive oil, starting with a few drops at a time. Once you’ve incorporated 10 drops of oil, whisk vigorously. Finish with a pinch of black pepper and chopped basil.
Tips and Tricks:
- Karen Cicero is Completely You’s Need to Know blogger. A health journalist and magazine editor with more than 15 years of experience, she has contributed to such publications as Prevention, SELF and Health, and she has edited the dental column for Heart & Soul magazine.
