Basic Sunday Salad Dressing Recipes

This is my basic salad dressing formula with only 4 ingredients. You can switch out the types of vinegar or oil and add fresh herbs to spruce it up, but it tastes great as it is, as well.

Provided by Ursel

Categories     Side Dish     Sauces and Condiments Recipes     Salad Dressing Recipes

Time 5m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 4

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 255.9 calories, Carbohydrate 2.1 g, Fat 28 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 581.4 mg, Sugar 2.1 g

Vinaigrettes are all based on a simple formula that uses roughly three parts oil to one part acid, a rule that achieves balance between the vivid sparkle of vinegar or lemon juice and the slick heaviness of olive oil. You can adjust for taste from there, adding a splash of oil if the dressing tastes too acidic, or a splash of acid if it's overwhelmed. Dressing advice: Whisk a lot. Start with vinegar and the flavors you're adding to it: diced shallots, say, or garlic. If there is to be a cheese on the salad, I might add a pinch or two to the dressing early on, to help distribute its flavor. Whisk it around for a while. And then continue to whisk, especially as you add the oil. The best vinaigrettes are emulsified - that is, they are smooth and at least temporarily stable, the disparate ingredients suspended among one another. (The addition to your dressing of already emulsified mixtures - maybe mustard or a dollop of mayonnaise - can help in this regard.)

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     easy, quick, weekday, condiments

Time 5m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 173, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 99 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams

Provided by Dana Angelo White, M.S., R.D., A.T.C.

Categories     condiment

Time 5m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 80 calorie, Fat 9 grams, SaturatedFat 1 grams, Sodium 25 milligrams, Carbohydrate 1 grams, Protein 0 grams

All vinaigrettes are based on a simple formula that uses roughly three parts oil to one part acid, a rule that achieves balance between the vivid sparkle of vinegar or lemon juice and the slick heaviness of olive oil. You can adjust for taste from there, adding a splash of oil if the dressing tastes too acidic, or a splash of acid if it's overwhelmed.

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     easy, quick, weekday, condiments

Time 5m

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 197, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 2 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 3 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 100 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram

The best vinaigrettes are emulsified - that is, they are smooth and at least temporarily stable, the disparate ingredients suspended among one another. (The addition to your dressing of already emulsified mixtures - maybe mustard or a dollop of mayonnaise - can help in this regard.) Whatever the dressing, I serve the resulting meal with a baguette and some salted butter. And as long as we're sharing, often a roast chicken too. Swiping bread through a small puddle of melted chicken fat and salad dressing, after all, is one of life's great pleasures.

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     easy, quick, weekday, condiments, dips and spreads

Time 5m

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 187, UnsaturatedFat 16 grams, Carbohydrate 3 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 3 grams, Sodium 102 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams