Lancaster County Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes

AMISH COLESLAW DRESSING RECIPE

Steps:

• Add all of your ingredients into chopper/blender; that is, except for the cabbage and ramen, of course.
• Blend this together for about a minute.
• Pour the dressing over your coleslaw and mix well. Refrigerate for about an hour before serving.
• If you want an extra crunch on top of your coleslaw, you can toast the ramen noodles in about a Tbsp. of butter until slightly browned. Cool. Sprinkle the ramen on top of the coleslaw just before serving. Or you can skip this step, if you prefer.
• If you don't use all of the dressing at once, store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator, for up to a month.

OLD FASHIONED LANCASTER COUNTY MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions. Right before draining, take a measuring cup and scoop out about a cup of that hot pasta water. Drain and let cool for a few minutes.
• Place macaroni in a large bowl and stir in celery, carrot and onion into macaroni.
• Dice whites of eggs into salad.
• To prepare dressing mash hard boiled egg yolks with mustard and blend well.
• Add sugar, mayonnaise, milk, vinegar and salt to egg and mustard mixture. Pour over macaroni and vegetables. Add about 1/4 cup of hot pasta water. Mixture will appear soupy.
• Chill well, preferably overnight before serving.

LANCASTER COUNTY, HOMEMADE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in blender to mix.
• Enjoy this on tossed salad or over Chinese cabbage!

HOMEMADE WESTERN STYLE SALAD DRESSING

Steps:

• I just whisk this up in a pint sized mason jar, but you could also use a blender, hand mixer or stick blender. Combine wet ingredients. In a small bowl (if mixing by hand) combine dry ingredients, then add to wet ingredients and whisk vigorously until well combined. If you like it thicker, add a little more xanthan gum (*a little goes a long way so be careful!). Store in the refrigerator.
• *I had a bit of trouble with the xanthan gum clumping when whisking by hand. I will try dissolving it in the vinegar first next time, or making it in the blender.