Make Your Own Salad With Lemon Garlic Dressing Recipes

LEMON GARLIC SALAD DRESSING (WITH VARIATIONS)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Peel and mince the garlic (you can use a garlic press if you like; presses tend to bring out the bitterness in garlic, but some people don't seem to notice it).
• If you're making a salad in the next few hours, put the garlic in a large salad bowl. (If you're making the dressing ahead of time, put the garlic in a sealable jar.)
• Add the lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, pepper, and mustard. Whisk to combine everything (or seal and shake the jar).
• Whisk in the olive oil (or, again, seal the jar and shake it vigorously).
• Taste and adjust salt and pepper to taste. If the dressing is too zingy for you, feel free to add more olive oil to soften the flavor. A bit more salt will help temper​ the acid kick, too.
• Use the vinaigrette-style dressing immediately. If you've made the dressing in the salad bowl, just add the greens to that big bowl and toss.

MAKE-YOUR-OWN SALAD WITH LEMON GARLIC DRESSING

Steps:

• Make dressing:
• Mince garlic and mash to a paste with salt. In a bowl whisk together garlic paste, lemon juice, vinegar, zest, and pepper and whisk in oil until emulsified. (Dressing may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Bring dressing to room temperature before serving.)
• Cut 1-inch flowerets from broccoli, reserving remainder for another use. Separate romaine into leaves. (Broccoli and romaine may be prepared 1 day ahead and chilled in airtight containers.)
• Have ready a large bowl of ice and cold water. In a large saucepan of boiling salted water cook broccoli until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander. Plunge broccoli into ice water to stop cooking and drain well.
• Peel carrots and with a mandoline or other manual slicer or in a food processor finely shred. Halve onion lengthwise and slice very thin crosswise.
• Arrange vegetables and anchovies decoratively on platters and in serving bowls and pour dressing into a cruet.