Make Your Own Salad Dressing

Making your own salad dressings at home is one of those skills that's super easy and delicious. This time of year is an excellent time to start eating more greens in your diet, so here's three easy salad dressing recipes to help spruce up your veggies. We're going to make: homemade ranch dressing, cilantro lime vinaigrette, and our own homemade honey mustard dressing. Keep in mind that you can add any herbs or spices you prefer.

Ranch Dressing makes around 4 cups (twice as much as pictured)

Needed: 3/4 cup mayo, 3/4 cup greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 cup buttermilk, a handful of chopped green onions or chives, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, salt and pepper to taste.

Mix all ingredients together and drizzle on your favorite salad. Store in a sealable jar or other container and keep in your refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette makes around 2 cups

Needed: 6 ounces olive oil, 3-4 tablespoons chopped cilantro, juice from 1 lime

Mix all ingredients together and drizzle on your favorite salad. Store in a sealable jar or other container and keep in your refrigerator for up to two weeks. 

Homemade Honey Mustard makes a little less than 2 cups

Needed: 3/4 cup honey, 1/2 cup dijon mustard, 2 tablespoon white wine vinegar

Mix all ingredients together and drizzle on your favorite salad. Store in a sealable jar or other container and keep in your refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Have fun making you own fresh batch of salad dressings! XO. Emma + Elsie

Comments

[Femke]

Nice recipes! I'm definitely going to try one soon!

[Gina_AcuteDesigns]

Yum - I make my own dressings always...so much better than all the bottled ones and tehy can be so much healthier!

[I love my vintage!]

yummy!i think i may try the cilantro one tonight!

[xoxohannah]

I will have to try these. I have been making my own balsamic vinaigrette for ages! I love the fresh taste of homemade dressings versus store bought :)

Great recipes as always!

xoxohannah
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[Sammy C]

I don't know what I love more - these recipes or your pictures! Loving the spoons... you're so creative and pay great attention to detail!

xox Sam

[Annie]

Making salad dressing is so easy, and such a great way to use ingredients you may already have. Extra basil from that pasta recipe? Throw it in!

[Vivianna]

I can't wait to try this! I am big into eating salads (most of the time)

[Colleen Marie]

I need to do this more often, any chance to keep out all the processed food! You ladies are so inspiring :)

[CHICKYTHING]

Thanks for this! We consume bottles and bottles of dressing. I think this is much,much healthier.

[call me debbie]

wow that's great! i will try it!!

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[Penelope Silva]

mmmm these are the kind of recipes that I love!!
nothing like a salad with a good dressing...ok time to eat I'm hungry, I think that for today I'll make the honey mustard!

[Anna]

I've always stuck with the same salad dressing recipe but I really want to try these ones now, especially the cilantro-lime one. Sounds yummy

[Vanita]

Thanks for this post, the cilantro lime sounds delicious.
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[aislin @ srcibbles by a.]

these are perfect! love the jars, and the super simple recipes!

[Chloe]

Yay! I'm so excited to try these! Thanks! :)

[Nikki Fein]

Want to try the lime cilantro dressing. Hubby makes our 'go to' dressing, raspberry vinaigrette. Will be nice to switch it up a bit.

[Ashleigh]

That cilantro-lime dressing looks so good! I might have to try it for date night tonight! Thanks for sharing!

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[Amber]

The cilantro-lime looks great for a salad with black beans and corn in it!

I think normally vinaigrette's normally have vinegar in them though, right? o.O

[Rose]

Please tell me I'm the only one that didn't know that honey mustard was actually made with honey and mustard...

[Rose]

haha I mean tell me I'm NOT the only one