How Do You Make Homemade Salad Dressings?
Commercial salad dressings may be convenient but they come with a flavor tradeoff. Since they’re designed to last for months in your fridge, they’re loaded with preservatives, and since they’re mass produced in huge quantities, they can taste bland in comparison to a freshly made dressing. So, if you’re going to the trouble to assemble your own salad why not crown it with a homemade dressing? It will take you a few extra minutes, but translate into a big difference in flavor. To allow you to adjust quantities of these basic dressings more easily, the proportion of ingredients is given in “units.” Choose your measuring unit to be appropriate to the size of salad and number of guests. For a basic dinner salad to serve 4 people, your “unit” could be a tablespoon. For 2 people, use teaspoons, for more than 4 people you may want to move up to ¼ cup measures. So, your first step in making your own dressing is to decide on such a unit. Now, measure your basic ingredients in proper proportion.
