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Looking for a quick and easy salad dressing recipe?

Here are not one but 4 vinaigrette recipes ready in 5 minutes flat!

Me, I grew up with the idea that salad dressings could only be bought at the supermarket ...

And when I moved to live on my own, it didn't even occur to me to make my own salad dressing.

When I finally realized that you could make a homemade vinaigrette, I couldn't believe how it was easy !

5 min is enough to mix the ingredients of these homemade dressings and you will never be able to do without them again!

No more swallowing additives and added sugar found in industrial supermarket sauces!

With these 4 recipes, it will be very easy for you to add your own personal touch.

You will be able to invent other salad dressing recipes that are all different from each other.

Below are the ingredients to prepare the basic dressing and then the ingredients to add or replace for the other 3 versions: balsamic, lemon-herbs and Asian.

Don't worry, it's simple! Look :

1. Classic dressing

Olive oil + Apple cider vinegar + Dijon mustard + Garlic + Salt / pepper = Classic dressing

You can make your classic dressing with any type of oil or vinegar. No worries !

But since you need very few ingredients to make this sauce, your best bet is to choose a quality olive oil and a vinegar full of flavor.

The vinegar will thus be sweeter than a simple white vinegar, even if it has the advantage of providing a very pleasant touch of acidity.

You can choose for example an apple cider vinegar like this or a red wine vinegar like this.

2. Balsamic vinegar dressing

Classic dressing ingredients + Balsamic vinegar = Balsamic vinegar vinaigrette.

All you need to do for this recipe is decrease the amount of classic vinegar (apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar) and add balsamic vinegar to create a delicious balsamic vinaigrette.

Not all balsamic vinegars are created equal. If you choose an aged balsamic vinegar, your sauce will be thicker and smoother. You can then put only 1 or 2 tablespoons.

If your balsamic vinegar is more basic, know that you can replace almost all of your basic vinegar with balsamic vinegar.

3. Lemon and herb dressing

Olive oil + Lemon + Dijon mustard + Garlic + Aromatic herbs + Salt / pepper = Lemon and herb dressing

Start with the classic sauce recipe and replace the vinegar with lemon juice.

Then, just add aromatic herbs like basil, rosemary, chives ...

There you have it, your lemon and herb salad dressing. Easy and fast, isn't it?

You will see, the flavor of this one is completely different from the classic recipe.

This sauce works wonders on Greek salads with feta, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions.

4. Asian-style dressing

Olive oil + Rice vinegar + Sesame oil + Dijon mustard + Honey + Sriracha sauce + Garlic + Salt / pepper = Asian-style dressing

For this recipe, you can start from the classic dressing recipe.

Then just use rice vinegar, add some Asian flavors like sesame oil and sriracha sauce to make an Asian sauce.

Yep, it doesn't get any more complicated than that!

This recipe is perfect for seasoning coleslaw salads for example (cabbage + carrots + onions + sesame seeds) and noodle salads.

Now, let's get to the 4 recipes in detail.

Recipes of the 4 variations of vinaigrette

Ingredients for 4 persons

Classic dressing:

- 200 ml of cider vinegar or red wine vinegar

- 30 ml of Dijon mustard

- 2 minced garlic cloves

- salt and pepper

- 180 ml of olive oil

Balsamic vinegar dressing:

- 30 ml of balsamic vinegar

+ 60 ml of apple cider vinegar to replace apple cider vinegar

Lemon and herb dressing:

- 60 ml of lemon juice to replace the vinegar

- 5 to 10 ml of dried aromatic herbs or 15 ml of fresh herbs (thyme, basil, oregano ...)

Asian-style dressing:

- 80 ml of rice vinegar to replace the normal vinegar

- 15 ml of sesame oil

- 15 ml of honey

- 15 ml of sriracha sauce (more or less according to taste)

How to do

1. Put all the ingredients in a 250 to 500 ml measuring glass.

2. Mix the ingredients by holding the handle of the whisk between your two hands to turn it quickly. It's like rubbing your hands together.

With this trick, your sauce is perfectly emulsified in a few seconds. It will stay homogeneous longer without having to use an electric mixer.

Note that it is faster to mix the ingredients directly in a glass bottle, but the mixture is not as smooth as by beating the ingredients with a whisk. On the other hand, the advantage is that you keep the sauce directly in the bottle. So it's up to you.

+ other recipe ideas

- Change the recipe by adding just a kind of aromatic herb. You can then name your sauce "basil and red wine vinegar vinaigrette".

- Why not use mixtures of Italian herbs (garlic, basil, oregano, sage, savory, marjoram, rosemary ...) or herbs from Provence?

- Add a little spicy sauce to give a Mexican style. Season with a salad made with lettuce, onions, beans, tomatoes, olives and cheese.

- Add a fruit puree, raspberries for example, and you will get a raspberry vinaigrette! You can also try other types of berries: blueberries, blackberries or cranberries.

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