Plastic Free July may be over, but here is a ditch and switch that’s good for YOU and the planet ?.
Making my own salad dressing was literally THE first step on my real food journey. About 12 years ago, I was at a friend’s aunt’s house and she had this super cool salad dressing container that had six different salad dressing recipes on the sides of the container ???. I went out and bought two immediately.
Making your own salad dressing is simple and you only need a handful of ingredients on hand. When I first switched, I used the container and made the full recipe every time. Now, I just make dressing each time I have a salad and it takes less than 2 minutes. But this dressing container was CRUCIAL in my switch, because the key is that it needs to be EASY in the beginning. Salad dressings contain a whole bunch of crappy ingredients, usually canola oil and other vegetable oils, sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, and so many other junky ingredients. This is an easy place to start when switching to real food.
And since most dressing containers are made from plastic, it’s pretty easy to see why this is good for the planet ?.
Do you make your own dressings? What’s your favorite kind?
Balsamic Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp Gluten-Free Dijon mustard
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh basil
- Pinch of minced garlic or granulated garlic
- sea salt to taste
- ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a mason jar or salad dressing container like this one (OXO Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker) or this one (Kolder Salad Dressing Bottle, Glass) and shake, shake, shake! Store extra in the fridge.
Apple Cider Italian Dressing
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tbsp Italian Spice Blend Simply Organic is my preferred brand
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a mason jar or salad dressing container like this one (OXO Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker) or this one (Kolder Salad Dressing Bottle, Glass) and shake, shake, shake! Store extra in the fridge.
Mustard Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp raspberry balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbsp extra virgin Olive Oil
- 3 tbsp Gluten-Free mustard
- sea salt to taste
- fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a mason jar or salad dressing container like this one (OXO Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker) or this one (Kolder Salad Dressing Bottle, Glass) and shake, shake, shake! Store extra in the fridge.
Sesame Ginger Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp coconut aminos
- 2 tbsp honey
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp sesame oil not toasted sesame oil
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 2 tsp fresh grated ginger
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a mason jar or salad dressing container like this one (OXO Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker) or this one (Kolder Salad Dressing Bottle, Glass) and shake, shake, shake! Store extra in the fridge.
Lemon Garlic Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 lemons juiced
- 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp garlic sea salt
- 1 tsp lemon pepper Simply Organic is the best
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a mason jar or salad dressing container like this one (OXO Good Grips Salad Dressing Shaker) or this one (Kolder Salad Dressing Bottle, Glass) and shake, shake, shake! Store extra in the fridge.