3 Simple Salad Dressing Recipes
By Mary Spiegelberg
Tired of the plain old “oil and vinegar” salad dressing? Have you every found it hard to find a store-bought salad dressing with fresh, preservative-free ingredients? Make your own! Try one of these 3 simple salad dressings below. When you do, tag us in your post by using #dolcediet, @thedolcediet or @dolcedietitian!
Modern Mediterranean
Enjoy this delicious dressing over a Greek salad with onions and olives!
Ingredients
½ cup feta cheese crumbles
1 Tbsp. parsley, chopped
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 plum tomato, diced
Instructions
• Mash feta cheese crumbles in a small bowl and whisk in chopped parsley, oregano and tomato.
Garlic Garden
This unique salad dressing is a wonderful addition to a chicken salad. It contains parsley, which is rich in vitamin K, C, folate and iron. There is a LOT of flavor in this one!
Ingredients
2 Tbsp. red onion, minced
½ garlic clove
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley
1 tsp. dried oregano
½ tsp. sea salt
2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
• Take minced red onion and place it in cold water for 15 minutes and then drain.
• Add garlic clove, parsley, oregano and sea salt to cutting board. Chop all your ingredients and mash them into a paste. Transfer to bowl.
• To finish, add olive oil, red wine vinegar, and onion and to bowl with garlic mixture and whisk.
Purely Nuts!
Drench my salad with a dressing high in omega 3’s and other vitamins and minerals? Yes, please! This Purely Nuts dressing recipe goes perfectly over a zesty apple spinach salad.
Ingredients
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
3 Tbsp. toasted walnuts
3 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 cup freshly chopped basil
1 garlic clove
1 tsp. sea salt
Instructions
• Add ingredients to a blender, then serve.
Mary Spiegelberg is a future dietitian currently pursuing a degree in Dietetics and Food Administration with a minor in Food Science at Cal State Long Beach. Primary field of concentration in Sports Nutrition. Member of UCLA’s Performance Nutrition Team who work to fuel, sustain and improve performance of collegiate athletes. Newport Beach native and proud owner of Hooked Boxing, LLC. Spin, fight and travel enthusiast!
