Today's recipe: Milk. Vinegar. Sugar. No more. No oil! Low carb. Weight Watchers zero points.
It gets no easier than this. When my brother-in-law visited over Christmas, he mentioned the salad dressing that his mother, a World War II German war bride, makes all the time. They call it 'German Salad Dressing'. Me, I'm tempted to dub it "salad dressing for dummies" because it has just three ingredients.
Three ingredients.
And it's got me to thinking. Why in the world do we buy bottles of salad dressing when it's this cheap and simple and tasty to make? So I'm launching a new series of occasional posts with collections of simple classic recipes for home cooks who want to feed their families economically and healthfully. Look for the first one tomorrow. I'm calling it "Never Buy Salad Dressing Again". Who will take the challenge?
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GERMAN SALAD DRESSING
Hands-on time: 5 minutes
Time to table: 5 minutes
Makes 3/4 cup (12 tablespoons)
Time to table: 5 minutes
Makes 3/4 cup (12 tablespoons)
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons good vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar (or honey)
Whisk together.
KITCHEN NOTES
The dressing is especially good with soft lettuces such as Boston, red leaf and green leaf. For aesthetics, use a clear or light-colored vinegar versus a dark balsamic vinegar.PRINT JUST A RECIPE! Now you can print a recipe without wasting ink and paper on the header and sidebar. Here's how.
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Your Comments:
I do wish it were easier to 'find' a good vinegar without shelling out $$ for just plain harsh vinegar gussied up with a pretty label and shapely bottle, which many of them are.
I've been soo lucky to have been gifted gorgeous vinegars and olive oils from O Olive Oil. They're not inexpensive but they are consistently reliably DELICIOUS.
1/2 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons good vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar (or honey)
make 12 tablespoons of dressing?
Sounds like a good recipe, though! My mom always made our salad dressings, although they had oil in them.
I really enjoy your recipes!
It might be that a low-fat, non-clingy dressing isn't to your taste, maybe?
Since I've been playing with salad dressings, I've learned to appreciate more and more the different styles of dressings. This is definitely among the simplest.
But it's also furthest along the scale from the heavy gloppy dressings that we buy at the grocery. You might experiment with different consistencies of dressings to find your own style. Let me know!