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Salad dressing: Easy recipes to please the family
When it's too hot to cook try one of these refreshing salad dressings on crisp veggies for a great summer meal.
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Easy family-pleasing salad dressings
Tired of plain old Caesar and ranch dressing? These salad dressings range from the classic to the unique and will keep your salad the most fashionable on the block.
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Chopped apple salad
From Bobby Flay’s Bar American Cookbook. You can't go wrong with this salad (or its delicious dressing).
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Basic vinaigrette dressing
This is a no-nonsense dressing which can be used as is, or be the start of some more elaborate concoction. Use any kind of oil you like, and whatever vinegar you happen to have in the house. Experiment with different oils and vinegars (or try lemon juice instead), add herbs, spices, grated cheese, garlic, ketchup, mustard — mess around with this and see what you come up with.
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Cucumber yogurt dressing
This dressing has a much more summery feel than ranch due to the light cucumbers and sweet yogurt.
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Creamy "soyzar" dressing
Silken tofu makes this dressing creamy, while anchovies add flavour and calcium. No one but you needs to know you snuck them in. Just mix the ingredients together and toss in salad.
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Basic balsamic dressing
Once you start making your own dressings, you'll never go back to store-bought.
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Twists on our favourites
Here are three fabulous twists on classic salad dressings: balsamic vinaigrette, buttermilk ranch and golden Caesar. Who needs to go back to the basics when you've got these as an option?
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Leila Bassett (not verified) says ....
I should clarify that my comment was meant for the 7th slide (the the one with 3 recipes called Twists on Favorites).
Leila Bassett (not verified) says ....
This set of recipes was put all together. What are the ingredients for each type of dressing? Does each dressing contain the same ingredients (all those listed)? Confusing.