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Salad Dressing

The Ultimate Salad Dressing Arithmetic

Homemade vinaigrette can be as simple as a two-ingredient blend or a seven-ingredient masterpiece.

A Second Life for Your Favorite Sauce

So you made too much pesto? Or hummus? Or yogurt sauce? Don't let it languish in the back of your fridge—just thin it out and suddenly it's salad dressing.

The Healthiest Thing You Can Make With a Vitamix (No, It's Not a Smoothie)

Double down on vegetables with this blended dressing.

Spicy Carrot-Miso Dressing

This is just one version of Amy Chaplin's raw vegetable-based dressings from her book Whole Cooking Everyday. Made by blending vegetables with herbs and citrus juice until creamy, they are light, super flavorful, and addictive.

Golden Citrus Zucchini Dressing

When it comes to vibrant whole food meals, dressings are the key to success. This is just one version of Amy Chaplin's raw zucchini dressings from her bookWhole Food Cooking Every Day. The multi-flavored sauces are rich and creamy, and offer a fresh new take on standard dressings and vinaigrettes.

Tangy Beet-Cashew Dressing with Chile

In Amy Chaplin's salads, the vegetables areinthe dressing. This is just one version of the raw beet dressings from her bookWhole Food Cooking Every Day, where she combines sweet beets with cashew butter and red chiles to create a rich, creamy sauce.

Taste Test: Red Wine Vinegar

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Silky Peanut Butter Dressing

Adding silken tofu to the base of this dressing both enriches it with a little added protein and lends it a satiny texture. You can adjust the amount of water added to create something thicker and dippable for crudités or thinner and drizzly for tossing into salads.

Master Vegetable Marinade

Turn any roasted or grilled vegetable into a picnic-ready cold salad by marinating it for a few hours in this sweet-tart vinaigrette. Stir in your favorite fresh herbs just before serving.

The Miniature Kitchen Appliance You Need to Own

Better sauces, dressings, and dips are within easy reach.

The Best Salad Containers for Take-To-Work Lunches

Soggy salads: boy, bye!

如何让一个典型的凯撒沙拉酱吗

Master the art of this classic, umami-packed dressing, and America's favorite salad will be available to you in minutes.

Lemon–Olive Oil Dressing

This simple dressing is wonderful as is, especially on a simple green salad, but it also makes a fantastic starting point for more elaborate dressings.

Creamy Vinaigrette for Salads

Heavy cream, alone or in conjunction with oil, can be added to vinegar and mustard, producing a vinaigrette that is excellent with delicately flavored salads. Because of its subtlety, creamy vinaigrette can be flavored easily with herbs such as mint, chives, or chervil. It is also excellent for showcasing a special vinegar.

Basic Lemon Vinaigrette

Don’t believe the hype that every vinaigrette recipe should have one part acid to three parts oil. This more assertive ratio brings a lot more flavor to the table.

Chile-Lime Sauce

This condiment, called nam pla prik, is found on virtually every home and restaurant table in Thailand.

5 Store-Bought Salad Dressings That Are Actually Worth Eating

There's no shame in a premade dressing when you're in a pinch. Just make sure you pick the right one.

The Key to Better Homemade Salad Dressings Is Overkill

If you think a great dressing is about lemon or vinegar, think again.

Lemon Dijon Dressing

Toss this simple dressing through an easy summer salad.
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