Salad Dressings

Making your own salad dressing can be a fun way to spruce up an ordinary salad. Most likely you keep many of the ingredients needed in the house anyway! Here are a couple of my favorites to mix up really quickly and serve over greens! If you do not have the types of oil I used, any other oils will work! Olive and avocado oils boast great heart health benefits!

Recipe for orange cumin dressing

Serving size=1 tbsp dressing
Makes approximately 17 servings

Ingredients

• ¼ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup avocado oil
• 1/3 fresh orange juice
• 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 tsp ground cumin seeds
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp salt

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into a small bowl and mix until well blended
2. For best results use a blender
3. Refrigerate leftover dressing for up to one week

Recipe for red wine vinaigrette

Serving size = 1 tbsp
Makes approximately 11 servings

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup avocado or olive oil
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp red wine vinegar
• 1 tsp dried oregano flakes
• dash of salt
• dash of pepper
• 1 clove of garlic, minced

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into a small bowl and mix until well blended
2. For best results use a blender
3. Refrigerate the leftover dressing for up to one week

Note: A range of nutritional information has been provided based on the dressings.