homemade vinegrettes - please give my life flavour!

[high_femme]

i've been eating lots of salads lately, and with spring on the way (please tell me that spring IS on the way!!!), i know i will be eating more and more

Comments

[greencow]

try basalmic vinegar and olive oil with a few pinches of pepper

i also like red wine vinegar and olive oil

[emilyx1]

This is my favorite as it's so quick, easy and tasty. If you add a chopped shallot and garlic clove its good over warm new potatoes

Re: Freshy MacFreshpants

[redmelde]

I'd like to add that 1:3 is only a starting point, and that different vinegars have different levels of acidity. Less acidic tasting vinegars (like balsamic) seem to require a greater proportion in the vinaigrette to get the same oomph.

Also, I prefer far more vinegar in my dressings, sometimes almost half vinegar. Of course, your mileage may vary.

[prochainesortie]

-rice wine vinegar, dried chili, sesame oil to taste, canola oil

-balsamic vinigrette whisked with raspberry jam and black pepper

-this is really a marinade but I've (shhh!) eaten it as a dressing to a corn salad: soy sauce, garlic, chili, canola oil

-orange juice, lime juice, eeoo, black pepper

[mktgurl]

I have a basic one for a honey vinaigrette..

In a jar, I think I used an 8 oz jar.. maybe larger. Ok, the size of the jar is immaterial.

Add 1/4 cup honey (doesn't matter what kind, but clover honey imparts the least added "flavor" to this dressing).

Equal parts olive oil and vinegar (your choice. I like apple cider vinegar and balsamic vinegar).

Add several peeled, slightly crushed whole garlic cloves.

[mktgurl]

Ya know.. I always run out of the vinegar part of the dressing, which is why I add more than the standard ratios.

I also like to eat fresh avocados with equal parts lite soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, sprinkled with a little bit of cayenne pepper, but uhh, that's for another post.

[sylvie]

I like taking half an avocado, drawing a line of sriracha down it the long way, filling the well with lite soy sauce, and then eating the whole thing with a spoon. My brother in California introduced me to that. Unfortunately, it's not as good back here in VA because I can't seem to find good avocados

[redmelde]

If there's a Latin/Hispanic community near you, look there. After shopping at my local Mexican grocery, produce in "regular" grocery stores is CRAP. Especially avocados, limes, cilantro, chiles, mangoes, bananas... but really, any produce that I buy at the Mexican grocery is so amazingly fresh and perfect that it makes me wonder why I don't see good veggies and fruits at Kroger.

Not that I care, because Carnival and Fiesta are closer, but many thanks to the abuelitas who have good avocados! Now I can make guacamole at the drop of a hat!

[sionainn]

Throw it all in a jar, shake it and that's it.

Might I recommend that you make sure the lid is screwed on tightly before shaking?

Not that I have EVER had a disastrous vinaigrette incident in my kitchen.... *cough*

[duchess_k]

ha ha ha!