Pear Dressing (& Favorite Salad Ingredients)
I have never been a huge fan of store-bought salad dressing. The various flavors on the market always sound so delicious and then once poured over my salad… well, they never taste nearly as good as I thought they would. For the past few months, I have been making homemade salad dressing or just using olive oil with freshly squeezed lemon juice and a little salt and pepper. It’s pretty simple, but in my opinion, better tasting and better for ya than store-bought.
Also, I have been so adventurous with my salads lately! I look in the fridge and basically throw in any veggies and fruits I have on hand… nothing is off-limits. Tonight I threw in tomatoes, apples and walnuts. I LOVE throwing nuts in salad… so yummy! Some other ingredients that tend to be in lots of my salad creations – red onions, spinach, avocado, berries, carrots and cucumbers. And one ingredient that I literally throw in most salads is fresh cilantro… I love the flavor it adds. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
Also, I’d love to hear what your favorite salad ingredients are. I am always looking for new ideas to change-up the salads we eat on a regular basis.
Here’s one of my salad dressing creations I concocted recently…
Pear Dressing
yield: 10 SERVINGS
An easy recipe to create with ripe pears and a few extra ingredients.
Ingredients
- 1 ripe pear, peeled and chopped
- 1 to 2 cloves garlic, either minced or pressed
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
- A few drops of Stevia (optional)
- 1 tablespoon of mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Directions
1
Blend everything (but olive oil) in Vitamix or blender.
2
Once blended, drizzle the olive oil slowly into the dressing and continue to blend until onlinebined.
