I rarely use bottled salad dressings, as I tend to prefer homemade versions much more. This is my hands down favorite. It is easy to throw together and is so flavorful. This only makes enough for a few dinner salads - only make as much as you need for one meal, as this only keeps maybe a day. Walnut oil and shallots are the two key ingredients here - you can sub any sweet onion for the shallots, but the walnut oil is what gives this its unique flavor. I may vary what types of lettuces and veggies go into a dinner salad, but if I am using this dressing, I always add some crumbled mild feta cheese to the veggies. Walnut oil can be found in bigger grocery store with other flavored oils or in gourmet markets. Walnut oil needs to be kept in the fridge as it spoils quickly at room temp (but last…

Ingredients

2 serv.

tablespoon seasoned rice wine vinegar or 1 tablespoon sherry wine vinegar↗1 tablespoon
teaspoons fresh lemon juice↗1 1⁄2 teaspoons
teaspoon minced shallots or 1 -2 teaspoon other sweet onion, approximately1 -2 teaspoon
teaspoon sugar↗1 teaspoon
salt, to taste (about 4 shakes)↗
fresh ground black pepper, to taste (about 10 grinds)↗
tablespoons canola oil (not olive) or 2 tablespoons other plain flavored oil (not olive)↗2 tablespoons
teaspoons walnut flavored olive oil (or other nut flavored infused oil)↗2 teaspoons
Additional ingredients
mixed lettuce greens↗
assorted fresh vegetable, of choice
plain mild feta cheese, crumbled↗

Step-by-step instructions

1
Mix all dressing ingredients together (except feta and other salad ingredients) in a mini food processor (or using an immersion stick blender) until creamy in appearance.
2
Drizzle over salad- this doesn't make lots, but is very flavorful; a little goes a long way.
3
Once the salad is dressed, crumble the feta over the salad.

Source: food.com

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