Your grocery store may seem like a mecca for gourmet salad dressing, but it’s easy to get caught up in pretty packaging. The front of the bottle may boast health-conscious mantras, but when you read the label, it’s often a very different story. Making your own dressing at home may seem unnecessary, but the freshness…
This was a recipe born out of necessity – I was hosting a dinner for friends and had created a beautiful spread, which included an arugula and prosciutto salad topped with walnuts, blue cheese crumbles, and grapefruit segments – but no dressing. After tearing through my fridge and coming to the sad conclusion that I…
With fresh, unprocessed ingredients, homemade salad dressing is often much more nutritious than those store-bought versions. This simple apple cider vinaigrette is one such example. Apple cider vinegar is known to be a digestive-, immunity-, and natural-energy-boosting food, and it also may have appetite-suppressing powers. And at just over 80 calories per one-tablespoon serving, this…
