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    Home » Recipes » Salads and Salad Dressings

    Homemade Italian Salad Dressing

    Published: Jul 4, 2014 · Modified: Mar 8, 2021 by Marisa Franca · 3 Comments

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    Forget the slimy store bought Italian dressing, this dressing tastes fresher and better than Olive Gardens famous salad dressing. It's easy to make plus it doesn't have to be refrigerated. Take the dressing on a picnic for your salads or put it on chicken and bake. An Italian dressing that you'll never tire of. #Italiansaladdressing #homemadesaladdressing #Olivegardendressing

    Homemade Italian Salad Dressing from scratch is so much tastier than store bought. By using the best ingredients and no preservatives you have a fresh and bright flavored addition to your salad.

    A cruet filled with homemade Italian salad dressing.
    Homemade Salad Dressing and Marinade with Italian Flavors.

    ❤️Why you'll love this recipe

    We were so tired of store bought salad dressing that had a slimy texture and phony ingredients that were as long as your arm. The dressing left a nasty taste in our mouths.

    We eat salad every night! 

    You'd think we'd get tired of salad but we don't.

    We just couldn't abide eating a salad and dribbling on a dressing that we just didn't like. That's why we know you'll love this delicious addition to your salads.

    That's when we decided to come up with our own recipe.

    So we took ingredients that we do like :

    -extra-virgin olive oil

    -white balsamic vinegar

    -Mediterranean style herbs such as oregano, basil and thyme

    -garlic

    -onion

    -salt

    -pepper

     Ecco! Our Homemade Italian Salad Dressing - All Our Way was created.

    Not difficult, right? I hope you'll agree because we think it's pretty special and versatile. 🙂

    Homemade all natural Italian salad dressing and seasoning @ Allourway.com
    Homemade Italian Dressing All Our Way

    🥗More uses

     Start adding our Homemade Italian Salad Dressing to your salads. You'll be as nuts about salads as we are.

    And if you're feeling especially inspired, use the Homemade Italian Salad Dressing as a seasoning sauce like in pasta salad.

     Or for a marinade such as in the Chicken Piccata recipe, if you don't have the plain yogurt. 

    Another plus with our Homemade Italian Salad Dressing is that it doesn't have to be refrigerated. This would make a perfect addition to take on a picnic . . . .one less thing to keep in a cooler.

    For a change, you may also like our Basil Salad Dressing using up all of that extra basil you have on hand. 

    A cruet of Homemade Italian Salad Dressing and Marinade.
    Homemade Italian Salad Dressing and marinade.

    📝 Recipe

    A cruet filled with homemade Italian salad dressing.

    Homemade Italian Salad Dressing - All Our Way

    An all natural homemade dressing that brings an Italian flavor to salads and it doesn't need to be refrigerated.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: American-Italian
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 8 people
    Calories: 56kcal
    Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way
    As An Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups extra-virgin olive oil
    • 2 teaspoons garlic powder
    • 2 teaspoons onion powder
    • 2 teaspoons pepper q.b. to your taste
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt q.b. to your taste
    • ½ teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
    • ½ cup white balsamic vinegar
    • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
    • 1 teaspoon dried basil
    • 1 teaspoon dried thyme

    Instructions

    • In a blender mix together the white balsamic vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and Dijon-style mustard.
    • With the blender on, slowly pour in the extra-virgin olive oil and mix thoroughly until well blended.
    • Add the oregano, basil and thyme pulse once or twice -- just enough to blend.
    • Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes to let the flavors meld. Give the dressing a good whisk or shake immediately before serving.
    • Does not need to be refrigerated.

    Notes

    • This would be a great addition to a pasta salad or used as marinade.
    • Trader Joe's has a good white balsamic vinegar that is reasonably priced -- I don't get compensated for saying that 🙂
    • We have used red wine vinegar in this recipe but we found it too acidic for our taste but you may like it that way.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 56kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Fat: 4g | Sodium: 299mg | Potassium: 38mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.6mg

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      Comments

      1. Thalia @ butter and brioche

        July 08, 2014 at 7:24 pm

        5 stars
        i've been searching for a good classic salad dressing recipe. will definitely be making this. thanks for the awesome recipe.

        Reply
        • Marisa Franca

          July 09, 2014 at 5:17 am

          This is one of favorites. We have a bottle on our counter all the time. I'm sure you'll like it. Let us know what you think-- glad you stopped by hope you'll visit us often 🙂

          Reply

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