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I love this time of the year, when the market is filled with fresh salad greens and fixins. Bottled salad dressings are loaded with preservatives, so I prefer to use a homemade salad dressing.
Making your own salad dressing takes just minutes and can be made with few ingredients, yet still be flavorful and delicious.
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This zesty homemade house dressing is one of my faves. I call it a house dressing because I make it so frequently. Plus, it’s just a basic creamy dressing with a bit of zip.
Zesty Homemade House Dressing
Ingredients:
3/4 cup cottage cheese
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 scallion (green onion), chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon chopped sun-dried tomato
You will also need something to store your dressing in after it is made. I love this glass salad dressing bottle because it is designed for salad dressing, as a bonus, it even has an Asian salad dressing recipe.
Method:
Place all of the ingredients in a blender. Pulse until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl, cover, and chill until ready to use. Recipe yields about 2 cups of salad dressing.
This salad dressing is zesty, but not overpowering. If you want to tone it down a bit, you can omit the garlic or sun-dried tomato or both.
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Zesty Homemade House Dressing
Yield 2 cups
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cottage cheese
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 scallion (green onion), chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped sun-dried tomato
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients in a blender.
- Pulse until smooth.
- Transfer to a small bowl, cover, and chill until ready to use.
- Recipe yields about 2 cups of salad dressing.
That sounds amazing. I Love homemade dressings – they always taste better!
That sounds really good. We had salads last night for dinner, and this is making me want a new one! đŸ˜‰
That looks delicious. I love making things like this at home instead of buying them. 99% of the time it tastes better, and it’s always cheaper.
That looks tasty! I love making foods homemade to avoid the unnecessary additives.
Yum! My kids love salads and dressings to dip things in. This will be great, I’m sure they’d love this! My husband will too!
I love homemade dressings too, I like that you say it’s not overpowering because some can be! Looks really good!
This looks delicious! I always like to make my own dressing instead of buying it. I can’t wait to try this recipe.
A nice zesty dressing sounds really nice. I’d love to make this for a big salad dish.
Wow, that really does look good. I don’t think I’d omit anything because I like a little kick. I would love to make more of my own dressings and sauces, so I can skip the preservatives and other yucky ingredients.
This looks like a delicious recipe. I love to eat salads. Io will have to try making this.
I am a sucker for a creamy dressing and always like to make things from scratch when I can so I know what we are eating is as fresh as possible. The flavor combination of this dressing sounds delicious and I like the bit of green onion too!
I’ve never used cottage cheese in a dressing before, but this sounds amazing! I love a good dressing, so I’ll give this one a try soon!
What a delicious salad dressing recipe. I can’t wait to try it because good dressing makes eating salads easier.
This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing. Hugs!
Looks good. I’ve never tried making my own dressing before.
I have never even attempted to make a homemade salad dressing! Yours looks real tasty, though, so I might have to give it a shot!
I haven’t made my own dressing before. I really should.
I love homemade dressings! With all of the amazing salads coming out right now, I’ll have to try this one
I try to make everything homemade when I can and dressing is one of them. Lately I have been experimenting with olive oil and different balsamic vinegar. I’ll have to pin this one for later!
Sounds like an absolutely delicious sauce. I’ve never tried making homemade salad dressing before, sounds great!
This looks so yummy! I love homemade dressing because they always taste better
We go threw a lot of salad dressing. I love to eat salads and the kids use it for dip. I will have to try making this recipe.
The only dressing I’ve tried making was when you mixed the oil with the vinegar, water and seasoning packet. This dressing sounds yummy and amazing!
Such a nice choice. Real tasty looking.
This is awesome. I never have made my own before now I can! Thank you and happy to find your post at the Wake Up Wed!
We only use homemade dressings, and while living in China have a penchant for an easy Italian one. I cannot wait to try this at home (in the States) this summer! Great idea using cottage cheese – I imagine it’s a way to lighten it up? Thanks for linking up at #FoodieFriDIY!
Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Mondays!
I never thought of using cottage cheese! I’ll give this one a try.
I always love trying new dressings. Cottage cheese is an interesting addition.
Oh, this looks great, perfect for my summer salads. I love the addition of the cottage cheese – helps to thicken it up!
LOVE that this has so little fat! I find that if I roast or even nuke the garlic it makes it less stinky. Can’t wait to make it.
This sounds really good! I am going to have to try this dressing.
I don’t usually make my own dressing ,this looks delicious I’ll give it a try thanks
This looks so good. I’ve always wanted to try and make my own dressing.
That sounds delicious, I am intrigued by the addition of cottage cheese.
This sounds really good! Thanks for sharing with Merry Monday!
I love my dressing to have a bit of a kick. It livens up the salad and keeps it from getting boring! Thanks for linking up with Delicious Dishes Link Party!
I love the addition of cottage cheese. I really think my teen would even eat this!
This dressing looks really good! I have never made home made dressing before. I would love to try this.
This house dressing sounds totally amazing.
This doesn’t seem too difficult to make and looks delicious and full of flavor! I’d love to try it!
This looks perfect for salads! I think I have all the ingredients right now too!
Anyone have a Roquefort dressing recipe? Love it but can’t find a decent recipe. Thanks