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.
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.
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:
Step 1: 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.
Step 2: 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.
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
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.
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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!