3 Salad Dressings With Less Than 6 Ingredients

My mom always made a lot of food from scratch. She made her own versions of Kraft Dinner, granola bars, and pizza. She always had bottles of pre-bought salad dressing lining the door of the fridge, though.

I figured that meant salad dressing was impossible to make.  She knew how to make basically anything from scratch, after all. I’ve been out of my parents’ house for nearly a decade now but it wasn’t until recently that I figured out that it was, in fact, NOT impossible to make my own salad dressings!

It’s actually pretty easy, and so much tastier too! Mind = blown. 

What do you regularly purchase at the grocery store that you could probably make at home? 

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Yogurt Lemon Poppyseed (serves 6-8)

• 1/4 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons poppyseeds
• 2 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt

Greek Oregano (serves 3-4)

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 4 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp oregano
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

Spicy Thai Peanut (serves 5-6)

• 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp red curry paste

Why It’s A Smart Choice

When you make your own dressings from scratch, you have full control over the ingredients. Most store-bought salad dressings have between 150-200mg of sodium per tablespoon. The Yogurt Lemon Poppyseed has only 75 mg per tablespoon!  

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