Italian Salad Dressing

"This is the salad dressing I grew up with that my mom created. As a child, I didn't realize there were any alternatives. To this day, my mom's salad dressing is still a favorite. Very simple to prepare. If you make it a little ahead of time, it will allow the flavors to blend. I hope you enjoy it!"
 
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Ready In:
2mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
1 cup
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine all ingredients in a bottle.
  • Shake to blend.
  • Allow flavors to blend about an hour or so, Will even be more flavorful the following day. Be sure to refrigerate any leftovers.
  • Makes about 1 cup.

Questions & Replies

  1. Love this recipe, make it a lot! How long can you keep in the fridge?
     
  2. Normally I like pretty sour/tart Italian dressings, so I would make mine with a rice vinegar and go heavier on the garlic salt. Without tweaking this recipe at all, is this on the sweeter side?
     
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Reviews

  1. Delicious and simple to prepare. Everyone enjoyed this easy and tasty recipe. The measurements were very accurate - I measured everything out precisely and made no changes. Thanks.
     
  2. This dressing is delicious. Very easy to make, and even better the next day after the flavors have a chance to blend. I did add a little bit more parmesan cheese, and salt, and it was perfect. Forget bottled dressings. This one is it for us. Thanks
     
  3. All I did was add extra parmesan cheese and enjoyed this dressing over a green salad.
     
  4. I agree..this is great! Definately a keeper!
     
  5. Bev, this is delicious! I made a double recipe and wouldn't change a thing. I made a huge amount of pasta salad (my husband's dad's recipe). I used 2 bottles of Italian dressing and discovered I was a bottle short and we were snowed in (370 foot+ driveway + 18 inches of snow). Daughter ate a huge container of it (in over a week plus), and commmented that it was especially good. When we got shoveled out I sent a good amount to his brother's family because I had made too much and didn't want it to go to waste. His SIL called and told us if we had anymore that we weren't going to eat to send it out, which we did, which the kids opened their frig and saw it and it slowly vanished before our eyes...lol. This is a great-tasting Italian dressing, very inexpensive & easy to make, keeps well, and is even better than the bottled dressing. Thanks for sharing.
     
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Tweaks

  1. This was a very quick and easy dressing to put together.Next time I would cut back on the oil to maybe 1/2 cup.I also used 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar & 1/8 cup white vinegar instead of the cider vinegar.Also added was about 1 tsp Italian Seasoning.I used the dressing on a salad a couple of days ago.But I am now going to use up the rest by making it into a chicken marinade.I'll let you know how that works out.
     
  2. A very easy salad dressing to prepare and even easier to enjoy. I subbed balsamic for the cider vinegar and olive oil for the vegetable oil. I also added just a bit more sugar. I'll be using this one over and over.
     
  3. I made this, however I substituted the vegetable oil with extra light olive oil and also added 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning - very good! Definite repeat
     
  4. This was delicious and very simple and quick to prepare. The only change I made was to use extra virgin olive oil instead of vegetable oil.
     
  5. i substituted olive oil for part of the vegetable oil- oh so good!
     

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