Questions tagged [salad-dressing]
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Salad dressing- does it go bad fast if it is creamed in a blender?
I made a salad dressing with these ingredents:
1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup Tahini
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 Juice of a lemon
4 garlic cloves
6 basil leaves
1 handful of parsley
2 green onion
Then blended it all to a creamy…
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How to preserve home-made salad dressing, without using bad preservatives?
I want to start making my own salad dressing because I don't like all of the stuff they put in processed food. However, I still would like my dressings to last more than just a few days in the fridge. What kinds of preservatives (hopefully natural…
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Making salad dressing without acid or high fat or capsaicin
One of my relatives has GERDs (acid reflux). I'm trying to find / make a salad dressing that avoids
acidity
large quantities of oil
spiciness (i.e. anything with capsaicin or peperine)
But I'm struggling to accomplish this because I don't…
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How to thin Ranch dressing?
I found a recipe online for Ranch dressing that uses mayonnaise, sour cream, and buttermilk. The ratio of these ingredients are to my like (tastes good enough). However, I'd like the dressing to be a bit thinner (more liquidy). How would I go about…
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How do I choose to avoid brown stringy fibres in avocado?
How do I choose to avoid brown stringy fibres in avocado?
The brown stringy fibres in avocado taste not good and looks not good when there are brown stringy fibres, especially making avocado dressings or serve in slices.
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How to taste a real ranch dressing outisde of the US
When I have been to the South Carolina, US, I fell in love with the popular american Ranch dressing. As an foreigner, I do not know much about this dressing, its origin and sorts, and never bought it in supermarket, but I really liked this one,…
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Types of vinegars used for salads
I was told by someone that rice vinegar was not suitable to be used in a salad dressing.
Can only certain types of vinegars be used for salads?
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What emulsifiers are suitable for a low-iodine diet?
People doing certain treatments for thyroid cancer need to go through a temporary low iodine diet. The diet can be quite restrictive:
No iodized salt (only trust salt you added yourself)
No dairy
No egg yolks
No soy
No sea products (seaweed,…
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Can I keep home-made salad dressing un-refrigerated?
My salad dressing has extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), raspberry wine vinegar, chives, sugar, salt & pepper, lemon juice and lemon zest. Can I keep it un-refrigerated for 18 hours?
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Can salad dressing be made with coconut oil?
Can salad dressing be made with coconut oil? Does one need to blend it to homogenize it? Will coagulation of occur afterwards?At room temperature, coconut oil is not liquid like vegetable oils.
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How long will a Thai dressing keep in the fridge?
I use a dressing made from:
60ml fish sauce
juice of 1 or 2 limes
1 tbsp caster sugar
1 clove of garlic
3 fresh red chillis
How long will this keep safely in the fridge?
I have reviewed the answer to How long will homemade salad dressing stay good…
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Replicating Good Seasons brand Italian salad dressing dry mix
I use the dry mix in a ranch chicken recipe. I would like to make my own version from scratch. How would I go about trying to duplicate there recipe so to speak? I've looked at the list of ingredients on the package but I don't know what actually…
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How to bottle your own homemade salad dressing
I would like to bottle my homemade dressing. The main ingredients are olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, lemon and dijon mustard. Once it is bottled, is there a processing time as there is with canning vegetables?
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Help me duplicate Potbelly's fat-free vinaigrette
Can anyone help me duplicate Potbelly Sandwich Works' fat-free vinaigrette dressing? I'm NOT a cook, so I have no idea where to start. It's fairly clear, somewhat sweet, and based on the lack of "globules", it appears to have little to no oil in it.…
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Can vegetable oil be infused with paprika without heating?
Some recipes, particularly for salad dressings, have a step where you are expected to heat a minuscule amount (e.g. 2 Tbsps) of a vegetable oil and cook paprika in it for a brief period of time (e.g. 30 seconds).
It seems extremely impractical:…
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