Dressing for the Occasion - How To Make Italian Salad Dressing Recipe by Cherry Menlove

What you will need for this recipe:

230 ml or 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil

5 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon of lemon juice - fresh if possible

1 teaspoon of sugar

2 large cloves of garlic - crushed

1 & a half teaspoons of Dijon mustard

It’s Tuesday, so I’m talking to you from my kitchen!

Dressing for the Occasion - Italian Salad Dressing Recipe

The weather here in the South of England has been spoiling us recently and I have been waking up to the sun streaming through my curtains and telling me in the only way that the sun can that it is time to start the day. I have been practising having positive thoughts as the last thing I do before I roll over and enter the land of nod. Over time I have taught myself to be very positive, so I know it can be done, and my latest discipline goes something like.. “tomorrow is going to be a great day. Full of creativity, hard work that doesn’t exhaust and great times with loved ones……….*snort*……..Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz”

It’s working though. That last thought I have at night is more often than not the first thought I have in the morning and it clears my head somewhat. Helps me through the melee AND the to-do list.

ANYWAY, I digress, what I’m really here for (apart from a wee chat, Hello!!) is to give you an awesome recipe and one that I have used for years and years and have not yet grown tired of. It is essentially a salad dressing but I would heartily recommend that you drizzle some on the inside of sandwiches and even on grilled chicken or beef. It’s your flexible friend and can be stored in a jar in the fridge for a good while. But I guarantee you’ll have used it all up before it starts to look a bit ‘off ‘ !!

How to make this dressing for all occasions
Place all of the ingredients into a bottle that you can pop a lid onto and shake well - I used a large empty water bottle. Shake up all of the ingredients and pour into a dressing jar or simply into a pretty glass bowl. Before drizzling over salads or meats give the dressing a little stir with a spoon and cover when you store in the refrigerator.

Have a great day and do let me know how you get on if you decide to have a go at making this. I can be found on Twitter, Facebook and in my Forum!

See you tomorrow, when I’ll be posting from outside in the garden and showing you my brand new Salad Container Garden. It looks like I’ll be in need of this dressing recipe myself!!

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