A healthy diet should include at least one salad a day. This is an excellent way to consume a wide variety of vegetables necessary for health in just one plate. One way to make these meals more enjoyable is to prepare salad dressings.
You can change the sauces if you don’t want your salad always to be the same. It is not necessary to add a heavy and caloric dressing. You can use light and healthy spices. Here we bring you nine salad dressing recipes you must choose from.
Contents
Zatziki (Yogurt sauce)
Ingredients
- One cucumber.
- 2 Greek yogurts (without sugar).
- One tablespoon (15 g) olive oil.
- One handful of chopped fresh mint
- ½ lemon.
- One clove of garlic.
- Ground black pepper.
- Salt.
Preparation
- First, peel the cucumber and grate it until you have a puree.
- Then, put it in a strainer to drain all the excess liquid.
- Mix all the ingredients, and you’re done.
- Leave the sauce for at least 1 or 2 hours in the refrigerator to take on more body and flavor.
- Substitute parsley for the mint and skip the cucumber for a lighter sauce.
mustard vinaigrette
Ingredients
- ½ cup (100 ml) of extra virgin olive oil.
- ¼ cup (62.5 ml) vinegar.
- Two tablespoons (40 g) mustard.
- A handful of oregano.
- ½ clove of garlic.
- One little bit of thyme.
- Salt.
- Ground black pepper.
Preparation
- First, put all the ingredients in the blender.
- Beat, but not too much so that the sauce is not runny.
We also recommend the French vinaigrette, one of the most famous salad sauces. Just remove the garlic and thyme from the recipe. In this case, beat with a fork or hand whisk as if you were winning an egg.
vinaigrette with egg
Ingredients
- ½ cup (100 ml) of extra virgin olive oil.
- ¼ cup (62.5 ml) vinegar.
- One small egg.
- 3-4 pickled gherkins.
- Salt.
- Ground black pepper.
Preparation
- First, put the egg to boil; when it is already hard, separate the yolk from the white.
- Then, chop the gherkins and the egg white into small pieces.
- Crush the yolk.
- Finally, mix the oil and vinegar and add the rest of the ingredients.
Cesar dressing
Ingredients
- ½ cup (120 g) mayonnaise.
- ¼ cup (60 g) heavy cream
- One tablespoon (15 g) olive oil.
- One tablespoon (16 g) vinegar.
- Two anchovies.
- Chopped chives.
- Salt and pepper.
Preparation
- Put all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Then mix them up. You can do it by hand or in a blender.
Sauce with honey
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (140 g) extra virgin olive oil.
- A few shavings of lemon peel.
- One tablespoon (15 g) vinegar.
- ½ teaspoon (5 g) oregano.
- 1 ½ tablespoons (45 g) of honey.
- One tablespoon (15 g) lemon juice.
- Salt.
- Black pepper.
Preparation
- Mix all ingredients.
Cheese sauce, another of the salad sauces
Ingredients
- ½ yogurt.
- One tablespoon (15 g) of liquid cream.
- Two tablespoons (50 g) cheese spread.
- One tablespoon (20 g) mustard.
- Chopped chives.
- Salt.
- Pepper.
Preparation
- First, put all the ingredients in a bowl.
- Mix all the ingredients by hand and lightly.
tropical sauce
Ingredients
- 2 or 3 slices of pineapple.
- Two tablespoons (30 g) of pomegranate seeds.
- Lemon juice.
- One pinch of ground ginger (optional).
- Three tablespoons (48 g) of extra virgin olive oil.
Preparation
- Start by putting all the ingredients in the blender.
- Then beat until the mixture is liquid.
Sweet and sour white sauce
This is a Chinese salad sauce. This sauce is excellent for salads with lettuce, carrots, and agar seaweed. If you don’t have rice vinegar, you can replace it with apple cider vinegar, although it is not as authentic.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (125 ml) rice vinegar.
- One cup (100 g) of sugar.
- One cup (120 g) of sunflower oil.
- One teaspoon (5 g) of salt.
Preparation
- Mix all ingredients.
Foie sauce
Ingredients
- Two tablespoons (50 g) of quality foie.
- ½ cup (125 ml) of chicken broth.
- ½ shallot.
- Three tablespoons (50 g) of liquid cream.
- Two tablespoons (25 g) port.
- Salt.
- Black pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil.
Preparation
- First, fry the chopped onion.
- Then, add the broth, cream, and Port.
- Add the foie and let everything integrate well when it starts to thicken.
- This sauce is perfect for pasta salad.
Ideas for your salads
If you are tired of the typical tomato, lettuce, and onion salad, in addition to salad dressings, we give you a few ideas to make authentic gourmet salads”.
- The combination of raisins, nuts, and small pieces of cheddar or ball cheese is excellent.
- Red onion, Kalamata olives, and feta cheese are great for Greek salad.
- You can make a salad with different types of lettuce. If you want it to have a special touch, add one of our salad sauces.
- Fried bread in small squares or toasted. If you want to lighten calories, bet on roasting.
- The eels. In warm salads, this ingredient is delicious. First, pass them through the pan with olive oil, chopped garlic, and chili.
- Pomegranate grains. In addition to the color they give to the salad, they are ideal for all those who love the crunchy texture of salads.
- Sesame, poppy, sunflower seeds.