arteacher wrote on 11/30/12 at 07:00:12:"Do NOT dress your salads with bluecheese or 1000Island (superfat anyway) use olive oil and wine vinegar instead; to make your salad tastier, add thin slices of peeled apple and carrots."
I make a dressing with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, prepared mustard, dehydrated onion and garlic, oregano, basil, a pinch of salt, a bit of sugar, and water. It is very good. If I want a lighter flavour I will use red wine vinegar instead.
An aside: My Italian grandfather taught me to make wine. (he used to make 250 gal a year). The first time I tried I harvested the grapes myself, brought them home, and went out to get the sugar. While I was out my wife thought she would do me a favour and washed the grapes, thereby removing all the natural yeast. I didn't know this and made 5 gal of red wine vinegar.
Art, why do you need sugar in a salad dressing ?
And water ? with all the vinegar already 95% water ???
Stick to the ingredients you list, avoid the sugar and water, try it.
As for soups, I make my own.
Vegetable soup? Potatoes, carrots, spinach, brussels sprouts, string beans, ordinary beans, peas, chick peas, lentils... you name it, you can use it !
nd, you can avoid the salt, simply add spices and herbs and a handful of rice in the end, boil for the last 10 minutes, ready to serve!
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