A home made salad dressing with great ingredients is a really healthy addition to your plate. As long as you are fueling your body for health, energy and weight management, you will have no fear in adding a nutritious and tasty dressing to your salads. so with this in mind here are some great simple dressings to try!

Classic lemon and olive oil

Ingredients:

1 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons olive oil
Black pepper and salt to taste

Whisk ingredients together. Add freshly ground pepper and salt to taste and store in the fridge.

Simple balsamic vinaigrette

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil

Mix all the ingredients together; add freshly ground pepper to taste, and store in the fridge.

Raspberry vinaigrette

This light sweet dressing is perfect for summer salads.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
Freshly ground pepper to taste

Mix all the ingredients together; add pepper to taste, and store in the fridge.

Creamy mint dressing

Ingredients:

125g live natural yoghurt
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 clove garlic
Freshly chopped mint

Blend all ingredients together and store in the fridge.

French Dressing

Ingredients:

¼ clove garlic

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons white or red wine vinegar
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Peel and finely chop ¼ of a clove of garlic. Put the garlic, 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard, 2 tablespoons of white or red wine vinegar and 6 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a jar with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Mix well. Store in the fridge.

SRIRACHA PEANUT DRESSING

So delicious stirred into shredded cabbage, carrots, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes which a big handful of chopped corriander and topped off with toasted nuts or seeds. A great way to get lots of super healthy raw vegetables into you!

INGREDIENTS

125grams of peanut butter (100% peanuts)
115mls of olive oil
115mls of water
2 tablespoons of rice vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1-2 tablespoons of honey
1 tablespoon of lime juice
1/2 teaspoon of freshly grated ginger
1 tablespoon of hot sauce (I used tabasco sauce)

Mix well and store in fridge