How do you make salad dressing? Any type from scratch?

Smoke up, I use a basic red wine vinegar, olive oil, and 1/2 a teaspoon of dijon mustard and whisk together, don't forget a touch of S & P.

Here's my Thousand Island Dressing recipe that I've used for years.

THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING

1. Pour 1 inch of pickle juice into a glass (sweet or sour - your choice)

2. Add a squirt of catsup

3. Add a squirt of mustard

4. Add black pepper to taste

5. Add a large tablespoonful of mayonnaise

6. Mix well. It's OK to see small white flecks of mayonnaise. The more mayonnaise you use, the thicker it is so if you want it to pour thin, use less mayonnaise.

For your chicken salad, you could add a little salsa to it as well to add a kick or even add a little chili powder. My dressing is absolutely wonderful on a nice Crab or Shrimp Louie.

Hope that helps.

For home made ranch:

1 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 teaspoon dried chives

1/2 teaspoon dried parsley

1/2 teaspoon dried dill weed

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Here is a recipe I often take to gatherings. The dressing recipe is awesome. Give it a try. Everyone asks for the recipe.....Enjoy!!!

MANDARIN ORANGE SALAD

1/4 cup almonds, sliced

1 T. plus 1 tsp. Sugar

½ head iceberg lettuce

½ head romaine lettuce

1 cup celery, chopped

3 green onions, thinly sliced

1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges, drained

Dressing:

¼ cup vegetable oil

2 T. vinegar

2 T. sugar

1 T. parsley, snipped

½ tsp. Salt

Dash pepper

Dash hot pepper sauce (Tabasco)

*Tear lettuce into bite size pieces. Place greens in large plastic bag, add celery and green onions. Fasten bag and refrigerate.

*Combine well in a jar: oil, vinegar, sugar, parsley, salt, pepper and Tabasco. Refrigerate at least one hour.

*Cook and stir almonds and sugar over low heat until sugar is melted and nuts are coated. Cool on wax paper and break apart.

*Pour dressing into greens bag 5 minutes before serving. Add oranges. *Shake bag. Add almonds and serve.

*Serves 4-6

1/2 cup oil

1/2 cup vinegar

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1/4 tsp granulated garlic powder

4 drops Tabasco Sauce

Shake everything up or blend in a blender

adjust seasoning to your liking.

mayo?? mix half cup with any wine, vinegar, lemon or lime juice or pineapple juice. Add a tablespoon honey. You can double or triple this if you need more.

1/2 cup olive or veggie oil, half cup any of the above liquids or other fruit juice, 2 tablespoons honey, mint leaves, rosemary leaf - slightly crushed, dash cloves to taste. You can add any other herbs you like to this instead of the mint and rosemary or add to them. About 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon1 Allow this to sit and mellow for about 2 to 4 hours, longer is better, but I suspect you want it for dinner.

Seal left overs in jar in fridge to mellow longer.

Check out this website, it gives you a bunch of different salad dressing recipes. All different kinds.

http://allrecipes.com//Recipes/salad/dressings-and...

mayo/ketchup