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Homemade Italian Dressing. This zesty vinaigrette salad dressing is loaded with herbs! Perfect for drizzling on salads, vegetables, pasta salads, or using as a marinade.
This homemade Italian Dressing is possibly the BEST salad dressing around. It’s zesty, tangy, and super easy to whisk together. This dressing is perfect for:
- drizzling over your side salad
- adding to a fully loaded Italian Chop Salad
- dressing a Pasta Salad
- spooning over some fresh veggies to make a crisp summer side dish
How to Make Italian Dressing:
Making homemade dressings is ridiculously easy to make. My personal preference is to add all of the ingredients to a jar so that I can shake things together, and store in the refrigerator if needed.
- Combine the liquid ingredients.
- Add in herbs and seasonings.
- Whisk together. Or close jar and shake.
Ingredients Breakdown:
- Oil: extra virgin olive oil is a great option, another option would be to use an avocado oil.
- Vinegar: white wine or a red wine vinegar
- Honey: is essential to balance out the vinegar in the dressing. Can also use sugar if needed.
- Lemon juice: adds a fresh bit of citrus.
- Parmesan: use freshly grated parmesan cheese, not the stuff in the green bottle.
- Herbs: use either fresh or dried. Amounts for both are included in the recipe card.
- Garlic & Onion powder
- Salt & Pepper
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Homemade Italian Dressing
Homemade Italian Dressing. This zesty vinaigrette salad dressing is loaded with herbs! Perfect for drizzling on salads, vegetables, pasta salads, or using as a marinade.
Ingredients
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil (120 ml)
- ¼ cup white wine vinegar (60 ml)
- 2 tsp honey (10 ml) or sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice (15 ml)
- 3 tbsp parmesan freshly grated
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼-½ tsp crushed red pepper
Instructions
- Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl or jar. Whisk or shake to combine.
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Notes
To Substitute with FRESH Herbs:
1 tsp of dried herbs = 1 tbsp of fresh herbs (diced)
Nutrition
Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 334mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 44IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Love this recipe! My family and I are very picky about our dressing but this one was soo good. When I tasted it by itself at first I was like “did I do this right?” but after I mixed it with the salad, it was absolutely perfect. Healthy and delicious, thank you!
I really did not like this with EVOO. Remade it with regular vegtable oil, plain white vinegar (shorted the 1/4 cup), 1 tablespoon of bottled grated parm (no block at home) and a full teaspoon of salt. It was pretty darn close to what I was looking for. Will keep tweaking but a great and easy recipie to start with!
Big hit at the dinner table!
Favoloso condimento a noi è piaciuto molto…ho salvato la ricetta
This is it! For me, this is what I was looking for. Nice and zesty. I’ve made Italian dressing several times, and could never get that “zing.” Maybe it’s the addition of lemon juice. Very good. Thank you.
Used fresh herbs, onion and garlic. Blended with a hand blender. Delish!
This amazing dressing very use multiple of ways.
My absolute favourite is using it for a Mediterranean pasta salad
Fabulous Italian dressing! Perfect for all my salads in New Jersey
This is by far the BEST dressing ever!! Thanks for sharing!
Made the Homemade Italian Dressing the other night and it is my husband’s new favorite. I like that it uses staples that I always have around … and no chopping required! Couldn’t be simpler or yummier. Thank you for the delicious recipe Serene!