Easiest Salad Dressing Ever

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This is my go to salad dressing when I have no creativity or time left, and I just need to throw something together and get myself (and others) fed.

The tamari is a gluten free and MSG free soy sauce that has been produced more in accordance with traditional fermenting practices. You can buy it at most supermarkets or health food stores, and I just keep it in my pantry instead of soy sauce, it tastes identical without any of the nasties.

In this recipe the tamari adds the saltiness, which is the key ingredient in any salad. Have you ever wondered why salads taste so much better when you get them in a restaurant? It’s because they’ve been seasoned appropriately. If you are using the right salt it is a source of multi minerals, as well as being very important in salads to augment the digestion of the raw vegetables. So don’t hold back!

Also be sure to use good quality extra virgin olive oil. Does the extra virgin part make a difference? Absolutely. This means the olives have been pressed without using heat or other solvents, which protects the amazing antioxidants in the oil. So this is not an area to skimp on. Buy in bulk from a wholefoods discount store and be liberal with your use of oil. Good quality extra virgin olive oil also tastes amazing! Yum!

Easiest Salad Dressing Ever

Makes as much as you want

Can store for up to 2 weeks or longer in the fridge

Ingredients

1 part apple cider vinegar

1 part extra virgin olive oil

1 part tamari

Directions

  1. Get a jar. Add all the ingredients in proportion, in as much volume as you need. I’ll often make up a quater of a jar’s worth, and use it on my salads throughout the week.

  2. Put the lid on the jar and shake it in order to mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

  3. Pour on your salad just before serving.

TIP: Don’t dress the salad in the salad bowl, instead offer it undressed with the dressing on the side, so people can add it to their salad on the plate. That way if there are salad leftovers, you can put them in a container for lunch the next day, and they won’t have gone soggy and yuck.