{"id":11987,"date":"2026-09-02T02:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/?p=11987"},"modified":"2026-09-02T02:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:35:05","slug":"easiest-creamy-salad-dressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/easiest-creamy-salad-dressing.html","title":{"rendered":"Easiest Creamy Salad Dressing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Looking for a creamy salad dressing you can make quickly and with minimal effort? Find yourself a mason jar and get shaking.<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup extra virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup vinegar (balsamic, white wine, champagne, or apple cider)<\/li>\n<li>4 Tab mayonnaise (conventional or vegan)<\/li>\n<li>4 Tab Dijon, brown, or whole grain mustard<\/li>\n<li>3 Tab maple syrup or honey<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp fine sea salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine all the ingredients in a jar and close tightly with a lid.<\/li>\n<li>Shake vigorously until the mayo is dissolved, and a creamy, homogenous dressing forms.<\/li>\n<li>Alternatively, combine the ingredients in a bowl and whisk to incorporate.<\/li>\n<li>Store in the fridge.<\/li>\n<li>Use within 4 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Makes:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 \u00bd cup<br \/>\n<strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong> The New Baguette<\/p>\n<p>Add garlic if you wish. \u00a0Start with 1 medium clove and work your way up if you want more garlicky flavor. I recommend grating the clove on a\u00a0microplane, or\u00a0crushing it\u00a0in a garlic press, for even distribution.<\/p>\n<p>DIY salad dressing in a jar is nothing short of a game-changer for \u2013 fine, I\u2019ll admit it \u2013 dressing snobs like me. You basically\u00a0put all the ingredients in a jar and shake them up. Forget the nervous whisking, the separation of oil and vinegar, and the dirtying of utensils in order to make a basic dressing. Once you try this mayo-based technique, you\u2019ll never go back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Ingredients + Substitutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Extra Virgin Olive Oil: The flavor of whatever oil you use will come through in the dressing. Use the best quality you can get your hands on.<br \/>\nVinegar:\u00a0You can use balsamic or any other mild vinegar, like white wine, champagne, or apple cider. I\u2019m not a huge fan of distilled white vinegar here since it can be overpowering.<br \/>\nMayo:\u00a0Makes this dairy-free dressing creamy and helps it emulsify (i.e. it prevents separation of oil and vinegar).<br \/>\nMustard:\u00a0Use brown, Dijon, or whole grain mustard.<br \/>\nMaple Syrup:\u00a0My go-to sweetener for sauces. You can sub with honey.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a creamy salad dressing you can make quickly and with minimal effort? Find yourself a mason jar and get shaking. Ingredients: 1\/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1\/2 cup vinegar (balsamic, white wine, champagne, or apple cider) 4 Tab mayonnaise (conventional or vegan) 4 Tab Dijon, brown, or whole grain mustard 3 Tab &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/easiest-creamy-salad-dressing.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Easiest Creamy Salad Dressing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salad-dressings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@three_star_dave\/117200526229715963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11988,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11987\/revisions\/11988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/margie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}