Balsamic Vinaigrette

I was craving for some light food since I've been lazy and buying Wendy's Apple Pecan Grilled Chicken Salad with their refreshing Pomegranate Vinaigrette.  So I decided to make my all time favorite basic dressing here.  Real fast and quick if you have all the ingredients in your cupboard and fridge.   

Ingredients:

1 tsp garlic, grated or finely minced
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tsp lemon juice
salt and pepper, to taste


Directions:

Whisk vinegar, mustard, lemon juice salt and black pepper in bowl using stainless steel whisk. Slowly add oil, whisking until well blended. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

Get your toss salad greens and drizzle the dressing over!!  Ono it's kaukau time!!  Enjoy!!  :D

Basic Balsamic Vinaigrette

Ingredients:

1 garlic clove
1/4 cup quaity Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 teaspoon Dijon Mustard
pinch of salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
3/4 cup quality extra virgin olive oil
sugar or sweetener optional to your taste or none for a zero carb dressing

Method:

Add the Balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard and salt, pepper, and garlic.

Give it a quick whisk  allowing the mustard and vinegar to combine and begin to emulsify.

Or you can cheat like I do and use my salad dressing mixer shown below which I purchased from Pampered Chef along with the garlic press!

Begin to slowly add the olive oil until well combined, being careful to add just a little bit at a time so the dressing will emulsify, the mustard should help emulsification so don't leave it out. 

You can add other ingredients, herbs and spices to kick it up a notch it's up to you.  But this is the basic recipe I use.

Store in a glass jar for about a week.

Ono!!  Enjoy with your Apple Orchard Chicken Salad!!

:)