Our Favorite Salad Dressing

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    cup
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      5 min

Appears in
My Southern Kitchen: From Suppers to Celebrations, Recipes for Every Occasion

By Ivy Odom

Published 2025

  • About

Please stop buying store-bought salad dressing. Unless it’s ranch, you should make salad dressing at home. (Though I could argue homemade ranch is also better.) It’s way more delicious than the bottled stuff and takes all of 5 minutes to make. Like many others in the book, this recipe is simply a starting point for you to take in any direction you want. Switch up the vinegar for citrus juice, leave out the honey or substitute it with maple syrup, throw in some herbs or poppy seeds, or stir