Italian Dressing

Learn how easy it is to make your own Italian Dressing. So fresh and so easy, this dressing is a best friend to your salads!

Make your own dry herb mix to keep in the cupboard. Then add a small amount to some oil and vinegar for a great homemade dressing.

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Italian Dressing is the third and final recipe ingredient in the next Childhood Favorites Remade. Apricot Jam, Onion Soup Mix, and now, Italian Dressing.

Have you figured it out yet? Kind of a weird grouping, I know. But, I tell you it was one of my favorites when I was a kid.

If you want to jump ahead to the end and find out the childhood favorite that I made, here’s the final dish: Italian Apricot Stew or Italian Apricot Chicken.

Homemade tastes better

We’ve been eating this Italian Dressing all week around here. It’s delicious! It’s so easy to make your own dressing. No need to rely on store-bought with added stuff you don’t want.

Just keep the dry ingredients in a jar or a bag in your cupboard, and when you want a little salad, just mix the dry stuff into a little oil and vinegar. Voila! Homemade and super yummy. All those herbs and spices getting all cozy on your leafy salad greens. Just awesome.

I really like all the herbs and spices in this one. Just filled with flavor! And it transforms a simple green salad into something wonderful!

Make it as a gift

You could even make up the dry ingredients and package up the dry mix with some instructions as a gift for someone.

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Homemade Italian Dressing Recipe

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Italian Dressing

An easy to make homemade herb mix that's easy to make into a delicious salad dressing

Course Salad, Sauce

Cuisine Italian

Keyword dressing, homemade

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Calories 1432 kcal

Author Debi

Ingredients

Dry Herb Mix

• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• ¼ teaspoon dried thyme

Dressing

• ½ cup red wine vinegar
• 2/3 cup olive oil

Instructions

Make dry herb mix

1. Combine all dry ingredients in a ziptop bag or jar with a tight fitting lid. Shake well to combine. This may be kept in the cupboard until you're ready to make some dressing.

Make dressing

1. Combine 2 tablespoons dry herb mix to ½ cup vinegar and 2/3 cup oil in a dressing container or jar. Shake or stir well to combine. Serve over salad.

Recipe Notes

Recipe makes dry herb mix that can be stored in the cupboard or given as a gift, and can then be added to oil and vinegar for a dressing.
Adapted from The Dainty Chef

Nutrition Facts

Italian Dressing

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1432 Calories from Fat 1305

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 145g 223%

Saturated Fat 20g 100%

Sodium 2368mg 99%

Potassium 391mg 11%

Total Carbohydrates 33g 11%

Dietary Fiber 7g 28%

Sugars 13g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 6.4%

Vitamin C 5%

Calcium 20.9%

Iron 37.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.