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Does anyone have any home made one's they do???

Weezie

I love cucumbers and have seen this recipe on
French's Recipes for Salad Dressing,
It sounded kinda good,
so I copied and pasted it here.
What do you think???
Sounds different I think...


COOL & CREAMY CUCUMBER DRESSING

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time:


Ingredients:

1 large (8 ounces) cucumber, peeled, seeded and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill weed or 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
2 tablespoons French's® Napa Valley Style Dijon Mustard
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 clove garlic, pressed
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Combine cucumber, sour cream, dill, mustard, oil, vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper in blender or food processor. Cover and process until well blended. Cover and chill in refrigerator until ready to serve.

2. Serve over mixed salad greens, if desired.


Makes 1 1/3 cups dressing

Why Yes Weezie, I do! This is one that I can't wait to make every year as soon as I have fresh tomatoes, Ya don't have to use home grown mater's, but makes it extra supercalifragilistic
French Style Dressing:
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
2 tbs. lemon juice(concentrate will work)
1 tbs. red wine vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable oil or olive oil
1 tbs. tomato paste
1 garlic clove,minced
salt and pepper
Take it all and blend for a bit in blender, or I suppose you could leave it chunky and shake!

Then Ya just have fun with it, like I add TWO cloves of garlic and have been known to substitute ketchup for the tomato paste and as far as salt and pepper, your fave pepper, play with different herbs,etc.
ENJOY!! PHIL

Phil,
That sounds pretty good!

When I worked in the restaurant biz,
they make the french out of Ketch~up,
For the longest time I said, EEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW,
I'm not eatin' that!
But for some reason one day, it looked ok
and I tried it, and it was goooooooooood!!!
And the recipe they had is in the ball park of
yours (I think they left the garlic out, for the sake of the "AIR"/???)
But I will try some come summer!

Weezie

I am hooked on really aged vinegar and kosher salt on romaine lettuce!!! (Our vinegar is so strong, it'll give you a permenant just smelling it from 40 ft. away! )

Now I just GOTTA grow some t'maters and cukes this summer, for sure! These sound great!

Weezie I just found this recipe, have'nt tried it yet but it sounds good and is meant for fresh garden lettuce.
Honey Balsmic Vinegar Vinaigrette
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup water
2 cloves fresh garlic crushed
1/2 tsp lemon pepper
1/2 tsp salt
Adjust ingredients to your liking and whisk, can't
wait to try it, hope its good