Homemade Oil-Free Italian Dressing is a quick and easy alternative to store-bought. It's full of flavor without any of the preservatives. Ready in 5 minutes it's great on salads, pasta salad, marinades and more!
Making your own Italian dressing is super easy and significantly healthier than using the store-bought dressings that have tons of added oils and preservatives.
I recommend avoiding oil as much as possible, but I can't emphasize enough how important it is to get very refined oils like canola oil, vegetable oil, and soybean oils out of your diet. These oils are highly processed and contain trans-fats (the bad kind). These are not the types of foods you want in your diet.
Just add all the ingredients to a small bowl and whisk until combined.
Consistency: This dressing is on the thicker side. Especially if you don't use it right away the spices absorb the liquid. So, if you'd like a more runny dressing feel free to add more balsamic or some water to get the consistency you'd like.
Storage: since the dressing has no preservatives (yay!) store any leftovers in the fridge.
Use Italian dressing on any standard salad.
It's also the classic dressing for pasta salad - try it on my vegan pasta salad and my pasta salad salad.
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Homemade Oil-Free Italian Dressing is a quick and easy alternative to store-bought. It's full of flavor without any of the preservatives. Ready in 5 minutes it's great on salads, pasta salad, marinades and more!
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