Last Updated on October 23, 2022 by Ellen Christian
Do you know how to make your own salad dressing? In the summer, we eat a lot of salads. This healthy raspberry vinaigrette recipe is one of my favorites.
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Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad Dressing Recipe
There’s an endless bounty of fresh vegetables from our garden, and our neighbors always stop by with extra vegetables from their gardens. What I put in my garden salads depends on what I have a lot of in the garden.
There is always a base of lettuce, arugula, spinach or dandelion greens depending on the time of year. I also add carrots, cucumbers, peppers, onions, and tomatoes when I have them.
I sometimes add bacon, chunks of cheese, nuts, or dried fruits as a splurge. The final addition to my salad is a salad dressing of some type.
While the grocery store has a great selection of salad dressings, sometimes they aren’t the best choice. Store-bought salad dressings often contain fat, sodium, and artificial ingredients.
It’s possible to make your salad dressing without adding anything. This raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing is one of my favorite healthy salad dressing recipes.
Best vinegar for vinaigrette
I chose the Heinz Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar for my salad dressing because I wanted to enjoy the properties of unfiltered apple cider vinegar. Unfiltered apple cider vinegar still contains the “mother” of the vinegar – a compound created naturally during vinegar’s fermentation process.
The mother of vinegar helps to improve your immune system and helps you stay healthy. It will lose many of its health properties when it is cooked so I like to use it in recipes that I am not heating like this salad dressing.
If you have traditional Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar, try my homemade barbecue sauce recipe.
This recipe is one point on the Weight Watcher’s diet. You can use a sugar free sweetener instead of brown sugar if you like.
Make Your Own Salad Dressing - Raspberry Vinaigrette
Do you know how to make your own salad dressing? In the summer, we eat a lot of salads. This healthy raspberry vinaigrette recipe is one of my favorites.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup fresh red raspberries
- 1/4 cup Heinz Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Put all of the ingredients into a blender and pules until combined.
- Refrigerate until needed.
- Serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 51Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 19mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 0g
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Just need to know how long it will keep in the fridge. It sounds really good
Hi Evonne – Thanks for stopping by. Generally, vinaigrettes can be kept refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
I LOVE anything vinaigrette! I’ll have to try this. It sounds absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing.
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Glad to, Hannah. It’s one of my favorites!
I am definitely going to try this !!! It seems pretty simple and tasty 🙂
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i have never tried making my own salad dresssing but this sounds pretty easy and delicious!
I believe bacon is required in any salad that I eat.
Great combination of ingredients…sounds really great. Thanks for sharing this with us on foodie friday.
Hollandaise sauce! Dangerously good!
My hubby would love this recipe!
I had no idea it was so easy!
My family and I eat a lot of salads… and normally go with the usual store bought salad dressings… but, I’m going to use this recipe myself. This recipe is definitely going into my “Keepers” recipe file.
Wow – and I have all the ingredients in my pantry/fridge. Love salads and raspberries,
Wow that looks so good!! I never have tried to make homemade dressing before, gonna have to give it a go!!
we eat a lot of salads here too. blue cheese is always a big hit with me!