Restaurant Good Salad Dressing – Lemon Maple Vinaigrette
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Why is it that salads from restaurants always taste better than when you make them at home?
This makes me mad, and I'm not going to take it anymore.
So here it is, my version of a Restaurant-Good Salad with fresh good-for-ya ingredients.
07Oh ok, now I understand! That cleared up everything.
08Why can’t things be simple?
09Simple is good.
10Simple is good for ya.
11So let’s get started with a restaurant-good salad with good-for-ya Lemon Maple Vinaigrette Dressing.
12Get out your handy dandy homemade salad dressing bottle. If you don’t have one, any ole glass container will do that has a nice tight fitting lid. Maybe a mason jar or even an old salsa jar that you’ve rinsed out really well, of course.
13Once you start making this salad dressing, trust me, you’re going to want to get a nice glass salad dressing bottle. Like one of those Good Seasons Salad Dressing bottles they sell at the grocery store.
14Take your garlic cloves and mash them really well onto a cutting board or in a wooden bowl. Mash the garlic together with the kosher salt. Now scoop all of that salty garlic goodness into your glass container.
15Take your lemon, and be sure to roll it around on the counter while gently pressing it down with the palm of your hand. This gets it all juicy and easy to squeeze out every last drop. Once you are done pressing and rolling, you will notice the feel of the lemon is much softer and will be easier to juice.
16Into your glass container with the garlic and salt, pour in your vegetable oil, juice of your lemon (watch out for seeds) and pepper.
17Ok, now for the maple syrup. Be sure you buy REAL maple syrup and not the kind you pour on your kids pancakes. The real McCoy.
18Now shake shake shake. Shake shake shake. Shake your vinaigrette.
19Drizzle your restaurant-good salad dressing over the top of your salad and toss toss toss. Toss toss toss. Be sure to get everything all coated so each bite is better than the one before.
20Fee free to use the salad toppings of your choice.