Adding Salad Dressing Ingredients Directly to a Salad Bowl

Salad made with dressing ingredients added directly to the salad bowl

Alice Henneman, MS, RDN, UNL Extension in Lancaster County

In Italy, the salad dressing often isn't mixed separately from the salad. Here are the basic "no recipe required" directions for making salad dressing with just 4 ingredients that are mixed—separately in 3 steps—directly into the salad. This method is especially convenient if you are making a salad just for yourself and eating it right away. 

Ingredients

  • Vinegar (red wine vinegar) 
  • Oil (extra virgin olive oil) 
  • Salt and pepper 

All you have to remember is: the basic ratio of vinegar to oil should be about 1 part vinegar to 2 to 3 parts oil. Begin with a drizzle of a small amount of vinegar