Salad season is upon us! Lots of lettuces and other greens are growing. Chances are if you belong to a CSA, have a garden, or are visiting the farmers' markets, you are experiencing the plentiful greens and other salad fixins.
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During this time of year, we try to have a dinner salad one night a week, and then for lunch a couple of times. When we have side salads with our meals, our dressing tends to be on the boring side -- just vinegar and extra virgin olive oil for the most part. But, when I make a main course salad, I like to make a tasty homemade dressing to compliment the ingredients. Sweet and creamy poppy seed dressing has always been a favorite of mine, so I figured I was long-past due to make it at home.
I served this dressing with a salad of spinach, green leaf lettuce, strawberries, red onion, feta, and grilled chicken breasts. It went very nicely with the flavors of that salad. The recipe makes about 3/4 cup of dressing and it was just enough for two large dinner salads and two smaller lunch salads the next day.
Creamy poppy seed dressing
scant 1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons sour cream
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon sugar
3 teaspoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
good pinch of salt, to taste
a few grinds of black pepper, to taste
Whisk together all of the ingredients until well-combined. Add a bit more milk if it is too thick.
Serve immediately over your favorite salad or cover and refrigerate until needed. It will keep in the fridge for several days.
i love poppyseed dressing but haven't ever made my own. so easy! looks great :)
ReplyDeletePoppyseed dressing is my all-time favorite. My recipe comes from a restaurant where we used to live but now I'm dying to try yours.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I actually never made poppy seed dressing although I use a lot of them for baking and also for cooking - do not know why - now I have got the inspiration to make some lovely, summery dressing for our salad using poppy seeds!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration!
Andrea
It's one of my favourite salad dressings!
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect accompaniment to a delicious salad, rich, creamy and delicious! Have a super weekend!
ReplyDeleteWe are all about the dinner salads lately (definitely partly because of the CSA!) and I am always looking for new dressings. This sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteI love a creamy salad dressing! And homemade is so much better than store bought. Will have to try! :)
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