An Easy Dressing Recipe: How to Make Homemade Salad Dressing

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Looking for an easy dressing recipe that you can make quickly with very few ingredients? This is one of my favorite go-to recipes when I need something to top my salad.

Looking for an easy dressing recipe that you can make quickly with very few ingredients? This is one of my favorite go-to recipes when I need something to top my salad.

Easy Dressing Recipe

This recipe is from several years ago when I first started blogging, but it’s still a favorite. Enjoy!

I thought I’d share my recipe for homemade salad dressing with you today. I love this stuff. The recipe is a little vague, but I adjust it according to how I want it to taste. If you need to make an easy dressing recipe in a hurry, this is a great one because all of the ingredients are easily accessible!

Easy Dressing Recipe

How to make an easy salad dressing with only a few ingredients!

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Keyword Easy Salad Dressing Recipe
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 20 servings
Calories 100 kcal
Creator Merissa

Ingredients

  • 1/4 teaspoon Paprika
  • 1 teaspoon Garlic salt
  • 1 cup Oil Vegetable Oil or Olive Oil
  • 1/4 cup Vinegar White or Apple Cider

Instructions

  1. Since this is all based on tastes you may want it to taste more like oil or more like vinegar by adjusting the amounts. Yummy! Mix together in a jar and shake before using.

Nutrition Facts
Easy Dressing Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 100 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.04g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 7g
Sodium 116mg5%
Potassium 1mg0%
Carbohydrates 0.02g0%
Fiber 0.01g0%
Sugar 0.004g0%
Protein 0.004g0%
Vitamin A 12IU0%
Calcium 0.3mg0%
Iron 0.01mg0%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Salad Dressing

More Homemade Salad Dressings

We have SO many more homemade salad dressing recipes here on Little House Living. I LOVE making homemade dressings instead of buying them from the store; they taste so much fresher and are much cheaper! Here are a few of our favorites:

Update to the recipe:

As I mentioned above…it’s been several years since I posted this recipe originally here on Little House Living; it was 2009, in fact! The only difference in how I made it then compared to how we make it now is that I use regular extra virgin olive oil for the oil in the recipe. I generally do about 2/3 cup of oil and 1/3 cup of vinegar (and I use raw apple cider vinegar) since I like a little zip to my dressing!

Olive Oil is a great way to get healthy fats into your diet, especially when it’s left unheated. Since we’ve been trying to do this more and have been eating quite a bit of salad, I love using good quality extra virgin olive oil in my homemade dressings.

Common Questions About Making Homemade Salad Dressing

How long does salad dressing last?

Since this recipe is basically oil and vinegar, it will last a very long time if stored in a cool, dry place. After several years, the oil will begin to get rancid if it has been exposed to light and air, but you should be able to use it up before then. For a full list of details on how to make salad dressings last longer check out this post.

Can I Use Rice Vinegar or Other Vinegar in this Easy Dressing Recipe?

Sure! It’s fun to try out different flavors, too, so that you can make something different with the same basic 4 ingredients.

What salad dressings are healthy?

Generally speaking, a vinegar/oil-based dressing is going to be your healthiest bet over cream-based dressings. Of course, it all depends on your definition of healthy and what you need to add to or eliminate from your diet.

What is your favorite easy dressing recipe to make?

Me and Kady

Merissa Alink

Merissa has been blogging about and living the simple and frugal life on Little House Living since 2009 and has internationally published 2 books on the topic. You can read about Merissa’s journey from penniless to freedom on the About Page. You can send her a message any time from the Contact Page.

This recipe for Easy Homemade Salad Dressing was originally posted on Little House Living in December 2009. It has been updated as of January 2024.

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11 Comments

  1. You comment that your dehydrator is running all the time. What are you all drying? I am relatively new to this and am having some problems grasping how much to be storing, how much to store. What do you dry? Thanks

    1. Our favorite is drying fruits for snacks! I’m not much of a plain fruit eater but I will eat just about any fruit dried, I think it’s the texture or something! So that’s the most of it:)

  2. Great recipe! I don’t usually go through the effort of measuring or mixing together the ingredients. I keep a bottle of olive oil and a bottle of pomegranite infused red wine vinegar on the shelf. I just add a little olive oil directly to my salad, then sprinkle the red wine vinegar over it, to taste. Sometime I will grind a little sea salt and black pepper on top.

  3. Coul…….could you please please please see that the bars on the left of your pages are not popping up all the time? They cover the left sides of anything here! Thank you.
    Lynn

  4. That sounds really nice, although being a serious garlic lover, I would probably blend and add some garlic(or crush it and let it sit at the bottom, and eat later!) and some oregano.

    Fanx for all your delightful recipes and advice! Stay well.

  5. Well I followed it to a T. It was horrible. Even tried adding a bit of raw sugar. Still horrible..Don’t get it.

  6. When I click on the shea butter recipe the salad dressing recipe comes up?
    I love your blog and you are very uplifting. Thank you!