Greek Salad Dressing

BeachGirl's Note:

A delicious dressing served over Greek Salad or over pasta. A very versatile dressing! A good marinade, too. Dressing is meant to be a little tart with a good olive oil flavor.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 1.0 cup

• 2 fresh garlic cloves, minced then crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (Grey poupon)
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (not bottled)
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 5 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon basil leaves (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients together and shake well to mix.
2. Update 6/23/10: For a creamier dressing, add all ingredients except oil to a blender. Pulse several times to mix ingredients. With blender running on high, slowly pour oil into blender until mixture is creamy. Refrigerate.

Reviews

[Nougat]

Costco. at one time, made a chicken salad with kalamata olives, artichoke hearts, grape tomatoes, and their rotisserie chicken. I loved it, and wanted to make it at home, when I asked what kind of dressing they used they said that they could only get it in bulk and that it was a greek salad dressing. So my next step was to find a recipe and this is the one I chose. I made it exactly as written except to use a little of the Kalamata juice along with the red wine vinegar. Also, all I had was bottled lemon juice so that's what I used. This stuff turned out great! My homemade version of the chicken salad was better then the stores. I also drizzled it over cut tomatoes and cucmbers for lunch. Excellent! Thanks so much for such an easy solution for my craving!

[Sharon123]

You are right, this is delicious! Just the right amount of tart and sweet! I had this over salad greens and loved it! Thanks! I did opt to use the basil and oregano.

[RobynLeigh]

Thanks for sharing the recipe. I love this dressing, and I love that I usually have all the ingredients for this already in the house, too!