Pat's famous and healthful low cholesterol salad dressing

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupExtra-virgin olive oil
¼cupSafflower oil
¼cupSoy oil
¼cupPeanut oil
3tablespoonsBalsamic vinegar
3tablespoonsApple cider vinegar
1Garlic clove,minced/pressed
tablespoonCrumbled blue cheese
1teaspoonSoy sauce
½teaspoonDry mustard
¼teaspoonPepper
¼teaspoonDried basil leaves

Directions

Pat Piper or Sonoma, California, sends us her recipe rather assertively called Pat's Famous and Healthful Low-Cholesterol Salad Dressing. She first tried a balancing act of 1 to 1 (equal parts oil and vinegar). But overly tart results pushed her back to traditional ratios of 3 (oil) to 1 (vinegar).

She then elected to combine predominantly monounsaturated olive oil with three significantly polyunsaturated vegetable oils, hoping to bring better nutrition by way of variety. Liking the concept of variety, she also combined several vinegars.

In a small bowl or jar, whisk or shake together olive oil, safflower oil, soy oil, peanut oil, balsamic vinegar, cider vinegar, garlic, blue cheese, soy sauce, dry mustard, pepper, and basil. Makes about 1⅓ cups.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #300 Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 14:21:07 +0000 From: Linda Place <placel@...>