[charla]

Originally Posted by jblairosu

Charla, your dressings sound yummy! Do you have any measurements for the ingredients??? I know lots of people just kinda put a little of this, a little of that, etc but I'm not so adventurous and know I would totally mess it up if I didn't have at least some approximate amts

I knew someone would ask for measurements. I hate measuring so I have no idea really.

Ranch dressing if you're not making it right in the salad bowl but in a separate jar is 1 cup mayo, 1 cup buttermilk, 1 tsp seasoned salt, 1 tsp dried parsley, 1/2 tsp granulated garlic, 1/2 tsp granulated onion, shake to mix.

Other than that, I can't really do measurements.

I use juice of two lemons for the greek and a couple glugs of olive oil and then sprinkle the herbs and spices on top and then toss thoroughly. We used to do juice of one lemon for the same salad, but as we got used to the lemon and we wanted more. You might want to start with one if you aren't used to sour lemon.

For the vinegar dressings, I sprinkle the vinegar on the top of the salad until I can lift up the bowl and see droplets on the bottom of the bowl. Scientific, I know.

It's okay to taste. When I was first making them, I would put in what I thought (erring on the sparing side), mix and then taste and then add accordingly and mix again. If it's too sour, add more olive oil, if it's too bland, add more salt, spices or acid. It's really fun to live on the edge and not measure, really.

That probably doesn't help much at all, does it?