Creamy Walnut Vinaigrette Recipe: Not Braggin', But This Healthy Salad Dressing Is Good by 30Seconds Food
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Salads are a fresh and wholesome way to get more nutrients into your diet. Most of us know the health benefits of walnuts, but did you know that walnut oil has health benefits, too? Adding walnut oil to your diet may help your heart, blood pressure and reduce your cancer risk.
This creamy walnut vinaigrette salad dressing recipe not only uses walnut oil, but whole healthy walnuts. The easy vinaigrette blends up quickly in your food processor or blender. Here is your short (four ingredients!) shopping list for this homemade vinaigrette: Dijon mustard, walnuts, white wine vinegar and walnut oil.
Drizzle this creamy walnut salad dressing on any salad! It's great over fresh lettuce, spring mix, arugula, baby spinach, endive, romaine or your favorite lettuce. It is fabulous spooned over a lettuce, pear, walnut and blue cheese salad. Or how about lettuce, frizzled capers and roasted beets? How will you use it?
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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 6 tablespoons walnuts
- 6 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 1 cup walnut oil
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Recipe Notes
- If you want to make a smaller amount of walnut vinaigrette, simply cut the ingredients in half.
- Store the walnut vinaigrette in an airtight container or salad dressing cruet.
Here's how to make it:
- Put the mustard, walnuts and vinegar into a food processor or blender. Process for 1 minute.
- With the motor running, drizzle in the walnut oil. Process until combined and creamy. Season with salt and black pepper.
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