Tammy's Recipes

I would love to try this recipe but can I use Splenda instead of the sugar? Thanks, Coleen

You're so lucky to have fresh lettuce from your garden! I don't think I've ever eaten green salad that came from someone's garden.

My favourite dressing is the classic french vinaigrette:
1/2 or 1/4 tbsp mustard, depending on how strong you want it
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp vinegar
salt and pepper
This is more or less the right quantities for a salad for 3 people. You can adjust to the size of your salad, or make a jar full to use gradually, just make sure it has a good screw lid so you can shake it properly before using.

We love a similar dressing, but use balsamic vinegar instead. It gives it a sweet flavor.

in a salad for dinner. :) I will have to try your dressing - I love lighter dressings; heavy ones overpower the taste of the lettuce and other salad fixings. My mom always used to make this recipe for a large bowl of the Butter Crunch lettuce she would grow in the garden:

1/2 can evaporated milk
~1 T. cider vinegar
~1 T. sugar
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all in a small bowl. Add more of any ingredient to suit your taste. Pour over lettuce and toss to serve.

As with any dressing, this is best if eaten in one sitting, otherwise the lettuce gets soggy.

Coleen, I have never used Splenda, but I've read that it can be substituted measure-for-measure in place of sugar, so I don't see why it wouldn't work in the salad dressing recipe! :)

Aline, thanks for sharing your recipe! Want to hear something funny? I have trouble picturing a French salad dressing that isn't red! I was reading your ingredient list, thinking "Where are the red ingredients?!" ;)

Vicky, oooh, I love Butter Crunch lettuce!! :) Your dressing sounds good, too. I will plan to try it before our lettuce season is over. :)

Have you ever looked in an older cookbook, Tammy, at the recipe for French dressing? It is pretty much what we would call a Vinegar and oil dressing or Italian dressing, not the horrible stuff that is called French dressing now! = )

I love vinegar, we do a very basic oil and vinegar dressing sometimes that is pretty much red wine vinegar, almost twice as much oil as vinegar, salt, pepper and then whatever spices you feel like at the time! I like this on leaf lettuce with grated carrots and grated cheese! Yum!

Here we really like lemon juice, oil, garlic and a bit of salt on our salads. So delicious!! :) I'll have to try your recipe, it also sounds very yummy!

~Tanya

Tammy, my 11 year-old daughter made this dressing on a big garden salad to take to my in-laws' yesterday for Father's Day and it was a big hit. We are generally a salad crowd anyway, but I noticed LOTS of second helpings going on! Not to mention my daughter was pleased to try her first dressing recipe. :)

Thanks!
Roz

I just returned from Spain where I spent a semester and went to school. They don't have "salad dressing" like we do here, but they did use something similar to this. All they did was pour a bit of Olive oil and balsalmic vinegar over the salad. I loved it and I bet it tastes quite similar to this.