Restaurant Good Salad Dressing – Lemon Maple Vinaigrette

The beauty of this salad dressing is there are only 6 ingredients.

Have you ever counted the ingredients on a salad dressing bottle that’s in your refrigerator?

Xanthan Gum! What the?

Disodium Inosinate?

Who comes up with this stuff?

Side note: when I looked up the word “disodium inosinate” online, this was the definition: chemical formula C10H11N4Na2O8P, is the disodium salt of inosinic acid. It is a food additive often found in instant noodles, potato chips, and a variety of other snacks. It is used as a flavor enhancer, in synergy with monosodium glutamate to provide the umami taste.

Oh ok, now I understand! That cleared up everything.

Why can’t things be simple?

Simple is good.

Simple is good for ya.

So let’s get started with a restaurant-good salad with good-for-ya Lemon Maple Vinaigrette Dressing.

Get out your handy dandy homemade salad dressing bottle. If you don’t have one, any ole glass container will do that has a nice tight fitting lid. Maybe a mason jar or even an old salsa jar that you’ve rinsed out really well, of course.

Once you start making this salad dressing, trust me, you’re going to want to get a nice glass salad dressing bottle. Like one of those Good Seasons Salad Dressing bottles they sell at the grocery store.

Take your garlic cloves and mash them really well onto a cutting board or in a wooden bowl. Mash the garlic together with the kosher salt. Now scoop all of that salty garlic goodness into your glass container.

Take your lemon, and be sure to roll it around on the counter while gently pressing it down with the palm of your hand. This gets it all juicy and easy to squeeze out every last drop. Once you are done pressing and rolling, you will notice the feel of the lemon is much softer and will be easier to juice.

Into your glass container with the garlic and salt, pour in your vegetable oil, juice of your lemon (watch out for seeds) and pepper.

Ok, now for the maple syrup. Be sure you buy REAL maple syrup and not the kind you pour on your kids pancakes. The real McCoy.

Now shake shake shake. Shake shake shake. Shake your vinaigrette.

Drizzle your restaurant-good salad dressing over the top of your salad and toss toss toss. Toss toss toss. Be sure to get everything all coated so each bite is better than the one before.

Fee free to use the salad toppings of your choice.