Homemade Salad Dressing: Apricot Surprise!

Since switching my diet to dairy-free I have discovered my three favorite salad dressings are now off the list! We eat a lot of salads at our house with our Door to Door Organics Box providing us with spinach, romaine, etc on our door step. I have been using Italian and trying to spice it up with our homemade croutons. However... enough is enough! I needed to branch out so I decided January would be an experiment of homemade salad dressings.

I was excited to receive several helpful hints and lots of questions and cheering from those around me and on facebook. So this weekend was my first go at it and I think we have a success on the first try. Love that!

Apricot Surprise

(I call it "surprise" b/c as a first go at it, well it was for sure going to be one!)

2 TBS Apricot Preserves (this is an estimate... really it was whatever I had left in the jar)

4 TBS Extra Virgin Olive Oil

4 TBS Red Wine Vinegar

dash of salt

dash of pepper

I mixed this right in the jar by shaking and letting sit in the fridge for about an hour. We have yet to eat it on salad but gave it 10/10 from taste testing on a spoon. I can't wait to enjoy it on spinach salad one night for dinner this week.

Goodbye Blue Cheese, Ranch, and Caesar.

Hello Homemade Oil - Vinegar - Apricot!!!