SALAD DRESSINGS
French Dressing
1 cup oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
Lemon juice may be substituted for all or part of vinegar. Measure all ingredients into a bottle or jar. Cover tightly and shake well. Chill several hours. Shake thoroughly before serving. For variation, add any or all of the following: 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard, 1 clove garlic.
Use French Dressing for.............. raw salad greens, cooked string beans, asparagus, broccoli, marinating and bast- ing meat and fish.
Use Herb Dressing on .............. sliced tomatoes, raw salad greens.
Use Red Oil Dressing............... for tossed green salad, on avocado
with grapefruit sections.
Variations of French Dressing
Herb Dressing.......................... To 1 cup French Dressing, add 1
teaspoon dried herb or 1 table-
spoon fresh herb.
Red Oil Dressing...................... To 1 cup French dressing, add
2/3 cup catsup and 1 clove
garlic.
Examples of herbs are: Tarragon, chervil, chives, dill, sweet basil and oregano. Use your favorites and experiment with others.
Mayonnaise
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (8 oz.) oil
pinch of pepper
juice of 1/2 lemon
For greater ease and speed in making mayonnaise, have egg yolk, bowl and wire whisk well chilled. Use a bowl with a small bottom. To prevent bowl from spinning, place it on a wet paper towel. Combine the first six ingredients and mix well with a wire whisk. Add oil, drop by drop at first, to mixture while beating continuously. As mixture thickens, oil can be added in a slow, steady stream. Mix in the juice of half lemon. Store in a covered jar in refrigerator.
Use Mayonnaise for.......................... potato or macaroni salad. Cooked vegetables, such as broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower. Poached fresh salmon, halibut, scallops and other fish and seafood (hot or cold). Salad of cooked chicken or veal or shrimp, canned tuna or salmon.
Variations of Mayonnaise:
Tartar Sauce................................
To 1 cup of mayonnaise,
add 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion,
2 tablespoons chopped dill pickles,
2 tablespoons chopped parsley,
1 tablespoon stuffed olives.
Serve Tartar Sauce with broiled or fried seafood.
Russian Dressing..........................
Add 1/4 cup chili sauce
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce to 1 cup mayonnaise.
Blend thoroughly. Serve Russian Dressing with salad greens, seafood salads
Yogurt (fat free)
For this yogurt less water is used in proportion to dry milk than when making fluid skim milk. This produces a more concentrated product.
Dry skim milk, enough for 1 quart of milk
3 cups water only
1/4 cup yogurt
Mix milk powder and water; slowly bring to boiling point; then cool to lukewarm temperature. Thin out yogurt by adding about 1/2 cup of the lukewarm milk; stir well to make it smooth. Add yogurt mixture to the rest of milk, blend thoroughly. Pour into serving size cups. Cover them with thick towel. (Paper toweling between cups helps maintain even, warm temperature). Leave undisturbed for about 5 to 6 hours (free from drafts and jolts). Refrigerate after it solidifies. Save some yogurt to start a new batch.
"Anti-Coronary Club Sour Cream"
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons liquid skim milk or fat free buttermilk
8 oz. cottage cheese
Put lemon juice and milk in blender. Add cottage cheese gradually while on low speed. Blend 2 to 5 minutes on high speed. If on standing cream becomes too thick, thin it out with skim milk or fat free buttermilk to desired consistency.