Lively Lemon Herb Salad Dressing Recipe Elevates Salads & More by Jan Mostrom

My family loves this salad dressing! This zesty herb lemon salad dressing recipe is great on a pasta salads, grain salads or on simple green salads. The lemon herb dressing take minutes to make. You simply pop all the ingredients into a food processor or blender. Within seconds you'll have a healthy salad dressing without any preservatives.

What are those ingredients? Here's your shopping list: fresh basil, fresh cilantro, garlic, lemons and olive oil. You'll also need salt and black pepper for seasoning the dressing. This is a chunky salad dressing, so it won't appear smooth at all while when serving it. You'll see those flavorful chunks of goodness all over your salad greens or whatever you drizzle it over.

This lively lemon herb salad dressing recipe is sure to be a family favorite!

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Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh basil (packed down tight, about 2 ounces)
• 1 cup fresh cilantro
• 2 large garlic cloves
• zest from 1 lemon (medium sized)
• juice from 1 lemon
• 2/3 cup olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper (or to taste)

Helpful Products

• Food Processor
• Blender
• Lemon Juicer
• Grater
• Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Salt and Pepper
• Whisk
• Airtight Containers
• Pepper Grinder

Recipe Notes

• You could add some fresh dill, mint or parsley to the salad dressing, too.

• Store the dressing in an airtight container, salad dressing cruet or mason jar.

Here's how to make it: 

1. Put the herbs, garlic and lemon zest into a food processor or blender. Pulse a few times.
   
2. Add the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and black pepper. Pulse until combined, but not smooth.
   
   

Nutrition Facts Per Serving

Calories: 227

Total Fat: 22.9g

Saturated Fat: 3.3g

Cholesterol: 0mg

Sodium: 206mg

Total Carbohydrate: 8.3g

Dietary Fiber: 3.4g

Total Sugars: 0.7g

Protein: 2g

Vitamin D: 0mcg

Calcium: 83mg

Iron: 3mg

Potassium: 268mg

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