Why spend money on store-bought salad dressings when you can make your own? This easy Italian vinaigrette is delicious on salads and subs, and costs only pennies to make!
I make a lot of my salad dressings now, mostly because it’s so easy, it’s cheaper than buying bottled dressing, and I can control what goes in it. You can certainly find gluten free/dairy free/allergy free dressings in the store, but they are often more expensive and they do usually have some kind of additives or preservatives in because they need to have a long shelf life.
Making salad dressing is so easy and I think that the flavor is really much better than the store bought varieties. This easy Italian vinaigrette requires just six ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. Just put them in a jar with a lid, give it a good shake, and boom! Homemade Italian vinaigrette that’s perfect for your next salad or submarine sandwich.
Recipe
Easy Italian Vinaigrette.
Ingredients
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup white vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 ½ teaspoons sugar
- optional: pinch or two of red pepper flakes for a zesty version
Instructions
- Pour all the ingredients in the jar with a tight fitting lid.
- Put the lid on and give it a good shake for a minute to combine the ingredients.
- Enjoy on salads or sandwiches.
Nutrition
This Italian vinaigrette is perfect on simple or fancy salads, and is also really good on sandwiches or subs. You can also experiment with the type of vinegar you use and the amount of spices.
Once you start making your own dressings, it’s kind of addictive – you’ll want to keep coming up with new flavor combinations!
Lucille Roenicke
Everyone can make this and love the flavors blending for a super salad.
Kristine's Kitchen
I love making foods from scratch that I used to buy, and salad dressings are one of the easiest things to make! I’ve never tried making an Italian vinaigrette, so I’m definitely giving this one a try!
Joanne
I love that we both focused in on salad dressing!! So easy to make at home and so delicious!
Kelly
It is so easy, isn’t it?
Carina
This Italian Vinaigrette is great. You pretty much can do it with ingredients you already have at home.
It is a very good idea to do different things at home like popsicles, snack bars, etc. since you can make sure to use healthy ingredients. I have tried some popsicles for my daughter using natural yogurt, blackberries and some natural maple syrup, honey, agave syrup or any other natural sweetener.
Sarah @Whole and Heavenly Oven
I love making homemade italian dressing! This seriously looks so much better than the storebought junk and the perfect way to brighten up a salad!
Deanna Segrave-Daly (@tspbasil)
Salad dressing are the one thing I haven’t bought from a store in years! That said, I get in salad dressing ruts very quickly so always happy to have a new recipe on hand
Kelly
So easy to make them, and so much better!
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely
I love italian dressings! But shockingly, I have never made it myself. Always store bought. Whoops! Changing that now! I also love italian dressing as a marinade for chicken, so good!
Kelly
You’re right, it is a great marinade! And so easy to make!
dietitianjess
Homemade dressings are so much better than store bought- I don’t understand why anyone buys dressing!
Kelly
They are so good, aren’t they?
Julia
I’m a big fan of making my own dressing too, and for some reason, I’ve never made a classic Italian dressing. It looks like yours turned out so tasty with those herbs – so perfect for all the summer salads!!
Kelly
Thanks, Julia! You always have such delicious looking salad dressings on your blog!