Our Family Salad Dressing

Original Recipe from:  Lucy Griffin-Bowers

I found this recipe in Grandma’s collection from the 1950’s.  To be honest, I never knew we had a family salad dressing, but I do remember this dressing being around a lot when I was a kid.  Of course, back then there weren’t very many good prepared salad dressings available at the local grocery store.  With the growing popularity of prepared foods, we all got away from making foods from scratch.  Today I worry about foods with ingredients that I can not pronounce.  It seems if you can not pronounce it, it is probably going to be damaging to your body or your diet.  Making foods from scratch with wholesome ingredients seems to me to be the best gift you can give yourself and your family.  I am making an effort to reduce those ingredients I can not pronounce or have no clue what they are, I hope you will too.  Enjoy!

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups Salad Oil (Vegetable or Olive Oil)

1 tablespoon Sugar

1 tablespoon Salt

2 tablespoons Vinegar

1 teaspoon Celery Seed

2 tablespoons Lemon Juice

1 teaspoon Mustard Seed

1 tablespoon onion juice (or powder)

1 tablespoon chopped Parsley

1/2 teaspoon Thyme (optional)

1 clove Garlic, minced or whole (add whole clove to salad dressing bottle and leave there)

Directions

Combine all ingredients and mix well.  Store dressing in the refrigerator.  When ready to serve, mix 1 part sweet cream to 3 parts of dressing and mix just before serving.  Makes 2 cups basic ingredients.