Basic Vinaigrette

You can make a Basic Vinaigrette in less than five minutes and it tastes so much better than store-bought dressings. There are two main ingredients oil and acid, so you can mix and match based on what you have in your pantry. For the oil, try olive, avocado, walnut, or macadamia nut. For the acid, use lemon juice, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, coconut water vinegar, or white or red wine vinegar. Or, you can make make an Italian vinaigrette with just a few more ingredients.

Feature Ingredients

Olive oil is consistently linked with health benefits, including reducing cardiovascular disease risk (both heart disease and stroke), Alzheimer’s risk, and cancer risk, improving blood sugar regulation and insulin sensitivity, reducing likelihood of weight gain (and maybe even aid in weight loss), reducing joint pain and swelling in rheumatoid arthritis, and generally reduce markers of inflammation.

Lemons are the most nutrient-dense citrus fruit. They are particularly rich in vitamin C, providing more vitamin C than oranges per serving! Vitamin C has powerful antioxidant properties, along with serving as an enzyme cofactor, and playing important roles in immune system and mental health.

Apple cider vinegar is full of beneficial compounds, including acetic acid, which helps regulates appetite, energy expenditure and insulin sensitivity, with overall anti-obesogenic and antidiabetic effects. Thanks to an abundance of phenolic compounds, ACV rivals other superfoods for its antioxidant capacity – about the same as a super high quality black tea and about 32X higher than dark chocolate!

Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Nutrients

Lemon Nutrients

Apple Cider Vinegar Nutrients

Basic Vinaigrette

Nutrivore Score: 144

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Calories 95kcal

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Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil or avocado, walnut, macademia
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice or lime juice, or vinegar of choice
• 1/8 teaspoons black pepper optional
• 1 pinch salt to taste

Instructions

• Place all the ingredients in a small jar and shake vigorously to combine. Use the vinaigrette to lightly dress greens or vegetables.
• Store leftovers in the refrigerator. When you’re ready to use it. Bring the leftovers to room temperature and shake the jar to mix again.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Basic Vinaigrette

Amount per Serving

Calories

95

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

11

g

17

%

Saturated Fat

 

1

g

6

%

Polyunsaturated Fat

 

1

g

Monounsaturated Fat

 

8

g

Sodium

 

10

mg

0

%

Potassium

 

9

mg

0

%

Carbohydrates

 

1

g

0

%

Fiber

 

0.04

g

0

%

Sugar

 

0.2

g

0

%

Protein

 

0.03

g

0

%

Vitamin A

 

1

IU

0

%

Vitamin C

 

3

mg

4

%

Calcium

 

1

mg

0

%

Iron

 

0.1

mg

1

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.