Salad Dressing

What to drink: A crisp Pinot Grigio.

A purchased Asian noodle salad and crisp rice crackers are perfect with this meatless meal. Finish with slim wedges of cheesecake topped with fresh blueberries.

Use this dressing on hardy salad greens, such as romaine or spinach.

"While visiting Santa Fe, New Mexico, we dined at La Casa Sena restaurant and had a mesclun salad with an unusual balsamic-vinegar dressing," says Billie Ingram of Fairfax, Virginia. "Could you please get the recipe for us?" Active time: 30 min Start to finish: 30 min

Use with sweet and buttery lettuces such as Boston and Bibb.

This recipe is an accompaniment for Full of Beans Salad. The sugar dissolves and mellows the sharpness of the vinegar.

This dressing, which I created for my Rustic Chicken Salad, will enliven any salad. Keep whisking while you drizzle in the oil—the vinaigrette will emulsify (thicken).

This recipe was created to accompany Spinach Salad with Chili Pepper Dressing Werk. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

"Vito's Waterfront, a charming restaurant on Marco Island off Florida's Gulf Coast, offers a house salad that comes with a thick and tangy sun-dried tomato dressing," says Joanne Lawrence of Norwell, Massachusetts.

This recipe yields enough dressing for both the seafood salad and the rice .

We use this dressing with our Onion-Crusted Fried Chicken Salad, but it's great, too, as a dip with pieces of fried chicken, vegetables, or best of all, with fried frogs' legs. It's a real thick dressing that gets even thicker when chilled.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but may require additional sitting time.<P> This recipe originally accompanied epi:recipeLink="101927"Grilled Chicken Wings with Two Thai Sauces</epi:recipeLink>.<P>You'll need to marinate this salad for at least 2 hours so that the flavors have a chance to develop.

This vinaigrette is delicious as is, though it can serve as a base as well. Add minced shallot or garlic, minced fresh herbs, lemon zest and juice, cracked black pepper. Use it with grated carrots or beets, fresh tomatoes, or any other vegetable mixture.

This recipe is an accompaniment for Caesar Salad with Pepper-Grilled Tuna.

For lightly bitter greens (frisée and mizuna), a Sherry–walnut oil vinaigrette is perfect.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less but requires additional sitting time.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This dressing is great for turning mixed greens, steamed broccoli or asparagus spears into a delicious salad.