{"id":3747,"date":"2012-03-21T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T00:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:35:25","slug":"honey-balsamic-vinaigrette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/h\/honey-balsamic-vinaigrette\/","title":{"rendered":"Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The taste of homemade dressing cannot be beat by what you find in the bottle at the grocery store. I have to admit though, I&#8217;m a first-timer when it comes to making a homemade dressing. It really was easy and the taste was so worth the few extra minutes! I made it right before I began writing this blog and literally couldn&#8217;t even finish typing more than two sentences without going back to the kitchen to serve myself another bowl of salad!<\/p>\n<p>A good salad dressing can make it easy to get in a healthy serving of mixed greens and heart healthy fats from the olive oil.<strong> A little can go a long way, so start with 1-2 tablespoons of dressing on your salad; add more to taste.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next time you&#8217;re in the salad dressing aisle perusing the selection, walk away and go home and make this! You won&#8217;t regret it. I adapted the recipe from allrecipes.com and cut the recipe in half because we tend to go easy on the dressing at our house.<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/honey-balsamic-vinaigrette-390x268.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\"><span class=\"xlate\">Recipe Type<\/span>: <span class=\"type\">Salad Dressing<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Author: <span class=\"author\">Adapted from allrecipes.com<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">1 cup<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 cup balsamic vinegar<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tablespoons onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 1\/2 teaspoons soy sauce (I used the reduced sodium)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tablespoons honey<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 clove garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Place the vinegar, onion, soy sauce, honey, sugar, garlic and red pepper flakes into a blend or food processor. Puree on high, gradually adding the olive oil. Continue pureeing for 2 minutes or until thick.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Toss a small amount with your favorite mixed green salad.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.2.1284<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out other great recipes that are sweetened with honey or maple syrup from my fellow Recipe Redux bloggers at the link below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- start InLinkz script --><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/wpview.php?id=130994\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inlinkz.com\/wpImg.php?id=130994\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n[formidable id=2 title=true]\n<!-- end InLinkz script --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The taste of homemade dressing cannot be beat by what you find in the bottle at the grocery store. I have to admit though, I&#8217;m a first-timer when it comes to making a homemade dressing. It really was easy and the taste was so worth the few extra minutes! I made it right before I began writing this blog and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/h\/honey-balsamic-vinaigrette\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[599,600],"class_list":["post-3747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-h","tag-homemade-salad-dressing","tag-honey-balsamic-vinaigrette","course-salad-dressing","cat-551-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/honey-balsamic-vinaigrette.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3747"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10492,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3747\/revisions\/10492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}