How To Make Green Salad With Three Vinaigrettes

Step 1: You will need

Step 2: Make the wine vinaigrette

Place into a bowl the red wine vinegar, the shallots, the Dijon mustard, the olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Now thoroughly combine with a spoon and set aside.

It is always good to let a vinaigrette sit for a while before dressing a salad, perhaps for 10-15 minutes. This helps to blend the flavours.

Step 3: Make the soy vinaigrette

First, add the soy sauce to a bowl. Now add the lemon, the sugar, the olive oil, the sesame oil, and the white pepper. Mix together thoroughly and set aside.

Step 4: Make the balsamic vinaigrette

Into a bowl, mix the balsamic vinegar, the whole-grain mustard, the honey, the olive oil, the salt, and the black pepper. Mix together and let it stand.

And here are the three vinaigrette dressings together: the red wine vinaigrette, the soy vinaigrette, and the balsamic vinaigrette.

All have different flavours but all also go extremely well with green salads. Experiment with different herbs and spices! Experiment with different herbs and spices. After all, the word vinaigrette literally means "vinegar-based".

The rest of the ingredients can be up to you!

Step 5: Making the green salad with vinaigrette

For any leafy salad, the leaves that you use must be fresh, well-washed, and dried properly or the resulting salad with be limp and lack crispness.

Place the salad greens in a large bowl. Choose any of the three vinaigrettes and spoon just enough dressing onto the leaves to compliment but not enough to drown the taste of the greens. Now use your hands to gently mix the greens.

Always add the dressing immediately before serving any salad. The dressing breaks down the greens, making them limp and lifeless. Adding the dressing as late as possible makes the salad fresh, crisp and flavoursome.

Step 6: Present and Serve

In an individual salad bowl, gently pile the dressed salad in a high mound. Piling it high gives the salad a more impressive visual effect. Your green salad is now ready to serve!

Experiment with this recipe by adding any of your favourite vegetables, fruits or nuts. The combinations are endless!