Basil vinaigrette dressing recipe

A fast and easy salad vinaigrette dressing recipe with basil, honey, lime, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper and water for a zero cholesterol meal. Add to a mixed salade and you have a zero cholesterol easy, healthy side dish, no cooking skills required 🙂

The secret ingredient in vinaigrette is … water, otherwise you end up with a much thicker dressing. All you need to do is add the ingredients in a small jar with a lid and shake it just before serving. Add more water and/or lime or a thinner dressing, add more garlic or oil for a thicker dressing.

Do a taste test: if the vinaigrette tastes to salty and to sour, it should be just right to be used over your salad. Only pour any salt containing dressing over a salad right for serving, otherwise the salt will make the
salad leaves mushy.

Nutritional values

Estimated that 1 tablespoon = 15 ml, the recipe below containing 60 ml of organic, extra virgin olive oil (brand Gabro) contains:

• 0 mg cholesterol
• Total fat: 55 g
• saturated fat: 9 g
• monounsaturated fat: 42 g
• polyunsaturated fats: 4 g

Basil vinaigrette dressing ingredients

• a small handful of basil leaves
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 ½ tablespoons hot water
• 1 teaspoon honey
• lemon juice of 1 ½ calamansi lime
• 1 tiny garlic
• about ¼ or less teaspoon salt
• some pepper

How to quickly make basil vinaigrette

1. Scoop 1 teaspoon of honey, put in a little jar and pour the bit of hot water over it, so the honey can dissolve.
2. Add the olive oil, lime juice, salt, pepper.
3. Cut the garlic fine, squeeze it further with the side of your knife and add to the little jar.
4. Cut the basil leaves fine and add in the jar.
5. Screw the lid on the jar. Just before serving, shake it rigorously and pour over your salad. Put a lid of your salad bowl, shake everything around and serve immediately.