I made you a homemade lemon vinaigrette! I am a big fan of homemade salad dressings. Homemade salad dressings are so easy to make. The best part is that you can control the ingredients! This homemade lemon vinaigrette will freshen up any summer salad, and takes only a few minutes to make! If you like lemon recipes, you may also like this and this.
Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette
This homemade lemon vinaigrette recipe contains no processed sugars. I used a tiny bit of maple syrup to balance out the tartness of the lemon juice. You could probably also use honey, but I used maple syrup to keep it vegan. If you like homemade dressing recipes, then you may also like this post.
Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette
Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Yield: 1/2 cup dressing
Homemade Lemon Vinaigrette
Homemade dressing is so easy!
Ingredients
1/3 cup olive oil
Juice of 1 large lemon
2 tsp maple syrup or raw honey
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 small garlic clove, minced
Instructions
Convincing the Kids
So you are thinking of adopting a healthier lifestyle? Convincing the kids can be a daunting task. I get it. I have toddlers. I know they can be a tough crowd when it comes to healthy eating. However, they can be taught. Here are a few things that helped our family with my 3-year-old. Even now, I am not saying it is always easy, but we have made progress.
- Start them young. If they are not introduced to junk food early on, they will probably be more likely to make healthy choices. My 3-year-old happily eats whole-grain bread because she was never given a choice of white bread. I was not raised on soda, and I have never liked it. We also reserve juice for only special occasions like birthday parties.
- Have them help with the shopping and with the preparation of food. When we are at the store, I let my daughter pick out the fruits and veggies that she wants. Also, she helps me prep the food, and very often, she will be munching on veggies the whole time.
- Hide “healthy” choices in their food. Such as brown rice or quinoa pasta in place of white. Or in baked goods, I always bake with whole grains instead of white flours. She usually can’t tell the difference. You can also sneak veggies into a smoothie or into a homemade pasta sauce.
4 Make some of their favorite foods healthier. You can do baked chicken fingers, baked sweet potato fries, and homemade mac and cheese with whole-grain pasta.
- Offer the same healthy food more than once. We had always offered my daughter organic tofu, and she never ate it. Today she finally tried it and liked it! Every time she ends up liking a food she was afraid to try, I make a HUGE deal out of it and show her that sometimes you have to try new things before you realize what you like.