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Creamy Lemon Dressing

Rated as 4.5 out of 5 Stars
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"This tangy lemony dressing makes a creamy addition to salads or is great drizzled over grilled fish. Try it over a butter lettuce, grape tomatoes, and English cucumber salad. Try substituting plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream."
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Ingredients

30 m servings 156 cals
Original recipe yields 8 servings

Directions

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  1. Combine lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Slowly whisk olive oil into the lemon juice mixture until thickened. Whisk sour cream into the mixture. Transfer the dressing to a sealable container.
  2. Refrigerate 15 minutes to overnight.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 156 calories; 16.5 g fat; 2.3 g carbohydrates; 0.6 g protein; 6 mg cholesterol; 112 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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Yum! I added an extra splash of lemon juice and used a little less greek yogurt than called for. Delish! Second time around I added a splash of red wine vinegar (just because I love it) and it w...

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Way too lemony. I used fat free yogurt and then had to add regular sour cream to cut the lemon taste.

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Yum! I added an extra splash of lemon juice and used a little less greek yogurt than called for. Delish! Second time around I added a splash of red wine vinegar (just because I love it) and it w...

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I used plain yogurt and added either oregano or thyme. It goes without saying, I added extra garlic. Very tasty!

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I changed this recipe to make it healthier, and it was still delicious. I didn't add salt, I only used 1 tbs EVOO and I used 1/2 cup of plain non-fat regular yogurt(not greek)instead of sour cre...

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I'm a lemon lover---that's for sure. I did like this, but it was missing something when I used it on my salad tonight. I added a little balsamic vinegar to my salad, and that made this very go...

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My new favorite dressing! I made a few changes, the most significant one being the amount of garlic: even though I usually double it in everything, I only used 1 clove after trying it with 3 and...

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I've tried several lemon dressing and this is by far the BEST!! THanks!

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This was a fresh tasting dressing. Would also be good dressing on chicken

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I made this tonight with fish and my family sopped up all the remaining sauce with garlic bread, clean plates left!! I may leave out the zest next time, but otherwise its a great sauce.

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This is quite tasty as written, but becomes five stars if you add a touch of honey (that helps with the acidity coming from the lemon). I didn't have sour cream so I used plain yogurt, which wor...

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