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Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

Rated as 4.82 out of 5 Stars
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"A wonderful dressing for your favorite salads!"
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Ingredients

10 m servings 138 cals
Original recipe yields 12 servings

Directions

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  1. Blend sugar, lemon juice, onion, Dijon mustard, and salt in a blender until smooth. Stream canola oil in a thin stream into the mixture while blender is running. Add poppy seeds and pulse blender a few times, just to mix seeds into the dressing.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 138 calories; 12.8 g fat; 6.7 g carbohydrates; 0.2 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 108 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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I make this salad dressing - only 3X's the recipe about every 2 - 3 weeks...we eat a LOT of salad!! I got the recipe from "Winter Fruit Salad with Poppyseed Dressing " here on AR. Over the mon...

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Super super sugary. Not good mouthfeel and not balanced. Edits: 1/4 cup sour cream to hopefully get rid of the sweetness. The lemon toned down and the sugar felt more balanced but I would cut do...

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I make this salad dressing - only 3X's the recipe about every 2 - 3 weeks...we eat a LOT of salad!! I got the recipe from "Winter Fruit Salad with Poppyseed Dressing " here on AR. Over the mon...

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This is delicious even without the poppy seeds (dietary restriction). I used my immersion blender to complete this yummy dressing! Thanks, Lisa.

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Excellent.

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Made this for my brother and sister-in-laws birthday dinner. Didn't have any sweet or red onion so used a couple of shallots. Served it with mixed greens, strawberries, raspberries, blackberri...

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Added less sugar and a little less mustard. Will try honey next time. Yummy!!

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Really good. I used 1 tbsp of honey instead of sugar. I'm sure I will make it again.

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This dressing is amazing! I use Meyer lemon olive oil instead of the canola oil. Lots of compliments!

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Love this dressing. Just the right amount of sweet and sour. Subbed onion powder for fresh onion.

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Excellent. Made as written except I added a small scoop of homemade plain yogurt. It is great!

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