Cesar Dressing - Opps I Forgot

The other day we decided to have chicken Cesar salad for dinner ... sounds like a good idea, we have everything at home to make it or so we thought we did. Everything was ready to go ... only one problem --- we didn't have any Cesar dressing at home, we had finished it and since it didn't get put on the shopping list I forgot to grab it during my grocery shopping run. The sad part about this whole thing ... I was staring at the cesar dressing when I was grabbing thousand island and it didn't dawn on me. Oh well, I'm getting old {insert upside down smile}.

Byron quickly went searching for a homemade recipe and found so many, however, they all called for anchovy fillets which we do not have in our pantry. We found the following one for perfect cesar dressing and we had everything at home to make it so it won. 

Overall it was not a bad recipe [we only made 1/2 the recipe though]. Next time we make it, we will make some slight changes -- add a bit more garlic [we like things garlicky], cut back on the lemon juice, and omit the salt [we really can't handle salt any more], and then I think it will be perfect for our liking.

The recipe is from Natasha's Kitchen

 

Perfect Cesar Dressing Recipe

Serving: 1 pint (2 cups)

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp mayo
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 2 large garlic cloves, pressed
• ½ cup lemon juice (about 3 lemons)
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1½ cups mild olive oil
• ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Place 2 tbsp mayo, 2 tsp Dijon, 2 pressed garlic cloves, ½ cup lemon juice 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper in the bowl of an electric food processor. (Press garlic and squeeze juice right into the food processor; think dish factor),
2. Process until smooth and well blended. While the food processor is still on, very slowly pour in the 1½ cups olive oil. Process until thick and creamy.
3. Add Parmesan cheese and pulse 5 or 6 times, and, it’s done!

 

 

 

 When I was almost done eating, I realised we forgot to add our Costco croutons {insert frown}. They are just so tasty and such a good price for the quantity you get. I don't think I will ever grab them from the grocery store again. The salad was still good though.

 

If you give this recipe a try, let us know how it turned out for you.