Balsamic Salad

Who doesn't love Balsamic Vinagrette? I know all you ladies out there do. This is by far the best balsamic vinagrette I have had. You can make it for any kind of salad you want. I have used it for both pasta salad and regular lettuce salad. Whatever you use it with, I promise you will never buy balsamic vinagrette from the store again.

Ingredients:

1 Tbs. water

1 Tbs. lemon juice

1 Tbs. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1 garlic clove

2 tsp. dijon mustard

1/4 c. balsamic vinegar

2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

All you do is put it in a cup and mix it up with a hand blender. A regular blender would work too, but it's a lot less hassle with a hand blender.

For the best lettuce salad with this dressing (and the one pictured) use romaine hearts, dried cherries, toasted pine nuts, and grated parmesan cheese the fresher the better.

Pasta salad it's good with grape tomatoes, cucumbers, green olives, and whatever else you like to have in your pasta salad. Enjoy!