Balsamic Onion & Tarragon Dressing

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about great food vs. good food it’s details… great Chefs make foods that have layers of interest to them. They will marinate meat and then add the cooked meat to a flavorful side and then top it with dressed greens and finish it with a sauce. Layers and layers…

Cilantro Lime Dressing

When I was a kid I don’t think it even occurred to me that one could make their own salad dressing, to me it was just an item in the grocery store that came bottled; it would be like making your own mustard as far as I was concerned. I have since converted my mind…

Maple Dijon Dressing/Marinade

I’m not sure if it’s common knowledge or not but a dressing is essentially a marinade so any dressing you normally use on a salad can usually be used as a marinade. I think back to the 1980’s (loved that decade!) and I remember countless moms using Italian dressing to marinade their chicken, I was…