Poppyseed Dressing (September Goal)

I am still on a mission to learn to make all my food myself. I don't always do too well at this especially while moving. But we do try to eat at home 5 nights (if not more) a week. And I try to use all clean ingredients (no preservatives, no artificial sweeteners, etc). But I still use salad dressings that are full of preservatives. I have two favorite dressings - poppyseed dressing & Vidalia onion dressing. The Vidalia onion dressing I use is all natural. So I'm going to not worry about it. But the poppyseed dressing isn't and Since I'm out of poppyseed dressing, I attempted to make it.

The Hardworking Husband bought me a salad dressing mixer last Christmas, and I've yet to really use it. So here is my chance to try it out. It's pretty snazzy! And making the dressing was pretty easy although because I wanted it creamy I had to switch up what I mixed it in.

Poppyseed Dressing

1/4 cup white vinegar

2 Tbsp mayo

8 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp dry mustard

1/2 Tbsp grated onion

1/2 cup canola oil

1/2 Tbsp poppyseeds

To grate the onion, I used a microplane. It took more onion than I thought to get a 1/2 tsp. In a 12 or 16 oz canning jar, mix all ingredients. Put the lid on and shake hard for about a minute. You want all the mayo to mix in. After it's mix, use.  If you are like Lucy and don't like mayo, you can leave it out. I mixed all but the mayo in my dressing mixer, but the mayo just wouldn't mix in well. I poured it in a canning jar, shook it, and poured it back in the dressing mixer. It will separate and will need mixed again. It also needs to be refrigerated. 

It tastes so yummy!  And no more spending crazy amounts of money on my favorite dressing. And a side note, I love having a microplane. It is so versatile. I use it for zesting, grating onions, grating Parmesan, and so much more. This is the one I have only black.  Had I had red as an option when I bought mine I would have.

And this is the dressing mixer above.

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