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Mix Up Your Own Dressings and Marinades

Jessica Fisher · October 8, 2014 · 5 Comments

Homemade marinades and salad dressings taste so delicious…and they are so much friendlier on the budget.

Mix Up Your Own Dressings and Marinades - Homemade marinades and salad dressings taste so delicious...and they are so much friendlier on the budget.

Making homemade marinades and dressings has become second nature to me over the years. When I first started doing it, it was because it was cheaper. In the coupon boom, you could get the bottled varieties pretty cheap or even free. But, once I read the ingredients list, I wasn’t interested in getting the fancy-schmancy bottle. Yuck! I don’t want corn syrup on my salad!

Homemade dressings had become second nature to me anyway. As long as I have vinegar, oil, salt, and pepper, I’m good. If I’ve got garlic, mustard, or some jam, well, I’m over the moon.

I mix it all in a mason jar with a lid, shake, and go.

Here’s a tip for making your own dressings or marinades. If you’ve got a small jar of mustard, jam, garlic, or vinegar that’s almost empty, mix your dressing in that jar! Not only will use you up all those little bits that you can never really get off the sides of the jar, but you’ll also be reusing the jar. Double win.

Mix Up Your Own Dressings and Marinades - Homemade marinades and salad dressings taste so delicious...and they are so much friendlier on the budget.

Homemade Dressings and Marinades:

Here are some of our family’s favorite dressings and marinades. They are cheaper as well as tastier than what you’d find in a bottle.

  • Easy Marinated Chicken without a Recipe
  • Chicken Marinade Recipes
  • Soy-Ginger Meat Marinade
  • Grilled Balsamic Pork Chop Marinade
  • Basic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
  • Chi Chi’s Italian Salad Dressing
  • Herbed Vinaigrette Salad Dressing
  • Tarragon Balsamic Salad Dressing

What’s your favorite homemade dressing or marinade?

Mix Up Your Own Dressings and Marinades - Homemade marinades and salad dressings taste so delicious...and they are so much friendlier on the budget.

Save Money on Groceries

This is part of the How to Save Money on Groceries series. Scroll through the archives to get tips and tricks for reducing your grocery total at the checkout stand.

Filed Under: Dips, Dressings, Grilling, Salads Tagged With: save money on groceries

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  1. Molly says

    October 9, 2014 at

    Just yesterday I made up my first batch of homemade ranch because I’m allergic to something in the store bought kind. We’ll see how it turned out today!

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      October 10, 2014 at

      How did it turn out?

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    October 9, 2014 at

    I have been making my own blue cheese dressing for a couple of years now. It tastes SO much better than the bottled versions and is so easy to make.

    Reply
  3. Janet says

    October 9, 2014 at

    I love to dress cucumbers, tomatoes and onions in a mixture of sour cream, vinegar, salt, pepper and sugar.

    Reply
    • Jessica says

      October 10, 2014 at

      Sounds yummy!and very Scandinavian — except for the tomatoes.

      Reply

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