Who said veggies always have to be bland and monotonous? You can spice them up by having a bowl of salad of your favorite veggies with a delicious salad dressing, and you’ll surely enjoy it. The truth is that a salad dressing is a game changer, one that can take the whole salad eating experience to the next level.

Another misconception that a lot of people have about salads, more specifically salad dressings, is that you need to have gourmet and exotic ingredients to whip out a sumptuous salad dressing; however, this is untrue. With a few basic ingredients that you can easily find in your kitchen, you can come up with an interesting salad dressing for your classic Caesar salad or a creamy BBQ chicken salad.

Read on to learn more about some ingredients that form the base of many salad dressing recipes.

Creamy avocados
You can never go wrong with avocados. A creamy salad dressing of avocados will go a long way. What will you need to make an avocado salad dressing? Not much! All you need are some fresh avocados and few other ingredients like garlic, lime, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt and pepper for taste. Put these ingredients in a food processor and put water, keeping in mind the consistency that you like your salad dressing to have, and you are good to go.

Let’s mayonnaise
For all those people who love the Thousand Island, Ranch, Russian or the classic Caesar salad, you already know how important mayonnaise is. After all, it is the base of all of these salads and some other popular salad dressing recipes. The best part is that mayonnaise is an ingredient that you will easily spot if you raid almost every person’s refrigerator. The creamy white mayonnaise gives the veggies the perfect texture and taste and makes it almost seem like the veggies are dissolving in your mouth. While you can always rely on the store-bought mayonnaise bottles, if you are feeling a little organic, then you can whip your own mayonnaise at home.

Magical mustard
There is something about mustard that makes it the perfect salad dressing for almost all kinds of salads. The thing about many veggies in the salad is that they give a slightly sweet flavor that sometimes overpowers the salad. That is when the mustard comes into the picture. Mustard gives your salad the perfect zing and blends all the flavors of the veggies. While the mustard sauce tends to have a pungent odor, it makes the greens in the salad like kale, broccoli, and lettuce tastier.
One of the perks of adding mustard to your salads is that it gives the salad bowl a vibrant yellow hue, which makes the otherwise lifeless salad look creamy and lip-smacking. One of the most common combinations that many people love is the honey mustard flavor.

Tangy vinaigrette
For those who are not acquainted with what a vinaigrette is must know that it is an emulsion that is made from salad oil, vinegar, herbs, and some seasoning (if wanted). The best thing about this salad dressing is that you can make the vinaigrette taste different by using different vegetable oils and different types of vinegar. Some of the common oils that are used to make vinaigrettes are peanut oil and sunflower oil, and some of the common types of vinegar used in salads are apple cider, red wine and balsamic.

Besides the above four ingredients, some of the other ingredients that can be used to make salad dressing recipes are cheese, yogurt, olive oil, nut milk, and herbs.
Just keep in mind that though today you can easily buy all the salad dressings from the supermarket, it cannot beat the freshness and the tantalizing taste of the salad dressings that you make at home from scratch. The best part about making salad dressings at home is that you are aware of what exactly went in it, and you can make sure that you are boycotting the preservatives that are otherwise found in the store-bought salad dressings.