Sweet n' Spicy Oil and Vinegar dressing

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 1
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 554.5

Total Fat: 56.8 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 601.2 mg
Total Carbs: 18.5 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.6 g
Protein: 0.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Sweet n' Spicy Oil and Vinegar dressing calories by ingredient

Introduction

This is great to use as a dressing for pasta salad, or, as I used it, for couscous salad. The original recipe called for honey, but since I don't like honey and wanted to save calories, I used an approximately equal amount of Splenda. This is from the "Company's Coming" series of cookbooks. I tried it today over a cucumber, feta cheese, raisin, onion, red pepper and couscous salad, and it was wonderful. Even won raves from the harder to please family member. If you are like me and prefer a stronger vinegar flavour, you can add in more of the above-noted white wine vinegar, or even some balsamic once you have dressed the salad, to taste. According to the Company's Coming cookbook, this was intended to dress approx. 1 cup of couscous, plus 2 cups of cucumber, 1 cup zucchini, and other assorted ingredients. I don't find it to be enough, because I like strong flavour. I doubled the recipe and used it to dress a 1.5 cup (cooked) serving of couscous and the other salad mixings. This is great to use as a dressing for pasta salad, or, as I used it, for couscous salad. The original recipe called for honey, but since I don't like honey and wanted to save calories, I used an approximately equal amount of Splenda. This is from the "Company's Coming" series of cookbooks. I tried it today over a cucumber, feta cheese, raisin, onion, red pepper and couscous salad, and it was wonderful. Even won raves from the harder to please family member. If you are like me and prefer a stronger vinegar flavour, you can add in more of the above-noted white wine vinegar, or even some balsamic once you have dressed the salad, to taste. According to the Company's Coming cookbook, this was intended to dress approx. 1 cup of couscous, plus 2 cups of cucumber, 1 cup zucchini, and other assorted ingredients. I don't find it to be enough, because I like strong flavour. I doubled the recipe and used it to dress a 1.5 cup (cooked) serving of couscous and the other salad mixings.

Minutes to Prepare: 2

Number of Servings: 1

Ingredients

0.25 cup extra virgin olive oil;

2 tbsp. white wine vinegar;

1 tbsp. honey; (can substitute granulated splenda to reduce calories)

0.5 tsp chili powder;

0.25 tsp each salt and black pepper.

Directions

Depending on food item to be dressed (large salad, = 1 serving; could dress up to 3 small individual salads)

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SHANLEES.