I love to make my own salad dressings. Â Beside the fact that making my own is less expensive than buying bottled salad dressing, it’s so fresh! Â You can’t buy bottled dressing as delicious as this one. This dressing recipe is unique because it calls for 2 kinds of vinegar. Balsamic Vinegar and Red Wine Vinegar. Â Another thing that makes this dressing unique is the Bermuda onion that is blended right into the dressing along with the other ingredients.
This is wonderful tossed with a salad of Spring mix lettuce leaves, spinach leaves, green onion tops, fruits (such as grapes, dried cranberries, diced apples, blueberries or strawberries – or combination of all of them!), some crunchy nuts (try slivered almonds, walnuts or even pine nuts) and maybe even some cooked and cooled pasta (bow-tie pasta is cute!)  Add some shredded Parmesan or Asiago cheese  too!  If you want a main dish salad, you can even top it with some diced, grilled chicken…
The thing that’s fun about this salad is that you can be creative. Â Toss in whatever you love!
Whenever I have taken this salad to a party or shower, the bowl always comes back empty! Â It’s that delicious.
Here’s the recipe:
½ small Bermuda onion
¼ c. red wine vinegar
¼ c. balsamic vinegar
2 T. fresh lemon juice
1/2 c. sugar
1 T. dijon mustard
½ t. paprika
1 t. salt
1 c. vegetable oil
1 ½ T. poppy seeds
Chop the onion into small enough pieces to fit into the blender. Â Puree the onion in the blender with the 2 kinds of vinegar. Add the next 5 ingredients and blend until smooth. Drizzle in the oil in slowly while blending on med-high speed, then add the poppy seeds last. Refrigerate in a covered container until serving time. Â Toss salad with dressing just before serving.