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Citrus-Basil Vinaigrette

“This dressing is lovely yellow color, and we use it on a mixed green salad (mixed Romaine and European greens), tossed with small broccoli and cauliflower florets, raisins or sweetened dried cranberries, and shredded Cheddar or crumbled Gorgonzola cheese. The sweet-tart zestiness of the dressing perks up the salad! The yield depends on how much salad dressing you prefer. For us, this recipe makes enough dressing for about 4 large salads.”

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Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2009

This is wonderful! We have a Tea Room close by that serves a similar dressing with mixed greens. This is almost exact and it makes me feel good that I am eating healthy when served with the mixed greens. My finicky 10 year old daughter ate this so much she got tired of it.

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Donita

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Home Town: Leesburg, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

Loved this! I didn't measure the quantities exactly, but it turned out great. I think I might've increased the lemon juice and honey, probably about double the amount. Definitely would make this again! :)

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Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2009

I loved this! I used lime juice and lime zest instead of lemon because I love limes! I also left the chopped basil in the dressing. I used this as a topping for a greek salad with feta cheese. This would go good on any type of salad. I am thinking about changing the basil to cilantro, adding cumin and using it for a mexican chopped salad. Thanks.

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Winelover813

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Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Jun. 11, 2009

O this is good! I chose to use canola oil instead of the olive oil because I refrigerated overnight, cider vinegar, all orange juice, omitting the lemon. No fresh basil - so dried subbed. I used white sugar instead of honey and added a bit more as I like the sweet factor. Really fabulous tossed with a salad of mixed baby lettuce & spinach, green onions, halved red grapes, and toasted almonds.

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Reviewed: May 11, 2009

Excellent-Elegant and Tasty

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nancyp

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Reviewed: May 3, 2009

This dressing is wonderful! I doubled the amount of vinegar and instead of basil added some poppy seeds. I served it over mixed greens, thinly sliced red onion, orange segments, and sliced almonds.

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Jillian

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Living In: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2009

This vinaigrette was very light and refreshing. I doubled the amount of vinegar just as suggested by other reviewers and kept in the refrigerator less than 1 hour, but even then there was a nice basil flavor. Served over boston greens, arugula, fresh oranges, feta and pecans. Delicious!

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Fit&Healthy Mom

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Reviewed: Jan. 16, 2009

Awesome! Served with mixed greens, gorgonzola, blackberries, and walnuts. My 2 year old was dipping her lettuce in this before she ate it. Didn't change a thing!

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AmyA26

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Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2009

Good basic dressing- very simple. Not what you are looking for if you love lots of flavor.

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Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2008

I made this recipe this morning, to be served tonight. I thought the dressing was missing a bit of zing, so I added more lemon juice, vinegar, and honey. I also want to mention that I chose to use the lighter tasting canola oil and apple cider vinegar in the recipe. I think this recipe is nice for a base, but needs tweaking to taste.

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Laura

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2008

I did not like this at all and feel like I wasted my imported olive oil :-(

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Reesa

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2008

Light and fresh-tasting but very mild. I usually prefer salad dressing to be more acidic so I added the juice of an entire orange, extra lemon juice and about a Tbsp and a half of white wine vinegar. Also sprinkled in some fresh ground black pepper and used dried basil since I didn't have any fresh basil on hand. I would imagine olive oil would be a bit heavy for the delicate citrus flavor so I used grape seed oil instead. It's perfect for salad dressings and doesn't congeal in the fridge like olive oil does. Love this recipe..nice fresh flavor that isn't the same old vinegar and oil mix. Thanks for sharing!

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krista v.

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2008

We really enjoyed this recipe. It's not too potent! I used half the amt. of basil using dried basil and left it in while serving. We had it on chicken, lettuce and cucumbers.

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Katie Mitchell

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Reviewed: Aug. 25, 2008

This was very good.

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Reviewed: Aug. 19, 2008

I've made this dressing twice now. The first time I followed the recipe exactly except I cut the ingredients in half as I was only making dressing fro 2 people. I made it again tonight, again following the directions, but replacing the lemon zest and orange juice with red grapefruit. It was really delicious and I'm sure would be good with any combination of citrus you had on hand.

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kelcampbell

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Home Town: Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Jul. 13, 2008

This dressing is excellent. Doesn't need anything changed. I made it about 4 hours ahead and strained out the basil right before serving. I put it on mixed baby greens, dried cranberries, tangerines, gorgonzola and toasted pecans. Excellent - thank you.

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Kathryn

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Home Town: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2008

I loved this light, citrus dressing, but do agree with one other review I read. Needs a bit more orange flavor. So next time I will use Orange juice concentrate instead. I did add a bit of orange peel zest and that was a great addition. Thanks for this recipe.

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jammari

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Home Town: Winkler, Manitoba, Canada

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Reviewed: Jul. 8, 2008

Excellent dressing for combination of greens and fruit. I used spinach, romaine, parsley, green onion, strawberries and a little blue cheese. I also made the dressing in the VitaMix, which retained all that wonderful basil flavor. I found it needed lots of salt and pepper and a little more sweetness for my taste, but all in all it is a wonderful, light, refreshing dressing for a summer salad!

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