salad dressing
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Salad dressing is a seasoned liquid mixture added to a salad. Salads themselves are diverse dishes, encompassing green salads, vegetable salads, pasta or legume salads, mixed salads with meat or seafood, and fruit salads. While most salads are served cold, some, like German potato salad, are served hot.12
The simplest dressings consist of oil and vinegar, often seasoned with salt, pepper, herbs, and mustard. Creamy dressings are typically made with mayonnaise, sour cream, or a cooked sauce incorporating eggs, flour, milk, or cream. These can be highly seasoned with ingredients like blue cheese, green onions, garlic, anchovy paste, tarragon, and parsley.2
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