My Mom's Salad Dressing Recipe

In honor of what would have been my Mom's 86th birthday, this past weekend I made her onion sour cream dressing. When we were growing up my mom used to throw this salad dressing together and it wasn't until I was grown up that I had asked her about it.  Turns out it was really simple. 

Throughout the years I have made a few tweaks to the recipe. I like to call it my supper club salad dressing recipe because it goes best with good old-fashioned iceberg lettuce and nothing else.

Here's the recipe (for one):

1 tablespoon sour cream
1/2 to 1 teaspoon grated onion (to taste)
1 teaspoon milk (or more to consistency)
1/4 teaspoon rice vinegar (just a couple of drops, really)
Good size pinch of dried herbs. I like using Fines Herbs or Bouquet Garni. You can mix up your own, too.
Pinch of salt
Couple grinds of pepper
Mix until smooth.

Now you can either use a wedge of iceberg lettuce like they did in the supper clubs or, even better, chop it all up.  I like to mix my dressing in the bottom of my salad bowl, throw in the lettuce, and then toss to coat.

This is a great, simple, refreshing salad dressing and it brings back lots of memories for me every time I make it. 

All it needs as an accompaniment is a brandy old-fashioned, sweet, with fruit.

Hope you enjoy it.

Happy birthday, Mom!!