Homemade Blueberry Vinaigrette ♥ Recipe

Today's easy-easy summer salad dressing recipe: A simple vinaigrette made with fresh blueberries. Low Carb. Vegan. Very Weight Watchers friendly, just PointsPlus 1.

How easy is this? Just a big handful of blueberries plus the usual suspects for a vinaigrette, olive oil, garlic and vinegar. It tasted so fruity fresh – chalk up another successful entry in the continuing quest to never buy salad dressing again.

Plus, the mix of blueberries and blue cheese and blue peaches – oh wait, that would be just peaches, perfectly ripe – was magnificent.

COMPLIMENTS!
"... it's amazing!" ~ Anonymous

HOMEMADE BLUEBERRY VINAIGRETTE

Hands-on time: 10 minutes
Time to table: 10 minutes
Makes 1/2 cup

1 small clove garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon onion
2 tablespoons good vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons good olive oil
2 tablespoons fruit juice (I used sour cherry)
1/2 cup fresh blueberries

SALAD
Lettuce greens
Fresh blueberries
Fresh peach slices
Blue cheese, goat cheese or feta crumbles
Toasted nuts
Vinaigrette

In a mini food processor, whiz the garlic and onion on their own, first. Then add the vinegar, sugar, olive oil and fruit juice and whiz again. If you're making ahead of time, stop here. Just before serving, add the blueberries and process until smooth.

Serve with lettuce greens topped fresh blueberries, peach slices, cheese crumbles and toasted nuts. So good!

ALANNA's TIPS & KITCHEN NOTES
The inspiring recipe suggests straining the seeds out but I didn't find that necessary.
After resting a few minutes, the dressing becomes quite viscous, almost jelly-like. The first time I made the vinaigrette, I started with just two tablespoons of olive oil but in order to pour it, was forced to add more oil than was needed for (my) taste. The second time I made it, to limit calories and fat grams, I used 2 tablespoons oil and 2 tablespoons fruit juice.
For aesthetics, I recommend drizzling the dressing over top since tossing the greens in the dressing creates a muddy look.
I think this dressing would be excellent with fresh cherries too!

NUTRITION INFORMATION Per Tablespoon: 40 Calories; 3g Tot Fat; 1g Sat Fat; 2g Carb; 0g Fiber; 0mg Sodium; 0mg Cholesterol; 2g Sugar; 0g Protein. WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS: WW Old Points 1 & WW PointsPlus 1

TODAY'S VEGETABLE RECIPE INSPIRATION Adapted from a really sweet little cookbook I picked up in Prince Edward Island many years ago, Maritime Flavours: Blueberries by Elaine Elliot and Virginia Lee

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