Ever since I was a little girl I always asked for "The Cow" on my salad. In fact a few waitresses had given me a pretty peculiar look in my childhood. My Grandfather who lived in Ohio was a truck driver and whenever he was passing through Illinois we would meet up with him for lunch at the local truck stop and I would proudly ask for my favorite dressing "The Cow". Imagine my horror when I finally learned to read and found out it was called Western Dressing... Such a boring name for something so delicious. I recently came across a cookbook that had a recipe for homemade dressing so I gave it a try today.Lately I have been trying to limit the amount of processed food we get at the store and make as much as possible as I can at home. I have to say this was exactly like it came right out of the bottle. I think I actually like it better than the original. Of course its still not the healthier alternative and I of course drown my lettuce in it so I can kill the taste of the green stuff but I can at least prounounce all the ingredients. It does use store bought ketchup so you still are getting that corn syrup but at least its not as much as if you bought a whole bottle of the factory stuff. I have yet to make my own catsup as I hear its ALOT of work but maybe if we have a good garden year I might just give it a try.
THE COW DRESSING
1 cup sugar
1 cup oil (I used Vegetable)
1/2 c apple cider vinegar
1 tsp worcestshire sauce
1/2 c catsup
1/2 tsp onion flakes ( I used even less not a huge fan of onions)
1 clove of garlic minced
Salt and pepper to taste
Put all in a blender and blend til creamy
Refrigerate
I had enough to fill a pint jar and then some
Enjoy :)
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