Name: Cranberry Salad Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1/2 cup organic extra virgin olive oil; 1/4 cup 3-ingredient cranberry sauce; 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard; local raw honey or maple syrup (to taste, optional); sea salt (to taste); fresh ground pepper (to taste)

A quick and easy cranberry salad dressing made with leftover cranberry sauce.

If you're like me, you're trying to figure out how to use up the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers right about now. I made a huge batch of my 3-ingredient orange cranberry sauce this year, so I've been putting cranberry sauce on everything.

This tangy cranberry mustard dressing is perfect with a salad of fresh mixed greens and leftover turkey. And it's easy to whip up with leftover cranberry sauce and just a few pantry ingredients.

How to make Cranberry Salad Dressing

The dressing recipe is completely flexible. You can make it with whatever cranberry sauce, mustard, oil, and vinegar you have. It's a simple vinaigrette---just whisk all the ingredients together and adjust your seasonings to taste.

If your cranberry sauce is on the tart side, you can add a touch of honey to balance the tanginess of the cranberries and mustard.

Try topping your salad with fresh orange sections and toasted almond slices for crunch. Or make a salad with baby spinach, roasted vegetables, and some vegan cheese made from almonds or cashews.

You can even use it as a dip for mini turkey or pork meatballs as a festive appetizer. This cranberry salad dressing will add a kick of holiday flavor and color wherever you use it. And it's paleo, gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free.

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Cranberry Salad Dressing

A quick and easy cranberry vinaigrette made with leftover cranberry sauce.

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Prep Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 5 mins

Servings: servings (2 tablespoons each)

Course: Dressing

Cuisine: American

Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian

Author: Lisa Wells

Ingredients

▢ ½ cup organic extra virgin olive oil
▢ ¼ cup 3-ingredient cranberry sauce
▢ 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
▢ 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
▢ local raw honey or maple syrup to taste, optional
▢ sea salt to taste
▢ fresh ground pepper to taste

Instructions

Whisk all ingredients together.
Adjust seasoning to taste.

Notes

For vegan: use maple syrup instead of optional honey

Nutrition

Calories: 135kcal Carbohydrates: 4g Protein: 1g Fat: 14g Saturated Fat: 2g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g Monounsaturated Fat: 10g Sodium: 24mg Potassium: 9mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 3g Vitamin A: 5IU Vitamin C: 1mg Calcium: 2mg Iron: 1mg

Keyword: cranberry salad dressing, cranberry vinaigrette

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