Dress Up a Salad with Strawberry-Jalapeno Vinaigrette

This perfect summer salad includes mixed greens, feta, toasted pecans, and strawberries enlivened with a Strawberry-Jalapeno dressing. (If I’m feeling wicked, I sometimes throw in a few blueberries.)

When it comes to salad dressings, I want one that makes my taste buds rear up and take notice. Readers know by now that my all-time, very-most favorite homemade salad dressing is Basil Vinaigrette.

Few Ingredients; Easy Prep

But there’s another summertime dressing, that adds pizzazz to a bowl of greens: Strawberry-Jalapeno Vinaigrette.

The exotic jam called for in the recipe is made by Smucker and at one time sold at Target. But I now order mine from Amazon, where there are many sizes, brands, and price ranges to choose from. If you don’t want to search for the strawberry-jalapeno jam, plain strawberry jam can be subbed.

Oil should be added to dressing slowly or shaken vigorously in a jar. This helps emulsify the ingredients, that is, combine two liquids (oil and vinegar) that don’t want to go together. Mustard is an emulsifier, which is why it’s often included in homemade dressings.