Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette is an easy recipe for homemade salad dressing that combines your leftover cranberry sauce with maple syrup and balsamic vinegar for a sweet and tangy vinaigrette that compliments any salad!
Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette Recipe
Wait! Don’t throw out your leftover cranberry sauce! In case you’re wondering what to do with all that left over cranberry sauce, you should make this fabulous Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette, of course!
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Just whisk your leftover cranberry sauce into a balsamic vinaigrette mixture for a sweet and tangy salad dressing that will dress up your salad for dinner tonight. Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette is such a delicious homemade vinaigrette that no one will ever know it’s made from Thanksgiving leftovers! Also perfect for any upcoming holiday entertaining you may have scheduled on your calendar too! Actually, you might want to buy some cranberry sauce just to make this homemade salad dressing anytime of the year because it’s that good!
Need to use up even more leftover cranberry sauce? Get out your slow cooker for these Cranberry Sweet & Sour Meatballs. Simply put frozen meatballs in your favorite slow cooker, top with just a few ingredients and let them cook themselves. You’ll end up with amazingly saucy meatballs that your guests will go crazy over! Bet you can’t eat just one!
And have you checked out my Ultimate Guide To Making Homemade Salad Dressings? Making a Homemade Salad Dressing is so easy and takes just minutes. Made with simple real food ingredients, your salad dressing from scratch is not just better than store bought, it’s better for you and oh so delicious too!
Ingredients you will need to make this recipe
- olive oil
- jelly cranberry sauce
- balsamic vinegar
- 100% pure maple syrup
- Dijon mustard
- garlic
- kosher salt
- pepper
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Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette is an easy recipe for homemade salad dressing that combines your leftover cranberry sauce with maple syrup and balsamic vinegar for a sweet and tangy vinaigrette that compliments any salad!
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup jelly cranberry sauce
- 6 Tbs. balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup 100% pure maple syrup
- 2 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
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Whisk all ingredients together until smooth and blended.
Makes 1 1/2 cups/2 Tbs. per serving
This recipe is part of Meal Plan Monday
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