Five Ingredient Homemade Salad Dressing from leftover artichoke marinade

Make your own tangy homemade salad dressing with leftover artichoke marinade! So easy and fresh, with just five ingredients.

You know how sometimes you use up a jar of marinated artichokes and wonder: Now what could I make with this tasty tangy leftover artichoke marinade? No? Just me? Either way, its so easy to turn this liquid into Artichoke Marinade Salad Dressing.

I often prefer making my own salad dressings to avoid added sugars and a laundry list of ingredients — plus, they just taste so much fresher. Usually I throw them together from scratch, but sometimes life gives you a jump-start. 

I mean, it seems like a shame to waste all this marinade, right? This easy five ingredient homemade salad dressing contains no added sugars; it’s gluten free, low carb, and perfect to dress any salad. Plus: You can make it in its own handy jar, without having to dirty another container! Sometimes, it’s the little things…

I had this artichoke marinade left over this week from making chicken sausage & artichoke pasta. Salad always pairs well with pasta, so I also whipped up a batch of this leftover artichoke marinade salad dressing to carry that tangy flavor through to our side salad.

Extend the principle to other homemade dressings

You can jump start homemade salad dressings with other leftover marinades and brines as well. For a creamier alternative, for instance, see the avocado pepperoncini dressing recipe here. 

Artichoke Marinade Salad Dressing

Ingredients

Liquid from a 12 oz jar of marinated artichokes
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp minced garlic (about one clove)
Black pepper, to taste

Directions

Add olive oil, Dijon mustard, minced garlic, and black pepper to the artichoke marinade left in the jar after using the artichokes.

Replace lid and shake to combine.

Taste dressing, and adjust proportions if desired. 

Note: I’d already used 1 Tbsp of the leftover marinade in another recipe, but that didn’t affect the taste of this dressing.

That’s an easy homemade salad dressing

And that’s how to turn leftover liquid from marinated artichokes into homemade salad dressing. If you do have leftover artichoke marinade on hand, this salad dressing takes about two minutes to throw together. Just add four more ingredients, and shake, shake, shake.

Artichoke Marinade Salad Dressing, printable recipe

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