Waste-Reducing Dressings for Summer Salads

Salads are an excellent way to elevate leftover ingredients. Roasted vegetables from last night’s dinner, grilled corn from a recent barbecue, and some feta cheese left over from another recipe can be thrown over a bed of greens to make a delicious, hearty, and waste-reducing meal.

While you’re at it, why not make your own salad dressing? Homemade dressings are surprisingly easy to make, and they provide great opportunities to rescue leftover ingredients sitting on your counter or taking up space in your fridge.

 

 

This clever video by 18 Reasons shows how to turn that almost-empty jar of Dijon mustard into a jar full of your own tasty homemade Dijon Mustard Dressing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And since there’s always some perfectly good product left inside that Greek yogurt tub, why not follow this recipe from Project Open Hand for their Yogurt Dressing. It will perk up any simple salad!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about the tops you just cut off those strawberries and are about to toss in the compost? Use them to make this versatile Strawberry Vinegar and you’ll be able to add that bright summery flavor to your salads for several weeks (until you use it up).

 

These are just a few ideas from Stop Food Waste’s chef partners and there are more budget-friendly, time-saving, and waste-reducing recipes and tips at StopFoodWaste.org.