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This easy recipe for homemade Thousand Island dressing adds enzymes and probiotics for extra nutrition and digestibility to your salad or sandwich.
One of my very favorite ways to dress a salad is with homemade Thousand Island dressing.
Unfortunately, the bottled versions purchased from the grocery store don’t do it justice.
The rancid vegetable oils, chemical additives, artificial thickeners, and sometimes high fructose corn syrup prevalent in commercial versions can quickly turn your healthy salad into a bowl of indigestion and inflammation!
Even organic salad dressings leave much to be desired as they commonly contain canola (short for “Canadian Oil”).
Most people do not know that canola oil is, in fact, a hybridization of the poisonous rapeseed oil even if organically certified.
Why bother paying the premium for organic salad greens if the dressing is unhealthy?
In my estimation, it would be far better to buy non-organic salad greens and get the dressing right.
If health enthusiasts only knew that these toxic oils in their beloved organic store salad dressings were contributing to brown spots and wrinkles, they would be horrified.
It is so worth it to make your own with healthy fats!
Fortunately, a nourishing Thousand Island salad dressing is quite easy to make yourself. Why more people don’t do it, I have no idea!
My husband and I particularly enjoy this probiotic-rich, fermented version on grassfed burgers.
The truth is that this homemade Thousand Island dressing tastes good with many dishes.
I used it for dipping a grilled cheese sandwich made with sourdough bread just the other day and it was incredible!
This dressing would be amazing on a Reuben sandwich too.
Probiotic Thousand Island Dressing Recipe
Easy recipe for homemade thousand island dressing that adds enzymes and probiotics for extra nutrition and digestibility to your salad or sandwich.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup ketchup preferably homemade
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise preferably homemade
- 1 tsp liquid whey optional
Instructions
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Mix the ketchup and mayonnaise together.
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Stir in optional liquid whey to add probiotics and enzymes.
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Serve immediately slathered on a sandwich or drizzled on a salad.
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Refrigerate unused dressing. It will last several weeks in the refrigerator.
Video Demonstration
I’ve posted written recipes for both the fermented ketchup and homemade mayonnaise in the past.
Just mix them together 1:1 and you have probiotic Thousand Island dressing!
Since I already make ketchup and mayonnaise myself, I don’t have to do any additional work!
For those who are more visual learners, here are videos of making each condiment for your convenience.
More Healthy Salad Dressing Recipes
If someone in your family isn’t a fan of Thousand Island dressing, try this raspberry vinaigrette recipe instead.
Or, check out these recipes for maple kombucha salad dressing and honey mustard salad dressing.
See all my healthy salad dressing recipes at the link!
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Hi Sarah- your blog is definitely one of my favorites!! 🙂 I am starting GAPS with my little one. Maple Syrup is not allowed on the protocol- only honey. I was wondering if you’ve ever tried this with honey? Will it work as well? I may be able to use maple extract?… I am highly sensitive to dairy as well- it seems the sensitivity is to the casein. Would all the casein be used up in the process? or should I try some other starter? Once on GAPS for 12weeks I’m supposed to be able to reintroduce dairy- maybe I should just wait till that point instead?
Thank you for your blog 🙂 I look forward to your ideas.
I have sat here for the last hour, watching your wonderful recipes and tips! Thank you for contributing to the health of so many families and individuals! I was wondering, with both the mayo and the thousand island dressing, how long can they be refrigerated before going bad? Is it possible to can them?
Sarah, I’m wondering if you had seen this article regarding the MSG which is apparently naturally present in fermented foods? I had no idea . . .
Do you think he’s right or is he full of baloney? Every time I think I’ve found something healthy to do for my body (been makin’ sauerkraut for years with no problem) then I see something negative. Arg.