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 So...trying something out for salad dressing.

3/4 cup greek olive oil
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons lemon juice
a skimpy 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
3 cloves garlic (sliced and then partially grounded by pestle & mortar)
half stalk of green onion (sliced to root and then partially grounded by pestle & mortar)
2 medium leaves of fresh basil (sliced and then partially grounded by pestle & mortar)
10 smallish leaves of fresh rosemary (partially grounded by pestle & mortar)
1/4 teaspoon of dried parsley (grounded by pestle & mortar)

I did all the slicing and cutting and grinding first and put it in glass.  Then poured the lemon juice in the mortar bowl and swished it around then poured it into the salad dressing glass.  Oil & water followed.

At this moment the finger tasting did not make me run for bathroom like last night's almost did.

 After searching for vinegar free salad dressing I've pulled a somewhat good sized list.  

The salad dressing that I've set up for the last two days is:

2 tablespoons of olive oil (greek extra virgin)
1 clove of thinly sliced garlic
2 1/2 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon of thyme and a dash of parsley

I did double this.  Result...it's a great salad dressing if you like the strong tang of lemon.  For me, next time, instead of 5 tablespoons of lemon juice I'll cut back to the 2.5 tablespoons of lemon juice and 2.5 tablespoons of water.


And for experimenting, I just made a quick non-creamy kind of pesto for the buffalo burger and gluten-free shells.  Now the oil and lemon juice I did measure.  The others I eye-balled it and so am kinda guessing at the amount.  Try at your own risk. ;)

Pesto??

1/2 c.  greek oil
1/4 c.  lemon juice
1/4 tsp  parsley
1/2 - 3/4 tsp  Italian seasoning
1/8 tsp  lemon pepper
1/2 - 3/4  garlic powder
1/4 - 1/2 tsp  sea salt  (sea salt is way milder than normal salt.  I will be adding more to my meal when I dish it up onto my plate)

In taste testing I think it's not half bad at all.  We'll see what the other two critics think when they get home.

Enjoy! :D

*edit*  Well...according to the other two, scrithand Little One, it was great.  They loved it and Little One even licked the bowl a bit.  Me?  Appearently, I still can't taste herbs.  I've always noticed that parsley and cilantro and even italian seasoning is very bland to me.  I can smell it just fine, but taste...nada.  And, no, I'm not a salt-a-holic.  Yes, I add butter salt to popcorn at the movies (last time saw movie was like a month ago).  I add salt to the saltless chips at the mexican resturants.  But I don't add any salt to salads or eggs like I used to or onto much anything else.  Trust me when I say I've cut back on my salt intake.  
So...what spices are there out in the whole wide world that actually have more flavor then small leaves but doesn't scald my mouth like redpepper.  I just need more flavor!!!!  Help?