thousand island dressing

Name: Thousand Island Dressing
Prep time: 15 min
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) mayonnaise (don't use a miracle whip type of dressing... use only mayo!) fat-free is okay; 1/3 cup(s) ketchup; 1/3 cup(s) fine minced onion (put in your electric chopper for a few seconds); 2 teaspoon(s) minced bell pepper (place in the chopper with the onions); 1/3 cup(s) sweet pickle relish; 1/4 cup(s) worcestershire sauce (may need a bit more...to your taste); 1 teaspoon(s) fine minced capers (optional) (also in the chopper)

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Cathy Nunn

Weslaco, TX

Updated on Nov 17, 2011

My mom showed me how to make this great old standard salad dressing when I was a kid! She mixed the mayo, ketchup and Worcestershire together and used that, but I added the other ingredients... Now, I make my own salad dressing all the time! It's just better when it is made fresh! I do a lot of my cooking by "eyeball method"...Rarely do I measure anything, so I tried to be as accurate here as I could.

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prep time 15 Min

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yield Makes a lot!-- nearly 3 cups

Ingredients

2 cups mayonnaise (don't use a miracle whip type of dressing... use only mayo!) fat-free is okay
1/3 cup ketchup
1/3 cup fine minced onion (put in your electric chopper for a few seconds)
2 teaspoons minced bell pepper (place in the chopper with the onions)
1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
1/4 cup worcestershire sauce (may need a bit more...to your taste)
1 teaspoon fine minced capers (optional) (also in the chopper)

How To Make thousand island dressing

Step 1

First, I recommend you have a small electric chopper. These are worth their weight in gold! Place your onion, bell pepper and capers (optional)in the chopper and pulse for a few seconds. Using a rubber spatula, scrape contents of chopper into a mixing bowl. Measure out 2 cups of mayo and mix well. Add Worcestershire Sauce. Then add your sweet relish. If this mixture is too thick, you may add a little milk (skim milk is okay)to get the desired thickness. (You can also use plain soy milk if you wish.)

Step 2

Put in a jar with a tight fitting lid or dressing cruet and refrigerate until serving. Keep well chilled. This works great as a veggie dip too! Note: Try some of this on your next homemade hamburger... What do you think McDonald's "Special Sauce" is? ;-)
Step 3

Bon apetit' Y'all!
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